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World Veterinary Day 2010

Veterinary Day 2010

Saturday, 24th April, 2010

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WVA-OIE World Veterinary Day AWARD 2010
World Veterinary Day was first celebrated by the World Veterinary Association in 2001 and is celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. In 2008 the WVA and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) agreed on the creation of the World Veterinary Day Award aimed at rewarding the most successful celebration of the veterinary profession by national veterinary associations, alone, or in cooperation with any other selected veterinary body.

The 2010 Award will be delivered at the 78th OIE World Assembly to be held in Paris, France on 23-28 May 2010.

The prize: US$ 1,000 will be donated to the winner.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
National veterinary associations that celebrate World veterinary day alone or in cooperation with others can participate in the competition of being selected WVD award winner of the year by sending in a completed application form (see instructions below).

THEME FOR THE YEAR 2010
One World, One Health: more cooperation between veterinarians and physicians

The much publicised concept "One World, One Health" indicates that the world has awakened to the link between animal diseases and public health.

It has long been known that 60% of known infectious diseases are common to humans and animals (whether domestic or wild); 75% of recent emerging human diseases came from animals and 80% of the pathogens that could potentially be used in bioterrorism are zoonotic. It is also known that human populations need a regular diet of protein particularly from milk, eggs or meat, and that a deficiency can also be a public health problem.

The unprecedented movement of commodities and people between nations provides opportunities for pathogens to spread and multiply. Further, climate change can enable pathogens to extend their range, notably through vectors, such as insects colonising new areas that up until a few years ago were too cold for them to survive the winter.

The only way to minimize the impact of these new hazards is to adapt the existing systems of animal and public health governance at world, regional and national levels in a harmonised and coordinated manner. From the animal health perspective, "One World, One Health" should eventually lead all countries to make a firm commitment to establishing mechanisms for the early detection of disease outbreaks, as well as allowing rapid implementation, by veterinarians, of any required preventive or therapeutic measure directed to animals.

From the human health perspective, "One World, One Health" should induce all countries to adopt a united approach by veterinarians and human physicians for the control of zoonotic diseases, especially with regard to the prevention and post-exposure treatment of these diseases.

The 2010 Award will reward the veterinary association that best publicises the theme by involving all stakeholders in the organisation of events along with all other stakeholders such as the media and the general public.

TOOLKIT FOR APPLICANTS
This could be accomplished via public events organised with support of the media, open days, competitions or any event that creates attention and delivers a message to a large number of people in an interesting, entertaining and stimulating way (using, for example, musical and gastronomic events as a support).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION
The application for the award must include:
- Name of the individual veterinarian representing the veterinary association involved
- Country and e-mail address
- Number of veterinarians members of the applicant association
- The specific audience attending the event and the attendance rate
- Press coverage received
- Number of non veterinarians and veterinarians attracted to the event
- Number of stakeholders involved in the organisation of the event and number of stakeholders attracted to the event
- Proposed actions to be taken as a follow up

SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Copies of posters, stickers, photographs, press releases, TV spots etc.

HOW TO APPLY
Applications should be submitted by 1 May 2010 to the World Veterinary Association: secretariat@worldvet.org

Alliance for Rabies Control July 2010 newsletter



The Alliance for Rabies Control's July 2010 newsletter is now available at:
www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter18

There are articles about the upcoming World Rabies Day, the new Blueprint for Rabies Control, the new MEEREB group and rabies control activities around the world including China, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines, and USA.

Read more ...

Blueprint for canine rabies elimination and human rabies prevention launched this week


Rabies continues to be an active threat in many countries throughout the world, as regularly reported on ProMED. In an effort to help countries find and implement realistic solutions to reduce the burden of rabies throughout their territory, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Partners for Rabies Prevention and FAO’s Regional Central Animal Health in Bamako, under the coordination of Dr Tiziana Lembo, are launching a new on-line “Blueprint for canine rabies elimination and human rabies prevention” (www.rabiesblueprint.com).

This Blueprint brings together recommendations from WHO, OIE, FAO, academic institutions, animal welfare organizations, vaccine producers and other global stakeholders involved in rabies control as well as published data from the field, and case reports for closer examination of how human rabies can be prevented and canine rabies can be eliminated. It is not meant to replace existing material or national guidelines but rather to serve as an easy-to-use guide and a one-stop website where national stakeholders can find up-to-date normative and practical information on how to prevent and control rabies.

The information is available in both English and French and we hope to have additional languages to increase the website’s usage in other countries. More chapters addressing wildlife rabies control will soon be added. We invite everyone involved in rabies control throughout the world to utilize the Blueprint and look forward to comments and feedback on how we may improve the website.

2010 World Veterinary Day Award


The 78th general session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was opened in Paris on the 23rd May 2010.

After referring to the major contributions to human health, food safety, animal welfare, animal production and international trade, made by OIE over the past 90 years, OIE president, Dr Carlos Correa Messuti looked forward to the new and complex challenges humankind and the planet face today.

National, regional and global efforts for safeguarding health, animal welfare and food safety are much needed, he said and OIE will continue to focus on national Veterinary Services It is necessary to update countries’ veterinary legislation, build national scientific capacity and improve and harmonize veterinary education worldwide, supplementing it with ongoing training of veterinary professionals, Dr Carlos Correa Messuti told the audience.

As a part of the opening ceremony, WVA president Dr Tjeerd Jorna, had the pleasure to announce the winner of the 2010 World Veterinary Day Award.

This year the award - a joint OIE and WVA initiative - went to Lahore, Pakistan for their contribution to the celebration of World Veterinary Day. Because the Pakistan delegation had not arrived yet, the prize was given to Dr Itsuo Shimohira from the OIE regional representation for Asia and the Pacific, who will forward it to Pakistan later this week.


Pictured from left to right: Dr Carlos Correa Messuti, Dr Bernard Vallat, Dr Itsuo Shimohira, Dr Tjeerd Jorna

Read more about the World Veterinary Day celebration at the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, in Lahore ...

World Veterinary Day in Iran

In the "Efaf High School", Zarrinshahr, Iran, Dr. Amir Rogers has spoken about veterinary and World Veterinary Day for girls that they want to know about veterinarians and veterinary.

World Veterinary Day celebrated in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) in collaboration with Bangladesh Veterinary Association (BVA) Chittagong Chapter organized daylong activities to celebrate the World Veterinary Day on 24th April, 2010. There were mass rally attended by the students and teachers of CVASU and later a seminar was held on the theme of this year- “One World; One Health, More Cooperation between Veterinarian & Physician”.

Mass rally by the teachers and students of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) who celebrated the World Veterinary Day in 24 April in CVASU campus, Chittagong, Bangladesh

World Veterinary Day in Gujarat, India

The State Government’s Department of Animal Husbandry organized a multi-activity celebration of World Veterinary Day 2010, on the international theme of “One World – One Health”.

Since Gujarat could never be privileged to get exemptions from the global effects of Climate Change, a technical seminar titled “Effects of Climate Change on Animal Resources” was also organized to mark the celebration of WVD-2010.

World Veterinary Day in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

WORLD VETERINARY DAY 2010 CELEBRATED IN PUNJAB by VET'S CLUB LUDHIANA (Regd)

VETS CLUB LUDHIANA (Regd), IS THE ONLY CLUB IN Punjab which is for VETS. This year Vets Club Ludhiana celebrated World Veterinary Day 2010 ,as a state level function on 14th May 2010 in the premises of Vets Club situated on Ferozepore Road Ludhiana due to sincere efforts of Dr P N Barman.

According to Dr.Paramjeet Singh Deputy Director, Punjab Veterinary Vaccine Institute Ludhiana, the day was divided in two sessions.

World Veterinary Day Activities in Myanmar

24th - 27th April 2010.

World Veterinary Day in Nepal

The Nepal Veterinary Association (NVA) celebrated world veterinary day in the global theme “One World, One Health: More cooperation between veterinarians & physicians”.

The following programs were organized by Nepal Veterinary Association this year to celebrate this global function.
1. Media Campaign as preparatory works.
2. Blood Donation camp
3. 9th National Conference of National Veterinary Association
4. Procession rally

NVA disseminated notice on World Veterinary Day and its associated programs to the general public and its members through different print media. Advertisement notices were circulated through different national and regional broadsheet. Moreover, other means of communication like Web sms, text sms, radio talk, banners were also used as means of circulation of the message.

On the eve (April 18, 2010) of World Veterinary Day, Nepal Veterinary Association organized a blood donation camp. Fifty four people donated blood in the campaign. Nepal Red Cross Society provided its technical crew to help the donation program. The program was inaugurated by Dr. Adarsha Pradhan, president of the association. National print and electronic medias covered the event.

To commemorate the world veterinary day, NVA decided to organize national conference (April 22-24) during world veterinary week with the theme “Veterinarians for Food Security, Public Health and Animal Welfare”. The main objective of the association was to gather country Vets in one place (that happened to be Kathmandu, capital of Nepal as venue for the conference).

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