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[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News]
[cid:image003.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]Routine inter-sectoral risk assessment for zoonotic threats
kick-started in Tanzania
Tanzania is the first country on the African continent to pilot the joint risk assessment (JRA) tool, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO). As one of the Operational Tools in the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide, JRA supports inter-sectoral risk assessment for zoonotic...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_180419.html>]
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[cid:image005.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]Ghana pilots innovative tool to combat Antimicrobial Resistance
FAO Ghana Representation
Almost a year after Ghana launched its national strategy to fight drug-resistant superbugs, strategic One Health players including animal, human, plant, and environment experts, and the private sector, gathered to assess the progress of the implementation of the FAO-developed AMR National Action Plan using the Progressive Management Pathway (PMP) tool. Antimicrobials play a critical role in treating animal diseases, hence their use is necessary to ensure food security, human well-being, and animal welfare...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/1190787/>]
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[cid:image007.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]Ethiopia launches National Action Plan for Health Security to improve health, reduce emerging diseases
FAO Ethiopia Representation
Ethiopia launched a five-year (2019-2023) National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) on 15 March 2019 at the United Nations Conference Center in attendance of Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Demeke Mekonnen; key government One Health sectors; donors; UN Agencies; and other development partners attended the event. Having a strong health security capacity is considered as the first line of defense against public health threats...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia/news/detail-events/en/c/1188972/>]
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[cid:image009.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]FAO calls for radical approach to ignored cattle disease
FAO Regional Office for Africa
With Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) posing a serious threat to cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa, FAO released a new publication, Control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: A policy for coordinated actions, to deliver evidence-based policies for the sound control of this devastating disease for stakeholders at all levels. Affecting 26 countries in the region, the disease, which spreads through the air, is causing mortality, loss of milk production, and drastic weight loss...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/1190114/>]
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[cid:image011.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]International organizations step up coordination in human and animal health sectors to ward off infectious diseases and rising antimicrobial resistance
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region. From rabies to zoonotic...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1189643/>]
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[cid:image013.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]FAO and Cambodia partner to respond to African swine fever
FAO Cambodia Representation
The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will strengthen collaboration in response to the first African swine fever (ASF) incursion reported in the country. Cambodian animal health authorities reported that the first ASF outbreak was in Ratanakiri province, northeast of the country bordering with Lao PDR and Viet Nam. The Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) immediately declared...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cambodia/news/detail-events/en/c/1189699/>]
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[cid:image015.jpg@01D4F5CE.633F2DE0]The Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Raise Public Awareness on Disease Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance
FAO Indonesia Representation
The Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services (DGLAHS), Ministry of Agriculture together with the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO ECTAD Indonesia) and a number of cross-sectoral partners raise public awareness on the threats of diseases and antimicrobial resistance...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1189671/>]
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Recent publications
· FAO Myanmar Newsletter ::: Issue no. 1 (March 2019)
[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/ca4134en/ca4134en.pdf>]
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Upcoming meetings
· 43rd General Session of the EuFMD
17-18 April 2019 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ)
[Visit EuFMD website<http://www.fao.org/eufmd>]
· Kenya workshop for oral presentations of frontline ISAVET field projects
18 April 2019 ::: Nairobi, Kenya
[Visit FAO Kenya website<http://www.fao.org/kenya>]
· Sierra Leone workshop for oral presentations of frontline ISAVET field projects
18 April 2019 ::: Freetown, Sierra Leone
[Visit FAO Sierra Leone website<http://www.fao.org/sierra-leone>]
· The Sub-regional Global Framework for Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TAD) Meeting for ASEAN
23 April 2019 ::: Bali Indonesia
[Visit FAO Indonesia website<http://www.fao.org/indonesia>]
· Opérationnalisation durable de l'approche « Une Seule Santé » en Afrique
24 April 2019 ::: the Congo
[Visit FAO Congo website<http://www.fao.org/congo/fr/>]
· Liberia workshop for oral presentations of frontline ISAVET field projects
24 April 2019 ::: Liberia
[Visit FAO Liberia website<http://www.fao.org/liberia/en/>]
· Validation of the One Health Strategic Plan review (2013-2018)
24-26 April 2019 ::: Kigali, Rwanda
[Visit FAO Rwanda website<http://www.fao.org/rwanda>]
· Technical Workshop of the FAO Project 'Developing National Implementation capacities for the control of Tsetse and Animal African Trypanosomosis In Ethiopia'
26-28 April 2019 ::: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[Visit FAO Ethiopia website<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia> - Visit FAO PAAT website<http://www.fao.org/paat/en/>]
· World Veterinary Day
27 April 2019
· Training course on rapid risk assessment methods and approaches
29 April-03 May 2019 ::: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
[Visit FAO Tanzania website<http://www.fao.org/tanzania/en/>]
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More Interesting links
· Vietnamese Authorities Control Spread of African Swine Fever with the Use of Nuclear-derived Techniques<https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/vietnamese-authorities-control-spread-of-african-swine-fever-with-the-use-of-nuclear-derived-techniques>
IAEA News ::: 20 March 2019
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