VPHCAP E-Newsletter December 2019 | Page 6

the former name of the program was the Master of Veterinary Public Health (MVPH),

Health (MVPH), has been conducted by the Center for 15 years.

The program aims to produce graduates from Asia countries to have all-round competency in Veterinary Public Health and create the network to control, prevent and resolve diseases caused by epidemic diseases, zoonoses and food hygiene, with an emphasis on quality control and safety of food from animal-origin along the food production including environmental hygiene in regional level. The curriculum encourages the student-centered atmosphere and concentrates on universal knowledge to resolve the problems in their own countries and region.

The curriculum also emphasizes on students’ local problem area to carry out research study which will be supervised by professors and experts from Thailand and other collaborative countries. The research strengthens students to practice systematic manner by using Veterinary Public Health discipline in order to further develop the new body of knowledge.

The International Master of Science (in Veterinary Public Health), the former name of the program was the Master of Veterinary Public Health (MVPH), has been conducted by Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand for 15 years.