news,45 07/05 |
BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) - The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association  World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was created against the zoonotic disease ârabiesâ. It was developed by Louis Pasteur, a French biologist on 6 July, 1985. The ongoing discussions at the World Health Organization (WHO) around a new, landmark âpandemic prevention treatyâ shows that the world is starting to act on the lessons it learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.