Over one billion lives depend on livestock

GALVmed aims to make a significant contribution towards transformational change in the small-scale livestock health landscape by developing a portfolio of high impact products and initiating a range of private sector market initiatives operating at scale in the smallholder sector.

Stopping the spread of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) starts with vaccine access in Africa

Year in Review: GALVmed 2025

We’re excited to share GALVmed’s 2025 Year in Review, an overview of our accomplishments and the progress made throughout the year in advancing our mission.

The review reflects a year of meaningful impact and our continued commitment to strengthening livelihoods through improved livestock health.

Read it here.

Unlocking Africa’s $4bn livestock opportunity

GALVmed CEO Dr Lois Muraguri highlights how harmonised regulation will help ensure that safe and effective veterinary medicines and products reach the people who need them most, while also making the market more predictable for both manufacturers and regulators.

The proposed Pan-African Regulatory Authorities Network for Veterinary Products (PARAN-VPs) will guide continental cooperation on veterinary product regulation. It will serve as a continental platform for regulatory cooperation, helping countries align standards, share information and strengthen oversight of veterinary medicines.

Our Vision

Transformational improvement in the well-being and economic progression of small-scale livestock producers.

Our Mission

We will contribute to the transformation of small-scale livestock producers’ lives by:

  • understanding the constraints to animal health and how to overcome them;
  • engaging the animal health industry; and
  • ensuring awareness, availability and adoption of effective animal health interventions.

Our work

Product development

GALVmed specialises in product development partnerships uniquely established to translate global research progress into tangible livestock disease control tools for the developing world.

Commercial development

Our work with our partners supports the small-scale livestock producers of the world.

Enabling environment

An enabling environment that allows for the successful translation of research products to sustainable animal health solutions for small scale livestock producers is essential to achieving GALVmed’s mission.

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