In Limassol, Cyprus, the FVE General Assembly adopted the position statement Animal Vaccination: A Socio-Economic Cornerstone of Animal Health and European Resilience. Support for a phase-out of fur farming. To make disease prevention ‘future-ready’, FVE calls national, EU, European and global decision makers, global trading partners, pharmaceutical companies, farmers and allied veterinary associations to work together to boost recognition of and incentives for preventive measures, e.g. increased biosecurity and preventive care through proper implementation of preventive animal health visits in all countries and sectors.
In particular, FVE calls for Europe to:
- Ensure strategic priority investment in veterinary services and logistics in all countries to deploy and enable harmonised vaccination strategies, ensuring adequate funding, and budget stability across Europe.
- Promote international agreements and acceptance of vaccination programmes against listed diseases to reduce trade barriers and establish a legal framework that embraces a vaccination-to-live strategy for emergency vaccination without hampering the freedom-from-disease recognition.
- Support and ensure vaccine availability and innovation, e.g. through antigen banks, stockpiling, prioritised approval for all Europe, including DIVA-compatible vaccines and advocate for widespread uptake and establish a legal framework that embraces innovation and scientific progress in vaccine development.
FVE AND ITS MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, WOAH, ALLIED ANIMAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND FARMERS TO STRENGTHEN EUROPE’S PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE AGAINST ANIMAL DISEASES
Read the full statement HERE.
