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[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News]


[cid:image006.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]Supporting the Global Health Security Agenda to address Africa's Zoonotic Diseases and Animal Health



Surveillance of viruses that spread from animals to human beings also known as zoonotic illnesses is a crucial aspect addressing emerging pandemic threats. Kenya is one of the countries implementing the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) component of the Emerging Pandemic Threats program (EPT-2). Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the program aims to build and strengthen basic...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_190517.htm>]

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[cid:image008.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]Experts tackle problem of antibiotics in the food chain
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia



Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are all becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs. This means that medicines used to treat common infections are less and less effective, or even useless. The phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance - now considered one...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/887670/>]

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[cid:image010.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]Prévention et contrôle de l'Influenza Aviaire Hautement Pathogène (IAHP) au Sénégal
FAO Senegal representation (only in French)



Dans la gestion des crises en santé animale, la communication joue un rôle crucial et stratégique dans le renforcement des actions de prévention et de contrôle de la maladie. La maitrise de la communication par les Services vétérinaires et l'implication du public dans les actions de communication de risque sur l'IAHP deviennent ainsi une...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/senegal/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/886274/>]

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[cid:image012.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]Foot-and-Mouth Disease Real Time Training continues in Nepal
FAO Nepal representation



Two course on "Real-Time" foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) training were completed in Kathmandu on Friday 12 May 2017. 34 veterinarians and animal industry stakeholders from Nepal, Australia and New Zealand participated this year in the training. The international team visited active outbreaks of disease, conducted thorough outbreak investigations and interviewed local farmers...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/nepal/news/detail/en/c/885951/>]

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[cid:image019.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]FAO provides support to Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWS) in the Dry Zone
FAO Myanmar representation



Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) provide front line animal health services such as vaccination and treatment for livestock belonging to smallholder farming households throughout the country, yet their work has suffered from a number of weaknesses, including poor quality service from a lack of technical training...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/myanmar/news/detail-events/en/c/885394/>]

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[cid:image021.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]FAO meeting in Tirana as the next step against the cattle disease
UN Albania representation



Getting control over, not to speak about eradication of, a transboundary disease takes a lot of effort and continuous collaboration. Animal diseases are not an exception. Thus, a wide group of animal health and production specialists from the Balkans, Caucasus and Eastern Europe sit together for a 2-day FAO workshop in Tirana from today, to carry on the discussion on lumpy skin disease (LSD)...[Read more<http://www.un.org.al/subindex.php?faqe=news&newsid=741>]

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[cid:image025.jpg@01D2D311.64292AD0]Using innovative technology for quicker results and quicker response
FAO Viet Nam representation



Swiftly locating and identifying viruses at the source is the first step for a quick and smart response towards a disease outbreak. With the number of animal and human cases of influenza A (H7N9) outbreak in China drastically increasing, it is critical for Viet Nam to quickly monitor and detect any unusual virus emergence to prevent the intrusion of this virus and minimize its impacts...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/885180/>]

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Recent publications / newsletters



·         Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Technical Meeting and Regional Launch, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21-23 February 2017
FAO Animal Production and Health Report no. 12
[Download full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7222e.pdf> - Read pub-card<http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/a2871dc7-7691-4779-94ae-3b10d22ad5fb/>]

·         Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results: Livestock
Policy guidance note no. 2
[Download full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7213e.pdf> - Read pub-card<http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/a45d2639-1357-4547-a4d1-d30153ad1920/>]

·         Desert Locust Control Committee: a global coordinating body for locust early warning and preventive control
FCC-EMPRES Information Sheet, No. 5, May 2017
[Download full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7282e.pdf> - Read pub-card<http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/27371f5b-c530-4034-8f17-2ff4dad6d637/>]

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Upcoming events



·         85th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE
21-26 May 2017 (Paris, France)
[Visit conference website<http://www.oie.int/eng/session2017/information.html>]

·         Evidence-based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain - Launching Workshop
30 May - 1 June 2017 (Bangkok, Thailand)


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