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[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News]




[cid:image003.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Global Veterinary Epidemiology Capacity Development Workshop - Coordination and Development of Field Epidemiology Training Programmes for Veterinarians



Veterinary Epidemiology Skills and Capacities are at the core of veterinary services to enable to prevent, control and eradicate animal diseases. FAO has been supporting countries as part of its core mandate. In Asia for instance, FAO is engaged in capacity development and implementation of Field Epidemiology Training Programme for Veterinarians (FETPV) and Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (AVET) in China, Viet Nam, Indonesia and Thailand...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_160318.html>]

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[cid:image005.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Development and application of a European foot-and-mouth disease spread model – EuFMD-iS



The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) model, the Australian Animal Disease Model (AADIS) (Bradhurst et al., 2015), was successfully used in two EuFMD-funded disease modelling training workshops in 2014 and 2016. Improving preparedness to respond to an FMD outbreak is a priority of the EuFMD program and increasing the use of decision-support tools...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_160318b.html>]

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[cid:image007.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Southern Africa intensifies management and control of bird flu
FAO Regional Office for Africa



Southern African countries, jolted by a debilitating avian influenza outbreaks in 2017, have reviewed and updated the regional preparedness and response plan, which is expected to guide the management and control of the disease. The region first experienced the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) - commonly referred to as the bird flu - last year, which resulted in huge economic losses and threat to livelihoods and food and nutrition security...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/1106532/>]

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[cid:image009.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]USAID and FAO working together to pre-empt the next global pandemic



A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of diseases in farm animals has in just 12 months succeeded in training over 4,700 veterinary health professionals in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The FAO-provided technical trainings covered a gamut of key competencies, including disease surveillance and forecasting, laboratory operations, biosafety and biosecurity, prevention and control methods and outbreak response strategies...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1105822/icode/>]

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[cid:image011.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Bringing global support for Viet Nam’s H7N9 preparedness
FAO Viet Nam representation



Since the risk influenza A (H7N9) introduction to Viet Nam increased when the new highly pathogenic strains was detected in China late 2016, FAO Viet Nam, in collaboration with the Government of Viet Nam, have been swiftly rolling out actions to prevent the H7N9 virus from entering into the country. Although this relatively new strain of avian influenza of Chinese origin has not yet entered into Viet Nam, it is crucial to strengthen preventive measures as it could bring a substantial threat for public health and poultry production in the country...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1104841/>]

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[cid:image013.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Questions and Answers on Avian influenza A (H7N9) or "Birth Flu" by FAO and WHO Viet Nam
FAO Viet Nam representation



What is the avian influenza A (H7N9) virus? Avian influenza (also known as ‘bird flu’) viruses normally circulate among birds. Although some avian H7 viruses (H7N2, H7N3 and H7N7) have occasionally been found to infect humans, no human infections with H7N9 virus were reported until reports began from China in March 2013. To date there have been no avian influenza H7N9 detected in human nor chicken in Viet Nam...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1105802/>]

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[cid:image015.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Using technology to track zoonotic diseases in Fiji
FAO Fiji representation



The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) is implementing information technologies in the effort to predict potential occurrence of diseases which could pose harm to animals and humans (zoonotic diseases). Detection of zoonotic diseases outbreaks is crucial to BAF, as it is the task of the Authority to implement measures for the prevention of animal diseases. The likelihood of outbreaks of zoonotic diseases such as Leptospirosis, Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis increase drastically...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1106470/>]

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[cid:image017.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]La FAO et le Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’élevage vont unir leurs efforts dans la lutte contre la Peste des petits ruminants [only in French]
FAO Burundi representation



Ce mercredi 14 mars 2018, le Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage Dr Déo Guide RUREMA, au nom du Gouvernement du Burundi et le Représentant de la FAO au Burundi, Monsieur Isaias ANGUE OBAMA qui a représenté cette institution ont procédé à la signature de lancement du projet «Assistance d’urgence pour le contrôle de la Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) au Burundi...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/burundi/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1107338/>]

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Recent publications



[cid:image019.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Mongolia enhances control of cross-border animal diseases through innovative approaches
FCC Information sheet ::: February 2018

The livestock sector in Mongolia is the main pillar of the rural economy, contributing to 16 percent of the national GDP and providing livelihoods for 30 percent of its population. However, over the decades, the livestock industry has been confronted by occasional flare-ups of transboundary animal diseases (TADs). Through their Joint Division, support from FAO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) enabled Mongolia to strengthen capacities in controlling animal diseases, especially transboundary diseases, by boosting research on safe nuclear and nuclear-derived techniques for diagnosis for quicker detection of the disease, training personnel on these techniques...[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/i8717en/I8717EN.PDF>]





[cid:image021.jpg@01D3BD46.3B8A0DE0]Protecting people and animals from disease threats



The United States Agency for International Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are working together to keep the world safe from infectious disease threats. Their two key programmes – Global Health Security Agenda and Emerging Pandemic Threats – are building animal health capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease threats in over 30 countries. The Global Health Security Agenda programme develops national capacity to prevent zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases while quickly and effectively detecting and controlling diseases when they do emerge. The Emerging Pandemic Threats programme improves national capacity to pre-empt the emergence and re-emergence of infectious zoonotic disease and to prevent the next pandemic. Action against emerging...[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/i8747en/I8747EN.pdf>]

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Upcoming meetings

·         Second Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Regional Roadmap Meeting for SAARC
20-22 March 2018 ::: Dhaka, Bangladesh
[Visit FAO Bangladesh website<http://www.fao.org/bangladesh/en/>]
·         Accelerating progress in the Real-Time Biosurveillance Action Package of GHSA” regarding communicable disease surveillance within the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)
26-28 March 2018 ::: Tbilisi, Georgia
[Visit FAO Georgia website<http://www.fao.org/georgia/en/>]
·         4th Annual GARA Scientific Workshop
11-13 April 2018 ::: Cagliari, Italia
[Visit the Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance site<https://www.ars.usda.gov/GARA/>]

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Interesting links

·         FAO launched the damages and losses report at the Regional Conference on Strengthening Resilient Food and Agriculture Systems
15 March 2018 ::: FAO Viet Nam News
[Read full news<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1107417/>]
·         FAO launches mobile application to support fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa
14 March 2018 ::: FAO Press release
[Read full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1106850/icode/>]
·         Data on pastoralism from pastoralists: Mongolian pastoralists gather to initiate community-driven data collection
09 March 2018 ::: Pastoralist Knowledge Hub News
[Read full news<http://www.fao.org/pastoralist-knowledge-hub/news/detail/en/c/1106308/>]
·         Information and communications technologies are essential to the empowerment and success of poor rural women
07 March 2018 ::: FAO Press release
[Read full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1105699/icode/>]






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