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6 IVSA JOURNAL | Issue 2 IN THIS REPORT I • Call for L0VPHO's II • AMR Report III • Link to VPH Journals I. Call for LoVPHO’s SCOH Report by Elizabeth Malcolm, SCOH Chairman 2015/2016 The Standing Committee on One Health (SCoH) calls every Local Chapter (Member Organization) of IVSA to elect to their boards a Local Veterinary Public Health Officer (LoVPHO). Since 2013, more than 25 Member Organizations started this position, and almost all have held public health/one health projects! Interested? Fill out this form and apply: http://tinyurl.com/jlucbz4 AMR PROJECT RESULTS 394 likes, 277 shares On the IPSF Facebook 293 likes, 153 shares On the IFMSA Facebook 18 likes, 11 shares On the IVSA Facebook II. AMR Report Organization of the Project For the AMR project for the year 2015, we had one online meeting between Ana Catarina Duarte & Shadi (representing IPSF), Marwa & Jozo (representing IFMSA) and Claudine Girardo (representing IVSA) - During that meeting, we planned to create an infographic, which was released on the 20th of November 2015 Results of the Project - - - The infographic appeared in VPH Journal #5 - The results of the AMR Project for the year 2015 (the infographic created was released on each Facebook page of IPSF, IFMSA and IVSA) is shown on the left of this page Moving forward with AMR Project - A follow-up meeting was held on Saturday, January 9th 2016 - During this meeting, collaborators constructed a 2-year strategic plan in order - to clarify goals of the project as well as strengthen the project overall We are currently creating an AMR manual to distribute to the public as a reference of antimicrobial resistance, this is done as of March 1st, 2016 In addition, we are creating an AMR manual to help guide individuals on “How to create a project for AMR Day”, with detailed instructions and examples for students to follow by. III. LINK TO THE VPH JOURNALS VPH Journal #5 http://issuu.com/ivsaveterinarypu blichealthjournal/docs/vph_journa l_5th_edition__2_ Link to other SCoH publications and past VPH Journals https://issuu.com/scoh SCOH email [email protected]