AU Commissioner and GalvMed's CEO hold talks on livestock development in Africa.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 24 April 2014 / PRNewswire Africa / - Her Excellency Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the AU Commission on Thursday 24 April 2014, received H.E Dr. Peter Jeffries, Chief Executive Officer of GalvMed at her office in the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The two principals discussed GalvMed's Public-Private Partnership for livestock health product development and adoption in Africa.

The Commissioner presented the appreciation of the AUC for the cooperation and collaboration between GalvMed and the Pan African Institutions of the African Union particularly the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) and the Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre, and also for the joint efforts on the Centre for Tick and Tick Bone Diseases.

The CEO of GalvMed pledged to step up efforts to enhance the participation of Africans in GalvMed programmes and projects and to increase the benefits of GalvMed for African citizens.

The two parties agreed to maintain regular contacts and to work more closely in taking forward the African Union agenda for livestock development especially in the 2014 AU Year of Agriculture and Food Security.

SOURCE African Union