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Environment & Sustainability
The sustainability vision of the animal health industry is ensuring availability of veterinary medicines and animal health products, ensuring protection of animal health and welfare, human health and the environment, with veterinary medicines and other animal health products being manufactured, distributed and used in a sustainable manner.
See NOAH’s Sustainability Strategy
NOAH Publication: The contribution animal health makes to One Health and sustainability
Protecting and improving animal health and welfare not only benefits animals, but also helps to protect human and environmental health while positively contributing to societal sustainability goals. This is because we share One Health – human, animal and environmental health, which are deeply interdependent and interconnected. This report outlines examples of where the work of the animal health sector contributes to One Health, and the UK’s sustainability goals.
To support the animal health industry to continue its positive record, the report includes a number of recommendations which include:
- A robust and future-proofed UK regulatory framework for veterinary medicines, to ensure the availability and accessibility of safe and effective medicines for all animals.
- For all routes of veterinary medicines to market to remain available.
- Providing ongoing training to farmers on disease prevention and responsible use.
- Ensuring funding for research and development of new medicines and solutions remain a priority in the UK.
- Improving collaboration and partnership between human, animal, and environmental sectors to promote finding One Health solutions to One Health challenges.
