special events：A united front against infectious disease: cross-sectoral solutions

摘要

Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organisation for AnimalHealth (OIE), delivereda keynote speech on behalf of the TripartiteAlliance – formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the OIE – at the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award Conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from January 28th to 2nd February 2013. His Majesty, the King of Thailand, established the award in 1992 to commemorate the centenary of his father, Prince Mahidol’s birth. Since Prince Mahidol is regarded as the ‘father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand’, the award is given each year to an individual or institution for an outstanding performance and/or research that has had a global impact in the ? eld of medicine and public health.