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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 Manifesto: Challenges of the 21st Century in Prevention, Welfare and Animal Health. An analysis work, available in digital and printed format, which collects the major issues to be addressed in the prevention, welfare and health of animals to ensure global health in the world. In addition, the initiative aims to encourage debate around a One Health approach.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health presents “Manifesto: Challenges of the 21st Century in Prevention, Welfare and Animal Health”
According to Elena Gratacós, managing director of Boehringer animal Health España, “the commitment of our company is with the animals and with the veterinarians, so much in clinics as big, with the owners of mascots and with the society in general. In this sense, we want to contribute decisively to innovate and advance in solving the challenges we face as a society in terms of animal and human health.
The Manifesto is the result of an in-depth analysis carried out at a time of special relevance marked by the health crisis caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The work has been prepared by a group of specialist recognitions formed by Cristina Muñoz Madero, Joaquim Segalés Coma, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, Luis Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel Cebrián Yagüe and Pol Llonch Obiols.
Also, the manifesto has had a collaboration as prologue of an expert of recognition of international prestige in the field of the concept One Health: the doctor Jonna AK Mazet.
The aim of this initiative is to serve as a basis for launching initiatives, measures and commitments for improvement at the institutional and administrative level “that contribute to animals and humans living in a healthier world in this 21st century”, with the conviction that only from a One Health perspective will it be possible to move “towards advanced and preventive global health care”.
The publication is structured in six sections in which the most pressing challenges related to the collaboration between veterinarians and doctors to prevent zoonoses, surveillance systems for early detection of diseases, vaccination and immunology, the animal welfare, the rational use of antibiotics, and the key role of the veterinarian in developing the One Health approach to public health policies.
Consult the manifesto at: boehringer-ingelheim.es/salud-animal
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Boehringer Ingelheim is the second largest animal health business 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 around 10,000 employees worldwide, we are present in more than 150 markets. For more information: https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/animal-health/ animal-health.