World Veterinary Association

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World Veterinary Association
Presentation EAEVE Hannover May 2009
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• Dr.Tjeerd Jorna
• President

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World Veterinary Association and the role of
the veterinary profession on a global level
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Professional background

• 1967 Qualified, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• 1967- 1974 Department Internal Medicine - large
  animals
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht
• 1978 PhD Renal blood flow in ruminants
• 1974- 1990 Bovine veterinarian in Regional Herd
  Health Centre
• 1999 Diplomat bovine herd health management
• 1990-2004 Secretary General KNMvD
• (Dutch veterinary association)
• 2003-2007 President Federation of Veterinarians
  of Europe (FVE)
• 2008-2011 President World Veterinary Association
  (WVA)

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WVA

• ONE WORLD, ONE MEDICINE, ONE HEALTH
• Healthy animals Healthy People
• ONE PROFESSION, ONE VISION, ONE VOICE

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One World One Health

• A unified approach between veterinary and human
  medicine to improve Global Health

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WVA Mission Statement

• Promoting the interest of the veterinary
  profession on the global scene by providing
  professional assistance to produce global
  policies expressing the point of view of the
  veterinary profession in Animal Health, Animal
  Welfare and Public Health to be of interest to
  global governmental institutions and
  non-governmental organisations and in veterinary
  education and veterinary congresses

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History

• 1863 International Veterinary Congresses
• Founded by John Gamgee in Hamburg
• 1863-1905 Congresses with issues like
• Zoonoses
• Veterinary Law and Meat Inspection
• Education and Application of veterinary drugs
• 1899 First World Congress
• 1905 Permanent Committee established
• 1959 World Veterinary Association
• 1963 100 year World Animal Health Year
  Hannover
• 1995-1999 Reconstruction WVA by Dr. A. Rantsios
  president
• Issues like interests of the veterinary
  profession and her role in society

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Structure

• Members National Associations
• Associate Members International Specialist
  Associations
• Regional Veterinary Organizations
• Affiliate Members Industrial Companies
• Individual Members Individual Veterinarians
• Observers International Organizations
• Regions Continental groups of members
• World Veterinary Congress
• Presidential Assembly
• Councillors
• Excom

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WVA professional objectives

• Global policy-making in animal health, animal
  welfare, public health and zoonotic disease
• Global policy-making in the relation of animal
  behaviour and climate change to animal disease
  control
• Global accreditation system for EDUCATION as the
  guarantee of the quality of the profession
• Global structure of veterinary services in good
  co-operation with OIE, FAO and WHO

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Veterinary medicine
A N I M A l L H E A L T H
P U B L I C H E A L T H
A N I M A L W E L F A R E
VETERINARY EDUCATION
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Role veterinarians

• Practitioner
• Hygienist
• Meat-inspection
• State veterinary officer
• Policy animal disease control and public health
• Industry and Institutes
• Education
• Veterinary Faculties and Agriculture Schools
• Environment and climate
• Disease-monitoring

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Animals

Science Knowledge / Skills Ethics /
Attitude Objective Independent Impartial
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Society
Owners / Keepers
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Cooperation

• ONE WORLD, ONE MEDICINE, ONE HEALTH
• (Roger K. Mahr)
• To PROMOTE global veterinary policy
• To BE INVOLVED in Veterinary Education Policy
• To REPRESENT all global veterinarians
• To SUPPORT global activities
• OIE, FAO, WHO, IFAH, IFAP, WSPA
• To take knowledge of activities of
• Institutes (CDC, ECDC), Governments, Politics,
  Activists
• By PARTICIPATION - RESPONSIBILITY -
• OPENNESS - TRANSPARENCY

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Main issues

• ANIMAL HEALTH
• ANIMAL WELFARE
• PUBLIC HEALTH
• EDUCATION and LIFE LONG LEARNING

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Animal health

• To take part in global disease control projects
• To control economic epidemic diseases
• To discuss in task force groups of global
  organizations
• To discuss about antimicrobial resistance and the
  availability and prudent use of antibiotics
• To overlook the influence of climate change in
  animal behaviour and animal disease control

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Animal welfare

• WVA respects the five freedoms of Animal Welfare
• WVA follows up the standards of AW of the OIE
• WVA has in principle adopted the Universal
  Declaration of Animal Welfare
• WVA has to act in a lot of regions to get basic
  standards of animal welfare

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Public health

• To maintain control of zoonotic diseases
• To control food security and food safety
• To support the structure of veterinary services
• To organise terms of probation for people from
  developing countries

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• Veterinary Public Health
• and
• Human Public Health together meansGlobal
  Public Health

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• The Veterinary Profession
• is a
• Health Profession!!

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Education

• To analyse the evaluation/accreditation systems
• To develop minimum requirements/day one skills of
  veterinary education
• To develop Life Long Learning/Continuous
  education with world veterinary organisations
• To cooperate in world education projects with OIE
  2009 and Vet 2011 in 2011

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Education Policy 1998-2009

• Education Committee
• Minimum Requirements in Veterinary Education
• School Certification Programmes
• Continuing Veterinary Education Policy
• Models of International Certification Programmes

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Education Committee

• Worldwide accreditation system
• Basic requirements for Veterinary Schools
• Areas of Veterinary Involvement
• Distance Learning and Life Long Learning
• WVA ways and means for Tasks Implementation

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Minimum requirements

• Major responsibilities Veterinary Profession
• National Control and Coordination
• Duration Veterinary Training Programme
• Organization
• Subjects of Instruction
• Diversity Instructional Process and Collaboration

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Minimum requirements

• Educational Facilities
• Staffing
• Clinical Training
• Outcomes Assessment
• Quality Assurance
• Research
• Life long learning

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School certification programme

• World Veterinary Deans adopted in 1995 Yokohama
• Minimum requirements world-wide
• School certification programme
• WVA has no coercive power, only moral power

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WVA Recommendation

• Establishment Regional Certification Bodies
• Bodies responsible for school assessment in
  Region
• Implementation Certification Programme by Bodies
• Certification Programme include SER by the School

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Continuing Veterinary Education

• WVA recommends
• Responsible Authorities Countries make use of all
  available means that each veterinarian has access
  to quality, up-to-date CVE and makes it regularly
• Authorities establish necessary accreditation
  programmes
• Several models exist in different countries

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Models internal Certification

• European Evaluation System included RCVS-system
• North-American AVMA/CVMA accreditation system
• Australian system
• Accreditation/Evaluation by the Veterinary
  Profession
• Schools and Profession or Statutory Body

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Expectation profession

• Day One Competence the combination of knowledge
• and skills of graduates for a safe start as
  veterinarian
• The global Day One Competence varies depending
• veterinary education schools dont meet Min.
  REQ.
• Mobility of people and animals requires high
  level of
• veterinary education to prevent diseases
• Internet knowledge of people-reaction by
  veterinarians

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Responsibility profession

• Contain, control and eradicate infectious
  diseases
• Ensure safety of food of animal origin for humans
• Ensure health and welfare of production animals
• Contain, control and eliminate zoonotic diseases
• Provide health care needs of companion animals
• Provide health care for animals in
  sport/recreation
• Conduct research on important topics in AH/AW/PH

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Expectation Society

• High level education of veterinary profession
  even the young graduates
• Ethical exercise of the veterinary profession
• Confidence in animal health care
• Advocate in animal welfare issues
• Does not know the position in food safety

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Education Conference OIE

• Evolving Veterinary Education for a safer World
• OIE invites all deans of the world to participate
• Invitation by the Chief Veterinary Officer

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VET 2011

• 250 year Veterinary Education in the world
• Claude Bourgelat 1712-1779
• Lyon activity of comparative medicine 1761
• Hannover 1778
• 250 year veterinary profession not only a
  veterinary
• doctor , but a key player in public health too
• World Congress on Veterinary Education
• Lyon, 12-16 May 2011

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Tuberculosis
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Q-fever
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SARS
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Rabies
Rabies free
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Avian influenza
H5N1
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Tape worm
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Food poisoning

• Hygiene
• Preparation
• Radiation

From Stable to Table
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Food poisoning
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