of the American Medical Association (AMA), June 2007Collaborated with Roger Mahr, DVM, President of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), to establish a bond between the two organizations and on 3 July 2007, the House of Delegates of the AMA unanimously approved a resolution calling for increased collaboration between the human and veterinary medical communities.Representatives of 111 countries and 29 international organizations, 4--6 December 2007Met in New Delhi, India, for the International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. During this meeting, governments were encouraged to further develop the One Health concept by building linkages between human and animal health systems for pandemic preparedness and human security.International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in New Delhi (2008)In response to the recommendations of the previous International Ministerial Conferenceon Avian and Pandemic Influenza in New Delhi, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Children\'s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, and the United Nations System Influenza Coordination (UNSIC) came together in 2008 to develop a document titled, 'Contributing to One World, One Health. A Strategic Framework for Reducing Risks of Infectious Diseases at the Animal--Human--Ecosystem Interface.' The framework built on the lessons learned from the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza response during the early 2000s and presented a strategy for applying the One Health concept to emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) at the animal--human--ecosystem interface.International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 25--26 October 2008Representatives