Millions of people in Developing countries rely on livestock to pay for their daily needs. GALVmed is working with partners to make livestock health products available, accessible and affordable to people living in poverty.

What is GALVmed?

• - A livestock health product development & adoption partnership organisation
• - A not-for-profit Public-Private Partnership – registered charity
• - Pro-poor focused: working with key partners to make a sustainable difference in access to animal health products for poor livestock keepers
• - Currently supported by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with projects having been funded by the European Commission & BBSRC.

What does GALVmed do?

They make available and facilitate adoption of livestock health products by poor livestock keepers. They do this by:

• - Intervention in all necessary links of the value chain including:
• - Product development, registration, manufacture, distribution, commercialisation and delivery to the end user
• - Building capacity (upstream and downstream)
• - Market development and adoption by creation of sustainable value chains
• - Understanding and influencing policy to enable the above
• - Advocating for livestock as a route out of poverty

Purpose: Protecting Livestock – Improving Human Lives

Mission: To make a real difference to the livelihoods of resource-poor livestock keepers by facilitating provision of animal health tools, within a sustainable economic framework

Vision: Better livestock health contributing to a transformational improvement in the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers.