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Rift Valley Fever
Rift Valley fever, a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans, broke out in Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia in 2007, killing thousands of livestock.
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About GALVmed
GALVmed is a registered charity and not-for-profit global alliance of public, private and government partners.
Nearly 700 million of the world’s poorest people rely on livestock for their survival, and animal diseases devastate the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world. GALVmed is making livestock vaccines, diagnostics and medicines accessible, affordable and available to the millions for whom livestock is a lifeline.
Path to Progress
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29/9/2009"I was so poor after my husband died that I was almost a beggar. My house had no roof, doors or windows. Today I am confident and earn money daily - I am a community animal health worker. I have 12 goats, several chickens and I’ve just bought a donkey to carry water. My children are all at school and I am hoping my eldest boy will become a doctor. I don’t need a husband to support me now."
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29/9/2009"I had about 20 chickens but they all died. Now I have to make sisal ropes to sell for a small income."
