WMA and WVMA Agree to Collaborate in the World One Health Concept
11/19/2012
World Medical Association and World Veterinary Medical Association sign Memorandum of Understanding
On 10th October 2012, during the meeting of the General Assembly of World Medical Association (WMA) in Bangkok, WVA President, Dr. Kechrid and WMA President, Dr. Wilson signed the WVA-WMA Memorandum of Understanding. WVA and WMA agreed to collaborate in the One-Health concept, which is a unified approach to veterinary and human medicine in order to improve Global Health.
On that occasion, the WVA President gave WMA president a trophy in recognition of the collaboration between the two organizations.
In addition, an extensive article on WVA was published in the World Medical Journal of May 2012 (vol. 58) introducing the WVA and also focusing on WVA’s perspective regarding the use of antimicrobials. Click HERE for the article (page 58 to 63).
