Over the past two decades, emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, new trends in animal production practices, changing patterns of wildlife populations, demographic changes, and globalization of food industry have occurred. New educational strategies in Veterinary Public Health (VPH) are urgently needed at international level. In order to prepare future veterinarians and health professionals more effectively for the public health challenges in the rapidly changing society, 10 faculties of Veterinary Medicine in Latinamerica (LA) and Europe (EU) have created an International VPH network (SAPUVET) and implemented a series of projects under the EU ALFA Programme (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/latin-america/regional-cooperation/alfa/index_en.htm). SAPUVETNET III, which is the continuation of the previous actions (project SAPUVET and SAPUVETNET II), includes now 16 partner Universities (11 in LA, 6 in EU) and 4 International Institutions as collaborators (i.e. FAO-VPH Unit, ECVPH, COPEVET, PAHO). It is expected to start by 2009, with the following objectives: 1 . to enhance the cooperation and the exchange/interaction of networks and institutions between LA and EU; 2. to contribute to the creation of a common area of Higher Education in Veterinary Public Health (HEVPH) not only in LA but also reinforcing its synergy with the EU system; 3. to promote the modernization of the curriculum of VPH in High Education Institutions (HEI) in recipient countries; 4. to support Latinamerican HEI to make progress in the creation of common curricula in VPH and promote their interrelations with European HEI (these actions will create conditions for future easy recognition of titles, degrees and diplomas); 5. to encourage the development of human resources in the area of Public Health, both physicians and veterinarians, enabling to understand its special role in solving common problems as zoonosis; 6. to give visibility to the program by disseminating documents and materials produced through free internet access (ref. project web page: www.sapuvetnet.org).
The SAPUVETNET III project: contributing to the millenium development goals through the One Health Concept
DE MENEGHI, Daniele
2008-01-01
Abstract
Over the past two decades, emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, new trends in animal production practices, changing patterns of wildlife populations, demographic changes, and globalization of food industry have occurred. New educational strategies in Veterinary Public Health (VPH) are urgently needed at international level. In order to prepare future veterinarians and health professionals more effectively for the public health challenges in the rapidly changing society, 10 faculties of Veterinary Medicine in Latinamerica (LA) and Europe (EU) have created an International VPH network (SAPUVET) and implemented a series of projects under the EU ALFA Programme (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/latin-america/regional-cooperation/alfa/index_en.htm). SAPUVETNET III, which is the continuation of the previous actions (project SAPUVET and SAPUVETNET II), includes now 16 partner Universities (11 in LA, 6 in EU) and 4 International Institutions as collaborators (i.e. FAO-VPH Unit, ECVPH, COPEVET, PAHO). It is expected to start by 2009, with the following objectives: 1 . to enhance the cooperation and the exchange/interaction of networks and institutions between LA and EU; 2. to contribute to the creation of a common area of Higher Education in Veterinary Public Health (HEVPH) not only in LA but also reinforcing its synergy with the EU system; 3. to promote the modernization of the curriculum of VPH in High Education Institutions (HEI) in recipient countries; 4. to support Latinamerican HEI to make progress in the creation of common curricula in VPH and promote their interrelations with European HEI (these actions will create conditions for future easy recognition of titles, degrees and diplomas); 5. to encourage the development of human resources in the area of Public Health, both physicians and veterinarians, enabling to understand its special role in solving common problems as zoonosis; 6. to give visibility to the program by disseminating documents and materials produced through free internet access (ref. project web page: www.sapuvetnet.org).
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