Partnerships
WVA believes in working in partnership. WVA signed a Memorandum of Understanding and effectively collaborates with relevant global partners such as OIE, WHO, FAO, WMA, WSPA, IDF and WFO on various veterinary issues related to Animal Health and Welfare, Public Health and Food Safety.
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
The need to fight animal diseases at global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept its historical acronym OIE.
Visit website
World Health Organisation (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
Visit website
Food and Argriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Our mandate is to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth.
Visit website
World Medical Association (WMA)
The purpose of the WMA is to serve humanity by endeavoring to achieve the highest international standards in Medical Education, Medical Science, Medical Art and Medical Ethics, and Health Care for all people in the world.
Visit website
World Animal Protection
The World Animal Protection exists to tackle animal cruelty across the globe.
World Animal Protection improves animals’ lives and prevents animal cruelty by working directly with communities and owners. Working on the ground with local partners for greatest effect, World Animal Protection is active in more than 50 countries.
Visit website
International Dairy Federation (IDF)
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) represents the global dairy sector and ensures the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and nutritious, safe and sustainable dairy products.
IDF's vision is simply that "Everybody can derive well-being from high quality milk."
Visit website
One Health Initiative
The One Health Initiative is a movement to forge co-equal, all inclusive collaborations between physicians, osteopaths, veterinarians, dentists, nurses and other scientific-health and environmentally related disciplines.
Visit website
World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA)
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is an association of associations. Its membership is made up of veterinary organisations from all over the world, which are concerned with companion animals. Currently there are 93 member and affiliate associations, representing over 180,000 individual veterinarians from around the globe.
Visit website
Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
GARC is the leading organization working for the global prevention of rabies.
GARC's vision is a world free of human rabies.
GARC's mission is to prevent human deaths from rabies and relieve the burden of rabies in other animal populations, especially dogs.
Visit website
International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM)
The ICMM is an International and Intergovernmental Organization created in 1921 whose the primary mission is to maintain and strenghten the bonds of cooperation and knowledge between the Armed Forces Medical Services of all Member States.
Visit website
AAALAC International
AAALAC International is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs.
More than 1,000 companies, universities, hospitals, government agencies and other research institutions in 49 countries have earned AAALAC accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to responsible animal care and use.
Visit website
World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
The WFPHA is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization composed of over 115 associations member, mostly multidisciplinary national public health associations, and representing around 5 million public health professionals worldwide.
Visit website
