Disease keeps moving faster than our systems, but prevention can win if we line up science, policy, and delivery. We sit down with HealthforAnimals’ executive director Carel du Marchie Sarvaas to unpack what the global animal health industry is seeing on the front lines—from avian influenza behaving like an annual wrecking ball to the quiet progress of antimicrobial stewardship that rarely makes headlines. The throughline is simple and urgent: healthier herds and flocks mean steadier food supplies, lower emissions, and less pressure on hospitals, yet animal health receives a tiny sliver of funding compared to its impact.
We pull back the curtain on why vaccines for HPAI remain underused despite proven options: fears of export bans, uneven regulation across borders, cold-chain gaps, and the hard math faced by smallholders. Then we dig into what would actually change outcomes—harmonized trade rules that recognize vaccination, targeted financing and delivery support, and agile regulation that keeps pace with new biologics and diagnostics. Along the way, we explore the AMR Roadmap’s 25 commitments, the data behind falling antibiotic use in many countries, and how new vaccines and diagnostics are helping shift from blanket use to precision stewardship.
Zooming out, we examine how the quadripartite (FAO, WHO, WOAH, UNEP) is raising the One Health bar while national silos still slow real-world coordination. We talk practical steps: shared metrics across ministries, reliance and data-sharing among regulators to cut duplication, and sector-wide principles that unify producers, vets, and industry around sustainable livestock. If you care about food security, climate-smart agriculture, trade resilience, and public health, this conversation lays out a path where prevention is the strategy, not the afterthought.
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