Showcasing Impact: GALVmed Key Achievements

Over the years, GALVmed through its partners, has implemented impactful programmes across Africa and South Asia, leading to significant achievements.

GALVmed-iCow partnership uses texts to provide farmers with agricultural information

By: Dr Samuel Adediran, Assistant Director of Market Development and Access at GALVmed and Su Kahumbu, Founder of iCow iCow, is a mobile phone platform that shares agricultural information with farmers in Kenya. […]

Exploring new partnerships and business potential for vaccination against Newcastle Disease in Kenya

By: Rahul Srivastava, Marketing Officer for South Asia at GALVmed and Dr. Samuel Adediran, Assistant Director for Global Access at GALVmed GALVmed, in partnership with the African Technical Veterinary Association (ATVA), recently […]

Seeking the Next Generation of Livestock Trypanocides

The loss of livestock productivity and mortality caused by the protozoan parasites, Trypanosoma congolense andT. vivax, which is transmitted by tsetse and other biting flies, leads to loss of assets and income to the farmers in Africa. The estimated cost is almost $5 billion a year with over 150 million ruminants at risk in tsetse-infested areas.

CTTBD: Supporting African-led solutions towards sustainable livelihoods in the livestock sector

By: Keith Bohannon, Member Development Officer at Scotland Malawi Partnership Having grown up in rural Ireland, I am very aware of the importance of agriculture to local communities, particularly in […]

CTTBD: Reinforcing the business model

Written by: Beatrice Ouma, Communications Manager at GALVmed The Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases was officially launched on Friday 5, December 2014. The centre is currently producing the Muguga cocktail East […]

A vaccine that is transforming lives

Written by: Stuart Brown, Assistant Director of Business Development at GALVmed Joy is a tough thing to bottle.  To me, this photo, taken by my friend and colleague Dr Victor Mbao […]

The CTTBD ECF Vaccine:Greater opportunity to control East Coast fever and other tick-borne diseases in Africa

The Centre for Ticks and Tick Borne Disease (CTTBD) in Malawi is now successfully producing the first batch of East Coast fever (ECF) vaccine, also known as the Muguga Cocktail. Because of […]

Malawi launches the Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases to Lead in the Fight against East Coast fever Disease

The Centre will be the sole producer of the ‘one shot for life’ East Coast fever Muguga cocktail ITM vaccine that will help protect 25 million cattle across eleven African countries. […]

The CTTBD ECF vaccine: Responding to poor livestock keepers’ needs

Written by: Dr Victor Mbao, Programme Manager, Large Ruminants, GALVmed The Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases (CTTBD) is currently producing the ‘one shot for life’ Muguga trivalent (cocktail) East Coast Fever vaccine. […]

CTTBD:The Complete Full Circle

Written by: Dr Hameed Nuru, Senior Director of Policy and External Affairs at GALVmed Since 2008, GALVmed has taken on the daunting challenge of trying to facilitate the control of East […]