MSD to host webinar focused on one health approach to vector–borne disease

MSD Animal Health will be hosting a virtual event focused on a one health approach to vector-borne diseases (VBDs).

Registration is now open for the event, which will be held on 2 March and feature speakers from the fields of public health, veterinary medicine and parasitology sharing their perspectives on managing the threats.

According to the World Health Organization, VBDs account for an estimated 17% of the global burden of all infectious diseases.

In addition, more than 60% of known infectious diseases in people can be spread from animals while 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.

Event programme

• Jane Sykes from UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, along with Julie Gerberding and Alasdair King from MSD will give an overview of the one health approach.
• Panel discussion on VBDs as a model for the one health approach featuring Peter Irwin from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University; Susan Little from the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University; Guadalupe Miró from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid; Paul Overgaauw from Utrecht University; and Richard Wall from the school of biological sciences at the University of Bristol.
• New data and insights on pet owner compliance with current parasite treatment recommendations, with Robert Lavan, director of outcomes research, Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence, MSD Animal Health.

Fernando Riaza Carcamo, vice-president, global marketing at MSD, said: “Many external factors impacting society have contributed to spread of vector-borne diseases, making the one health approach more important now than ever.”

Registrants will also have access to additional free webinars on some of the most prevalent vector-borne diseases.