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Origin and history to date of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) African Foundation
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 82, No 1 | a27 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v82i1.27
| © 2011 R. C. Krecek, B. L. Penzhorn, D. T. de WaaL, R. J. Peter, R. Prichard, D. Sumption
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 April 2011 | Published: 13 April 2011
Submitted: 10 April 2011 | Published: 13 April 2011
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R. C. Krecek, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 334, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies, South AfricaB. L. Penzhorn, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa., South Africa
D. T. de WaaL, University College Dublin, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Ireland
R. J. Peter, Nexvet, 12 Denys Road, Johannesburg, 2191 South Africa
R. Prichard, Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada., Canada
D. Sumption,, South Africa
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The origin of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) African Foundation is described. The 16th WAAVP Conference held in South Africa in 1997 generated a surplus of ZAR 430 460 (US$ 70 116). This was invested and a foundation established to manage the fund with the intention of using it to the mutual advantage of the WAAVP and African veterinary parasitologists. To date, more than 110 scholarship applications have been screened, and 51 full and partial scholarships awarded to young African veterinary parasitologists to attend subsequent biennial WAAVP Conferences. This investment has grown into a very successful endowment currently valued at US$ 206 553. This article is written in response to many queries across the globe about the origin of this fund and how it has been invested, managed, sustained and utilised.
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