,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ai1 #bjai,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for herself1
 ,ms4 ,mc,sally1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4      
,brown1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,casey1 and    
,mr4 ,peters7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,designating   
,january #bjbj as ,national ,one ,health
 ,awareness ,month to promote awareness 
of organizations focused on public      
health1 animal health1 and environmental
 health collaboration throughout the    
,united ,states and to recognize the    
critical contributions of those         
organizations to the future of the      
,united ,states4  ,whereas ,one ,health 
is a collaborative1 multisectoral1 and  
transdisciplinary approach1 working at  
the local1 regional1 national1 and      
global levels1 with the goal of         
achieving optimal health outcomes       
recognizing the interconnection between 
people1 animals1 plants1 and their      

shared environment2 ,whereas the mission
 of ,one ,health is to establish closer 
professional interactions1              
collaborations1 and educational         
opportunities across the various        
medical1 veterinary1 and environmental  
health professions and their allied     
science professions to simultaneously   
improve public health1 animal health1   
and environmental health2 ,whereas the  
increasing threats posed by emerging    
diseases shared between animals and     
people1 foodborne1 vector-borne1 and    
waterborne diseases1 and other          
environmental factors may support the   
need for an integrated effort by        
professionals from multiple disciplines1
 including health1 science1 technology1 
and engineering2 ,whereas1 according to 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention1 up to #ge percent of new or
 emerging infectious diseases in people 
are spread by animals2 ,whereas1 each   
year1 ,international ,one ,health ,day  
is ,november #c2 and ,whereas ,one      

,health is essential to combating and   
strengthening the surveillance of       
emerging and reemerging diseases3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate     
designates ,january #bjbj as ,national  
,one ,health ,awareness ,month to-- 7#a7
 promote awareness of organizations that
 focus on ,one ,health efforts to       
improve the quality of life for people  
and animals2  7#b7 recognize the efforts
 made by such organizations in using a  
,one ,health approach to prevent        
epidemics2 and  7#c7 recognize the      
importance of using the ,one ,health    
approach to simultaneously protect the  
health of people1 animals1 plants1 and  
the environment in the ,united ,states4