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World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association Sign Historic Collaborative One Health Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok, Thailand – First posted One Health Initiative website Friday, November 09, 2012

World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association Sign Historic Collaborative One Health Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok, Thailand

See October 13, 2012 MOU in full: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/WVA-WMA%20MOU%20(2).pdf

[ Section 1: Global Development Objective

 The Parties will collaborate in the One-Health concept, which is a unified approach to veterinary and human medicine [veterinarians and physicians] in order to improve Global Health.]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

“The One Health Initiative goes on.

Last month at the General Assembly meeting of the World Medical Association (WMA) meeting in Bangkok, the World Medical Association (WMA) and World Veterinary Association (WVA) signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the One Health Initiative. The WMA has existing policy to cooperate with the veterinary profession and this effort is in furthering that policy.

Dr. Faouzi Kechrid, President WVA and Dr. Tjeerd Jorna, former president of the WVA were in attendance at the meeting. Dr. Kachrid signed for the WVA and I [Dr. Cecil B. Wilson] signed as president of the WMA.”

Above comments graciously provided to the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team’s website November 7, 2012 by:

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

President World Medical Association

Former President American Medical Association

Orlando, Florida (USA)

Note: Dr. Cecil B. Wilson is a prominent longstanding One Health supporter/advocate and has worked collaboratively with members of the One Health Initiative team and Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php while serving on the American Medical Association Board as President.  Specifically, Dr. Wilson gave a significant One Health presentation http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Cecil%20Wilson%20MD%20NAVC%20Jan%202011.pdf before an audience at the January 2011 North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, FL. (USA).