By: Beatrice Ouma, GALVmed’s Communications Manager Mary Waithera Njogu’s dream has always been to work in biotechnology research but she also loves to work with animals. She is a trained veterinary […]
By: Samuel Adediran, Assistant Director Market Development & Access, GALVmed Ciru and Ciku are your typical small-scale farmers. They both live in Keringet, Nakuru Country in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Ciru is […]
By: Samuel Adediran, Assistant Director for Global Access, GALVmed With aggregate estimated population comprising 300m cattle, 1.8b chickens, 35m pigs and 650m sheep and goats, livestock production in Africa is important […]
By: Dr Mamta Dhawan, GALVmed Regional Manager: South Asia Thirty years ago I lost an uncle to rabies. His pet dog was not vaccinated against rabies and he licked a scratch […]
By: Samuel Adediran, Assistant Director of Global Access Malawi is one of the countries that is most affected by erratic climatic conditions and animal disease outbreaks, which have a critical negative […]
By: Rose Peter, Programme Manager: Animal African Trypanosomosis In recent weeks I have attended a couple of conferences where tryps have been on the agenda. One was in Liverpool, England (World […]
In rural India and Nepal, opportunities for women to contribute to household income are scarce. However, one asset most women do have access to is backyard poultry. Families typically keep five to ten chickens…
African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), widely known in Africa as nagana, is a deadly scourge of livestock flocks and herds, killing an estimated 3 million cattle each year, as well as many sheep and goats.
Livestock keepers and vaccinators discuss how the Muguga Cocktail “one shot for life” East Coast Fever vaccine is being used in Karamoja, Uganda. Film by Pius Sawa, WRENmedia correspondent and produced […]
In Kaptipada village of Mayurbhanj District in Orissa, India lives a hardworking couple. Dashrathi and Fulomani Murmu have dedicated their lives to serving their community by taking care of their livestock. Dashrathi is mainly known within the community as the small animals’ doctor, while Fulomani is the village poultry doctor. Both are trained vaccinators.