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DR. PREJIT RECEIVED OUTSTANDING ONE HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AWARD AT COLORADO, USA

            Dr.Prejit, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Public Health has secured “Outstanding One Health Surveillance Award”during the 2015- Annual Conference of International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) held at Marriott City Center, Colorado, USA from December 8-10, 2015. Dr. Prejit was the only Indian Scientist who was invited and sponsored by ISDS to deliver the presentation of The “One Health” experience in India: A partnership among veterinarians, physicians and other healthcare professionals”.He also steered the group of delegates underTrack 4 Biosurveillance for One Healthduring the pre-conference training held on Dec 8th which is a community-generated professional development opportunities that address the needs of the biosurveillance workforce. The participants were engaged in process aimed at identifying health problems that benefit from One Health Surveillance, discuss solutions to these problems, determine the data and information needed to support these solutions and identify facilitators, obstacles for solutions, as well as impacts of their solutions on multiple domains. OHS Task Team developed a new definition for One Health Surveillance (OHS) as the continuous, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data from multiple disciplines to inform collaborative planning, implementation, and evaluation to achieve optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. Dr. Prejit is a member of International Society for Disease Surveillance.