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About: The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and “One Health” The World Veterinary Association (WVA) represents around 500,000 veterinarians around the world through its 95-member associations and is a broad global veterinary community that offers advocacy, support, and education with a variety of partners for focused global veterinary issues. The WVA mission is to assure and promote animal health and welfare and public health globally, through developing and advancing veterinary medicine, the veterinary profession as well as public and private veterinary services. Visit www.worldvet.org, WVA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/World-Veterinary-Association-120285644802536/ and on Twitter https://twitter.com/WorldVetAssoc?lang=en. Caring for animals = Caring for our planet Dr. S.M. Johnson CHIANG President “The World Veterinary Association (WVA) is the world’s largest family of veterinarians, as well as the common voice for them all. Representing more than 500,000 veterinarians through 95 veterinary member associations on six continents, the WVA unites the veterinary profession at a global level. The WVA supports the work of veterinarians in diverse areas of medicine, research, practice, and outreach and is guided by its belief in One Health, which recognizes that humans and animals share the natural environment and create harmony with and for each other. The WVA envisions that collaboration between the veterinary profession and other professions can ensure that humans, animals, and the environment prosper together. Thank you for visiting the website of the WVA!” See partial list of WVA’s extensive coverage and recognition of the international One Health movement over the past years: Improving Animal Production Biosecurity to Minimize Global One Health Risks - Article by WVA President Elect The WVA President Dr. Johnson Chiang attended the 70th-anniversary ceremony of JVMA and World Veterinary Day 2018 in Japan Memorial - Nivaldo da Silva, Executive Secretary General of CFMV-Brazil World Veterinary Day 2018 - Celebrating the Veterinary Profession for a more Sustainable Future - Press Release 5th WVA Global One Health Summit with the theme of Biosecurity WVA Declaration of Incheon on the Role of the Veterinary Profession in One Health and EcoHealth Initiatives The WVA and the Spanish Veterinary Association present WVAC2018 to King Felipe VI Short summary of WVA activities during WVC2017 Elimination of dog-transmitted Rabies by 2030 targeted - WVA and WMA Joint Press Release PRESS RELEASE - Animal Welfare a major focus as the World’s veterinarians meet in Korea Take a Bite Out of Lyme Disease – An initiative by Ross University, One Health Club WVD2017 Celebrations - Vermont, USA Memorandum of Understanding Between the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) Summary of the 2nd WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health One Health Day 2016 WVA and WMA - A GLOBAL EXAMPLE FOR ONE HEALTH APPROACH WVA President, Dr. Rene Carlson talking veterinary capacity and oversight #OneHealth4All 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH - The program is finalized Register now before its too late WVA revised its position statements on One Health and on Responsible Use of Antimicrobials. 2nd Global Conference on One Health - REGISTRATION SITE IS OPEN NOW The first One Health Day - 3 November 2016 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH - Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach ONE HEALTH DAY – 3rd November 2016 WVA joins the International One Health Coalition of the One Health Platform WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health – Report and Presentations One Health Conferences in Morocco and Tunisia.   Two weeks for the WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health in Madrid. New open-access “One Health Journal” announced… WVA/WMA CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH The program for the WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH is now finalized. WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health – SMA/SVA joint press conference Plant-based solutions for veterinary immunotherapeutics and prophylactics World Veterinary Association President Reiterates Strong Endorsement of One Health Concept WVA - WHO collaboration plan for 2015-2018 WVA-WMA Global Conference on One Health Concept One Health Letter Endorsement sent to U.S. President (The White House) from 7 United States Senators Significant Liaison Developing Between One Health Initiative Team and One Health Commission WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH - SAVE THE DATE White House Strategy Recognizes Importance of One Health Approach in Combating Antibiotic Resistance (USA) WVA – WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH CONCEPT Visionary Joint One Health Endorsement Message by Physician and Veterinarian from India WVA and WSAVA signed a Memorandum of Understanding WVA Position Papers on One Health Concept and Animal Welfare Taking the Bite Out of Rabies, Putting Teeth Into “One Health” One Health Umbrella WSAVA/OIE Symposium on One Health: Rabies and Other Disease Risks from Free-Roaming Dogs’, Director World Health Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign Joins One Health Initiative Honorary Advisory Board Call for papers: GRF One Health Summit The 19th International Symposium of the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (ISWAVLD 2019) 5 International One Health Congress - Call for abstracts 15th CDC International Symposium on Biosafety: Biosafety in the Era of One Health 4th Annual UC Davis One Health Symposium One Health EcoHealth 2016 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH Third Annual UC Davis One Health Symposium ONE HEALTH - European Interregional Conference -Romania – Bucharest – 22-24 September 2016 2016 Joint AAZV/EAZWV/IZW Conference 3RD GRF ONE HEALTH SUMMIT 2015 WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH Natural disasters and “One – Health” Are we prepared to react? 3rd International One Health Congress 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2nd Global Risk Forum (GRF) One Health Summit 2013 “ANIMALS + HUMANS = ONE HEALTH”: HOW TO MAKE MEAT OFFICIAL CONTROLS WORK FOR ALL? Philippines Final The PH Action Plan to Combat AMR One Health Approach Nov 2015 Mendelson et al. One Health stewardship of colistin Lancet Infect Dis 2018 South Africa WVA Declaration of Incheon on the Role of the Veterinary Profession in One Health and EcoHealth Initiatives Summary of the 2nd WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health WVA Position on One Health draft revision on One Health position World Veterinary and Medical Associations collaboration on One Health WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Program and presentations WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Program and presentations Lisa Conti - one health - the bigger picture WVA/WMA One Health Conference - FINAL PROGRAM in Spanish WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Speaker Abstract book WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Poster Abstract book WVA/WMA One Health Conference - FINAL PROGRAM WVA/WMA One Health Conference - PROGRAM - 18 MARCH 2015 - ENGLISH WVA/WMA One Health Conference - PROGRAM - 18 MARCH 2015 - SPANISH WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH - Announcement WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Draft program - 16 February 2015 WVA/WMA One Health Conference - Poster abstracts instructions Draft program - WVA/WMA One Health Conference WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH -Draft program One Health Umbrella Ecohealth, One Health, and Sustainable Development: a Practical Approach World Veterinary Congress 2013 - One World, One Medicine, One Health - Posters One Health Initiative One Health Newsletter Spring 2013 Volume 6 Issue 2 WVA Conclusions from the Summit on Antimicrobials