Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health presents the manifesto “The Challenges of the 21st Century in Animal Prevention, Welfare and Health”. An analysis paper, available in digital and printed format, which collects the main 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 on the One Health approach.
According to Elena Gratacós, General Manager of Boehringer Animal Health Spain, “Our company’s commitment to animals and veterinarians, both in clinics and on farms, with pet owners and society in general. In this sense, we want to make a decisive contribution to innovation and advancement 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 performed at a time of special relevance marked by the health crisis caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The paper was prepared by a group of renowned specialists consisting of Cristina Muñoz Madero, Joaquim Segalés Coma, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, Luis Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel Cebrián Yagüe and Pol Llonch Obiols.
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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 -one perspective One Health will be able to move “towards advanced and preventive global healthcare”.
The publication is divided into six sections that develop the most pressing challenges related to the collaboration between veterinarians and doctors for the prevention of zoonoses, surveillance systems for early detection of diseases, vaccination and immunology, animal welfare, rational use of antibiotics and the key role of the veterinarian. in developing the One Health approach to public health policies.