This article highlights the importance of animal welfare in livestock production, showcasing how VWB’s initiatives in veterinary training, disease prevention, and farmer education promote humane practices and build resilience against zoonotic risks.
This article highlights the fight against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Ghana, showcasing how VWB’s partnership with GAPNET strengthens community-based vaccination, surveillance, and education to help prevent future epidemics.
In collaboration with Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), VWB recently completed a 16-day mass vaccination campaign in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, vaccinating over 59,000 livestock and strengthening community resilience.
This holiday season, your donation can make a life-changing difference for animals in Ukraine who are facing unimaginable hardships
Megan Sylka, Senior Program Officer at VWB/VSF, shares how her recent visit to Ghana highlighted the ways in which VETS partner WIPVaC-Apex are empowering women poultry farmers with the tools, knowledge, and solidarity they need to flourish.
#VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Paige Villeneuve, an Animal Health Advisor who spent 3 months in rural Kenya (May - August 2024).
Watch a replay of our International Volunteer Day 2024 webinar to celebrate the power of volunteerism and the work of our VETS program volunteers, while also learning about the intersection of gender and climate in Laos.
Written by Dr. Andrea Ellis (DVM), a member of the VWB Board of Directors, this article explores the evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) thinking, highlighting the critical role of environmental inclusion and a One Health approach, and showcasing how VWB’s focus on animal husbandry, disease prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship aligns with the Quadripartite partnership’s vision for a coordinated global response.
In this op-ed, VWB's Executive Director, Charmaine Brett, discusses how poultry farming is helping to build sustainable recovery for families in Ukraine.
Watch a replay of our One Health Day 2024 webinar, held on Friday, November 1st, which explored how community-led One Health Teams (OHTs) help to bridge health gaps and build resilience. Panelists are partners in our COHERS program in Rwanda and Senegal.
#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Donald Hilborn, an Agricultural Advisor from Ontario who recently completed his third VETS placement in Kenya (March–April 2026) with our local partner, Meru Dairy, supporting small-scale dairy farmers in building more sustainable and resilient feeding systems.
In recognition of International Day for Biological Diversity 2026, VWB reflects on how healthy rangelands, community-led animal health systems, and pastoralist knowledge help sustain resilience across working landscapes worldwide.
Based on field insights from Senegal, this blog examines how VWB’s COHERS program is helping drive early gender-transformative change at the household level — reshaping who decides, who acts, and how families respond to risks affecting both human and animal health.
