The World Animal Health Organisation has published the first global harmonised guidelines for African swine fever vaccines, establishing standardised protocols for safety, efficacy testing, and deployment. The framework aims to accelerate vaccine availability while maintaining rigorous quality oversight across all member states. — African swine fever piadc.png by Ben Clark, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Department of Homeland Security / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.