Commonground
Senior Moderator
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2025
(TRENTON) – In conjunction with January being National One Health Awareness Month, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Wengryn announced the inaugural meeting of the New Jersey One Health Task Force (OHTF) will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 21, in the first floor boardroom at 200 Riverview Plaza, in Trenton.
New Jersey was the first state in the nation to legislate a One Health initiative by establishing the OHTF (P.L. 2021, Chapter 117). The OHTF will develop a strategic plan to promote inter-disciplinary communication and collaboration between physicians, veterinarians, and other scientific professionals and State agencies, and to promote the health and well-being of the State’s residents, animals, and the environment.
“With diseases and viruses, such as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, having the capability to travel between humans, domestic animals, livestock, and wildlife, the One Health Task Force will emphasize the connectedness of our world,” Secretary Wengryn said. “That New Jersey is at the forefront of this initiative shows the high level of importance the Murphy Administration places on the overall health and well-being of our State’s residents, protecting our animals, plants and the environment. It is all one health.”
...https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/news/press/2025/approved/press250126.html
January 29, 2025
(TRENTON) – In conjunction with January being National One Health Awareness Month, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Wengryn announced the inaugural meeting of the New Jersey One Health Task Force (OHTF) will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 21, in the first floor boardroom at 200 Riverview Plaza, in Trenton.
New Jersey was the first state in the nation to legislate a One Health initiative by establishing the OHTF (P.L. 2021, Chapter 117). The OHTF will develop a strategic plan to promote inter-disciplinary communication and collaboration between physicians, veterinarians, and other scientific professionals and State agencies, and to promote the health and well-being of the State’s residents, animals, and the environment.
“With diseases and viruses, such as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, having the capability to travel between humans, domestic animals, livestock, and wildlife, the One Health Task Force will emphasize the connectedness of our world,” Secretary Wengryn said. “That New Jersey is at the forefront of this initiative shows the high level of importance the Murphy Administration places on the overall health and well-being of our State’s residents, protecting our animals, plants and the environment. It is all one health.”
...https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/news/press/2025/approved/press250126.html