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Challenges of the 21st century in prevention, welfare and animal health
December 10, 2020
SPAIN – This Thursday, December 10, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health presented the Manifesto: 21st Century Challenges in Animal Health, Welfare and Prevention. An analysis work, available in digital and print format, that gathers the main issues we face in animal prevention, welfare and health to ensure global health in the world. In addition, the initiative wants to stimulate the debate around the One Health approach.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health presenta “Manifesto: 21st Century Challenges in Prevention, Welfare and Animal Health“
According to Elena Gratacós, CEO of Boehringer Animal Health Spain, “Our company is committed to animals and with veterinarians, both in clinics and on farms, with pet owners and with society in general. In this sense, we want to make a decisive contribution to innovation and to move forward in solving the challenges we face as a society in the field of human and animal health ”.
The Manifesto is the result of an in-depth analysis conducted at a time of particular importance marked by the health crisis caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The work has been prepared by a group of renowned specialists formed by Cristina Muñoz Madero, Joaquim Segalés Coma, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, Luis Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel Cebrián Yagüe and Pol Llonch Obiols.
Likewise, the manifesto has had the collaboration as a prologue of an expert of recognized international prestige in the field of the One Health concept: the Doctor Jonna AK Mazet.
The purpose of this initiative is to serve as a basis for launching initiatives, measures and commitments for improvement at the institutional and administrative levels “that contribute to the lives of animals and people in a healthier world in this 21st century”, with the belief that only from the One Health perspective will it be possible to “move to advanced and preventive global healthcare”.
The publication is structured in six sections developing the most pressing challenges related to veterinary and physician collaboration to prevent zoonoses, surveillance systems for early disease detection, vaccination and immunology, animal welfare. the rational use of antibiotics and the key role of the veterinarian in the development of the One Health approach in public health policy.
Consult the manifesto at: boehringer-ingelheim.es/salud-animal
“Adding value through innovation”
Boehringer Ingelheim it is the second largest animal health company in the world. The company is committed to the development of the future and animal welfare through a broad portfolio of advanced health products and services based on prevention. With net sales of € 3.9 billion and approximately 10,000 employees worldwide, we are present in more than 150 markets. For more information: https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/animal-health/ animal health.