Over one billion people around the world depend on livestock for their livelihoods, of which more than 900 million are in Africa and South Asia. However, preventable animal diseases pose a constant threat to productivity, food safety and security, income, opportunities, and individual and community prosperity. Consequently, protecting livestock is critical to improving human lives.

Focusing on sub–Saharan Africa and South Asia, GALVmed’s vision is transformational improvement in the well-being and economic progression of small-scale livestock producers. We do this through:

• Improving availability: By researching, improving and developing much-needed animal health products and solutions.
• Increasing accessibility:  By ensuring the needed products reach the markets and are accessible and affordable to small-scale producers.
• Improving adoption: By easing barriers in the regulatory and policy environment, facilitating product registration.
• Increasing understanding: By providing practical data and information from the small-scale livestock producer field to measure impact and facilitate data-driven decisions.

Working in collaboration with partners, GALVmed has implemented, over the years, various programmes across Africa and South Asia. GALVmed’s achievements from 2014 to 2022 are:

• 1.2 billion livestock vaccines, therapeutics and other animal health products sold to small-scale customers in 15 countries across Africa and South Asia.
• Approximately 5.7 million cumulative annual customers served.
• 23.7 million livestock deaths averted saving the sector approximately of $386 million.
• Approximately $119 million of cattle mortalities averted from East Coast Fever disease.
• Approximately $52.5 million in poultry deaths averted from Newcastle disease.
• 15 new animal health products developed since 2010.
• A total of 9 products registered under the Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) to date.
• Over 90 publications disseminated.

These achievements reflect not just progress but also strong commitment to improving the lives of those who depend on livestock for their livelihoods. GALVmed remains dedicated to collaborating with partners to ensure effective animal health products are widely available in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia, contributing to our purpose of protecting livestock to improve human lives.