World veterinary Day: UK govt donates rabies vaccines and lab consumables to MoFA

The UK government through its Animal Health System Strengthening (AHSS) project, has donated fifteen thousand (15,000) doses of rabies vaccines and laboratory equipment and consumables to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA).

He further assured the government of Ghana of continuous support to provide UK assistance to build a resilient animal health system.

He revealed that the UK Defra AHSS project has come at an opportune time to strengthen Ghana’s animal health system

Veterinarians according to him, plays a critical role in safeguarding animal health, which directly translates to human well-being, and it is in that vein that the project intervene to ensure the Veterinary Services Directorate is well positioned to strengthened Ghana’s animal health system.

Victus Sabutey, the Senior Animal Health Senior Project Officer, Defra AHSS Project at the British High Commission, Accra.

The Animal Health Systems Strengthening (AHSS) project in Ghana, is part of a flagship Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded bilateral technical partnership between the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and countries in Africa, including Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and The Gambia.

In Ghana, AHSS is focused on seven key strategic pillars, guided by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) framework and informed by the country needs