GALVmed aims to improve livestock health in Africa by developing veterinary medicines tailored to African needs and establishing sustainable supply chains. Livestock owners want affordable, high-quality products and a fair market for their animals. While companies see opportunities in Africa, challenges include intellectual property protection, counterfeiting, distribution challenges, and inefficient markets. GALVmed works with partners across sectors through research, capacity building, market development, policy influence, and advocacy to make veterinary medicines accessible to poor livestock keepers in a sustainable way. The goal is an efficient system with clear roles to better serve all stakeholders.

1. ONE GOAL: DIFFERENT ROUTES
Towards Improved Livestock Health
Dr. Peter Jeffries
Chief Executive: GALVmed
The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary
Medicines

2. Livestock owner – what do I want from my
veterinary support?
“Good quality products”
“Market
opportunity to sell
my animals at fair
price”
“Reliable &
sustainable
supply of
products to
meet my needs”
“Appropriate
pack size”
“A price I can afford”“No counterfeits”

3. An African Tipping Point
• A level Playing Field
Animal Health companies (amongst
others) are looking at Africa & seeing
great opportunity
Desire to invest, but perceived
risk remains:
• Protection of IP
• Fake products
• Complex Distribution channels
• Efficiency of markets

4. • Technical challenges
• Ease of registration
• Counterfeit products
• Market accessibility….
• Distribution outlets - cold
chain
Product Development & supply of products to meet the
specific needs of Africa. Why is progress so slow?
• Limited R&D budgets
• Need to prioritise projects
• Concern about business in Africa - but the perception is
changing
Constraints:

5. • Management of notifiable disease
• Vet product accreditation
• Counterfeit control
• Food security
• Food safety
• Animal welfare
• Adverse reaction reporting & investigation
The Virtuous Circle ~ how would it look?
We all have a clear part to play
• Development & registration of suitable
products for Africa
• Marketing & sale of products
• Support for private sector veterinarians
• Opportunity to establish private clinics without
concerns that NGOs or others will disturb the
market with free or heavily subsidised products
or services
• Efficient production systems
• Animal welfare
• Demand for product availability
• Efficient markets for sale
Government:
Private sector Pharma
Private sector Veterinarians
Livestock Keepers
Livestock
Keepers

6. • As a Livestock health Product
development & adoption Partnership
organisation
• As a not-for-profit company - 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.
How does GALVmed fit into the picture?

7. We 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
What does GALVmed do?
We make available and facilitate adoption of livestock health products for
some of the 900 million people who rely on livestock for livelihood.

8. • Primary focus on poor Livestock
Keepers but disease does not
respect economic or geographical
boundaries
Where does GALVmed fit in?
Animal Health
Industry
Donors
Governments
Livestock Keepers
Universities
GALVmed
Potential
Solutions
Identified
Need
Innovation
Research Institutions
Pro Poor
Impact
through
sustainable
Animal Health
Solutions
• Everything we achieve is through partnerships
• Excellent links with all major national and
international bodies involved in Animal Health
• Listening to
the end users
• Partnering with governments, agenda-
setters, donors and private sector to
help create the environment in which
the needs of the African livestock owner
can be met
• De-risking of
product
development &
supply

9. Opportunity to learn – Willingness
to listen…
What can we do to enhance
the virtuous circle?
An efficient system of clearly delineated roles and responsibilities which serves
everyone’s purposes better!
Goal:
Senior level forum for open discussion where all parties
come to the table but leave their pre-conceptions on the
other players outside the room – open minds.

10. Thank you
Towards Improved Livestock Health
Dr. Peter Jeffries
Chief Executive: GALVmed
The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary
Medicines