Organisers and Partners

GALVmed works with partners to make livestock vaccines, medicines and diagnostics accessible and available to millions of small-scale producers in developing countries who depend on livestock for their livelihood. The international not-for-profit company aims to make a significant contribution towards transformational change in the smallholder 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 in Africa.

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

 

GALVmed is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland with regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and funded by the Gates Foundation and UK aid from the UK Government.

The African Union-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) operates as a technical office within the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of the African Union Commission. Their mandate is to support and coordinate the sustainable development and utilisation of animal resources to enhance nutrition and food security and contribute to the wellbeing and prosperity of the people in the Member States of the African Union.

  • Vision: An Africa in which animal resources contribute significantly to integration, prosperity and peace.
  • Mission: To provide leadership and integrated support services for the development of animal resources in Africa.

 

AU-IBAR operates at both continental and regional levels. Guided by the principle of subsidiarity, they believe that activities related to animal resources should occur at the most local level feasible. AU-IBAR assumes responsibility for areas where national and regional bodies face limitations, or where they possess a distinct comparative and strategic advantage.

The Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre (AU-PANVAC) is a specialised technical office of the African Union (AU), based in Ethiopia. It is is committed to provide international independent quality control service for veterinary vaccines produced in and imported to Africa. In addition, AU-PANVAC is committed to the Production and distribution of essential diagnostic reagents for animal disease surveillance and diagnosis.

  • Vision: To build a Recognized Reference Centre in the international arena for Vaccine quality control, technology transfer, production of diagnostic and surveillance reagents and capacity building, driven by and for African professionals.
  • Mission: To promote the use of good quality vaccines and reagents for the control and eradication of animal diseases in Africa.

 

AU-PANVAC plays a central role in major disease eradication and control programmes in Africa.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is an intergovernmental organisation, focused on transparently disseminating information on animal diseases, improving animal health globally and thus build a safer, healthier and more sustainable world.

  • Vision: Provide leadership in global animal health governance. Improve animal health care and welfare worldwide and support global goals.
  • Mission: To improve animal health globally, thereby ensuring a better future for all.

 

Together, the Organisation and its Members coordinate the global response to animal health emergencies, the prevention of zoonotic diseases, the promotion of animal health and welfare, and better access to animal health care.

Headquartered in Paris, the Organisation maintains permanent relations with over 70 international and regional organisations and has Regional and Sub-regional Offices worldwide.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the United Kingdom, and they contribute to protect public health and meet high standards of animal welfare. Their work also helps the Food Standards Agency to protect and improve the safety of food.

Their responsibilities are:

  • Monitoring and acting on reports of adverse events from veterinary medicines.
  • Testing for residues of veterinary medicines or illegal substances in animals and animal products.
  • Assessing applications for and authorising companies to sell veterinary medicines.
  • Controlling how veterinary medicines are made and distributed.
  • Advising government ministers on developing veterinary medicines policy and putting it into action.
  • Making, updating and enforcing the Veterinary Medicines Regulations.