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Dr Andy Catley Receives The Trevor Blackburn Award

Author: BVA
Posted: Monday 28th September, 2009. 00:00:00

Dr Andy Catley was today (Saturday) announced as the winner of the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of the dedication and professionalism he has shown to the strengthening of veterinary services in developing countries over the past two decades. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony at the British Veterinary Association’s Annual Congress in Cardiff.

Much of Dr Catley’s work has been at the interface between animal health, poverty reduction and humanitarian crises, particularly in remote and conflict-affected areas. His research on primary veterinary services and the development of novel community-based animal health and disease surveillance systems has influenced policies and approaches to the supply of veterinary services globally.

As well as leading the production of the first comprehensive guide to community-based veterinary services (now the ‘standard textbook’ on these approaches in marginalised parts of the developing world), Dr Catley initiated a global collaborative effort to develop a set of international standards for livestock-related interventions in humanitarian disasters: these have become known as the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS).

The impact of his work has been felt by hundreds of thousands of poor livestock keepers who have had their livelihoods improved through the production and productivity gained from healthier stock, access to prompt and effective disease surveillance and outbreak response and, indeed, the human lives saved through more effective humanitarian response to disasters.

Currently Research Director, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, Andy Catley is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focusing on livelihoods-based approaches to humanitarian practice and policy. He is also Clinical Associate Professor, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Tufts) and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine.

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