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Ghanaian appointed head
of Commonwealth Veterinary Association
Ghana, March 20, Ghanadot/GNA -Ghana's Veterinary Officer
with the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, Dr.
Richard Suu-Ire has been elected as the president of
Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA).
Dr. Suu-Ire succeeded Dr. Robin Yarrow of Fiji who served as
president for a four-term period and that moves the office
from Fiji to Ghana.
A release issued and signed by the Dr. Kwasi Darkwa,
President of Ghana Veterinary Medical Association said Dr.
Suu-Ire was elected at the just ended Executive Committee
Meeting held in Barbados.
He is wildlife epidemiologist of the Veterinary Services
Department of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and would
also serve a four-year term from 2008-2012.
Dr. Suu-Ire, who hails from Brifoh in the Lawra District of
the Upper West Region was, before his new appointment the
immediate West Africa Regional Representative.
By this appointment, Ghana will host the fifth
Pan-Commonwealth Veterinary Conference.
He was a product of Kishenev Agricultural Institute, USSR
Royal Veterinary College Institute of Zoology, and
University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K and had participated
in many certificate-training courses both locally and
internationally.
Dr Suu-Ire is currently collaborating with University of
Cambridge and ZSL researching into viral zoonoses of West
African fruit bats.
GNA
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