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Report makes vaccines a priority

Experts have called for more to be done to help African smallholders access essential vaccines for their poultry. Their concerns are detailed in a new report from the Regional Expert […]

Personal perspective: Why vaccines are vital

by Dr Chris Oura, head of the Non-Vesicular Reference Laboratories, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, UK. With vaccination, you do not have to worry about giving drugs or treating the […]

The Battle against Bluetongue on BBC

The response of farmers and scientists in Europe to outbreaks of the bluetongue virus is the subject of a new documentary to be broadcast on BBC World Service. The Battle […]

Sharing of International Expertise will shape Action to Combat Newcastle Disease

A new agenda to combat a poultry disease that threatens the lives of the poorest of the poor will be charted this week in Maputo, Mozambique as some of the […]

Workshop on Newcastle Disease and ND Vaccines GALVmed

Information from the workshop organised in Maputo by GALVmed, PANVAC and IIAM In October 2009, in Maputo, Mozambique, the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed), the African Union Commission, the […]

East Coast fever vaccine registered in Tanzania

The registration for the first time in Tanzania of East Coast fever (ECF) vaccine, a tick transmitted disease which kills a million cattle every year and devastates the livelihood of […]

Synopsis on Advanced Market Commitments

In 2009 GALVmed commissioned Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) to investigate the application of Advance Market Commitments (AMC) in the field of animal health, based on the current AMC application […]

300 delegates come to ‘meet GALVmed’ in Addis Ababa

25 October 2010, 5th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Over 300 delegates at the 5th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA) accepted an invitation to ‘meet GALVmed’ at a […]

GALVmed at WHO zoonoses conference….+ GALVmed Newsletter

25 November 2010 GALVmed recently took part in the Third International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: Community based interventions for prevention and control of NZDs, which was held at the WHO […]

GALVmed board strengthened!

Steve Sloan, Chief Executive of GALVmed, said: “We are pleased to be welcoming Dr Shadrack Moephuli back to the GALVmed board, after a period away, and to be joined by […]