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Commonwealth Veterinary Association
[name][position], Commonwealth Veterinary AssociationSlide2
Presentation outlineCVA background, mission
CVA work prioritiesPartnerships for deliverySome key achievementsGoing forwardSlide3
Commonwealth Veterinary Association
Founded in 1967Not for profit association of 55 countries
- 53
commonwealth countries
Membership - the National
Veterinary Associations
Associate
member countries / international
organisations
A
charity
– registered in India
6 regions, each with a regional representative to
coordinate and country councilors in each member country
NOT ONE SALARIED STAFF
MEMBER
– VoluntarySlide4
Our regionsUK-Mediterranean
AsiaCanada/CaribbeanWest AfricaEast, Central and Southern Africa
Australasia/OceaniaSlide5
Mission
‘to promote the veterinary profession within the Commonwealth by encouraging the highest professional standards of education, ethics and service, in order to advance animal health
,
productivity and welfare
to improve the
quality of life of all its peoples
’. Slide6
CVA Work Priorities
Continuing professional developmentOn-line CPD modules – collaboration with World Veterinary Association and the World Continuing Education AllianceDonated veterinary texts programDonated equipment/instruments
Study
fund
- short study program in another country
Guest lectureships
Training programs, workshops, conferences
Journal of the CVA
1986 to 2015
– chance for young vets to
publish.Slide7
Donated books and equipment
For many years, the CVA has run a voluntary book program donated veterinary texts and journals are collected, recorded and posted to individual veterinarians and various universities in member countries in Asia, Africa, Oceania and The
Caribbean
Also an
x-ray machine
has been sent to Fiji and
Sokoine
University in
Tanzania
an
anaesthetic machine
has been sent to the University of
Peradeniya
in Sri
Lanka
veterinary equipment to Samoa and Cook Islands surgical instruments to The Gambia. Slide8
Study Fund
Usually 2-4 weeksFunds to cover airfares and some accommodation
Accommodation and travel within country usually sponsored by collaborating vet practices, university,
etc.
Dr
Renee Orange from Samoa in Australia, 2016Slide9
On-line CPD
Working with the WCEA and WVA, the CVA education portal has had 7779 members register from 166 different countries with Egypt, the United States of America, United Kingdom, Egypt, India and Australia having the largest membership.
There
are 1197 different CPD modules currently available and members have commenced modules on 5863 occasions of which 2322 reached completion
.
Free for vets from developing countries!
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Partnerships for DeliveryCooperation
agreements/collaboratorsWorld Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
European Commission
OIE Collaborating Centre on Animal Welfare,
Teramo
, Italy
University of Edinburgh, Murdoch University
The Donkey Sanctuary, UK
WSAVA
Associate Member
Organisations
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
World Animal Protection
Compassion in World Farming
Mayhew International
Humane Society International
The Brooke, UKSlide11
Some key achievements
CPD, training and collaboration!!!CVA rabies reference laboratory, Karnataka Vet School, BangaloreUnited Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals – CVA delivers many (empower women, gender equality, poverty alleviation, etc.)
Act as a
catalyst and connect collaborators/people
CVA rabies reference laboratory at Karnataka State, India connecting
Crucell
Holland monoclonal antibody laboratories, CDC Atlanta, UK animal and plant health agency Slide12
Practical projectse.g
. CVA supported the training of Maasai women in Kenya on livestock health and productionA
project of
Kenya Women Veterinary AssociationSlide13
Other applied activities
Training of women dairy farmers in Muthanallur village of IndiaCapacity building for veterinary undergraduate education in Chittagong Veterinary College, Bangladesh
Establishment of
goat production unit
at
women’s group
in the village of
Chikwanji
in
Choma
, ZambiaSlide14
Other applied activities
National rabies campaign in Uganda, NigeriaStray dog problem in the Pacific IslandsTraining of Sri Lanka undergraduates/Veterinary
professionals
in
veterinary surgerySlide15
Planning for the next 50 years
CVA
is working to
improve communications
(new
website, monthly e-newsletters, new regional communications
officers /
young vets, social media).
Securing partnerships
and attracting
new collaborators
.
Improve our
funding security
.
Next
Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference
in
March 2019
,
Bangalore, India
–
SEE YOU THERE!Slide16
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