UNION AFRICAINE
		UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: +251 11 551 7700 / +251 11 518 25 58/ Ext 2558 Web site:   www. au.int.org

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

 

 

           

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

 

THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION AND THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR LIVESTOCK VETERINARY MEDICINE TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CPLLABORATION ON CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF AFRICAN ANIMAL TRYPANOSOMIASIS

 

Addis Ababa, 6 November 2012 – Within the framework of its role and mandate in initiating action and providing technical support in the implementation of the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC), the AU-PATTEC Coordination Office is working in close collaboration with the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) in the fight against the scourge of tsetse and Trypanosomiasis.

 

GALVmed is a not-for-profit registered charity which promotes the effective use of resources for charitable purposes through the identification, management, funding and coordination of research into livestock vaccines, pharmaceuticals and diagnostic products and services.

In an effort to enhance collaboration between AU-PATTEC and GALVmed, a Memorandum of Understanding between the African Union Commission and the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines will be signed at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 9 November, 2012.

 

The purpose of this memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to facilitate collaboration between the Parties in matters of common interest, namely the promotion and improvement of animal health, protection of livestock and saving human life and in particular exploring means for achieving control and eradication of African animal Trypanosomiasis throughout Africa.

 

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

SECRETARIAT

EAC JOINT EVENT – WTM 2012

Date: 7^th November, 2012

Venue: Republic of Kenya Stand- NORTH HALL Af250

and Ministers Press Conference NG10

                                               RE: INVITATION

Dear sir/Madam

You are kindly   invited to  attend  an   event   hosted  by  the  East  Africa  community at  the  world  Travel  market  IN  EXCEL  on  the  7^th  November  2012 from 12.00 noon

The theme of the   event is: Destination East Africa as ‘a Destination of Wonders and Opportunities’

All  Ministers  of  tourism  from Rwanda , Kenya , Tanzania, Uganda   and  Burundi   and  their   high  commissioners  in  the UK will  be  present

Please call 07960811614 email: swahilidiaries@yahoo.co.uk  to  register

Thank you

  Yours Respectfully

  Ayoub Mzee TEL  07960811614