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[cid:image013.jpg@01D0F167.57CE0770]LinkTADs Workshops on laboratory issues
Launched in November 2013, LinkTADs is a three-year initiative coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to coordinate European and Chinese research on animal health...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_170915.html>]
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Webinar in Chinese on rabies prevention and control in China
[cid:image014.jpg@01D0F167.57CE0770]In order to improve knowledge on rabies prevention and control, a series of webinars are being organized under the framework of LinkTADs, an EC-funded project that aims at linking Epidemiology and Laboratory Research on Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses in EU and China. A webinar dedicated to rabies prevention and control in China will take place on 21 September 2015, at 9:30 (CST) and in Chinese. This will be the second webinar on the topic after the first, which focused in the whole of Asia...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_170915b.html>]
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6th Annual Regional Animal Health Network meeting for eastern Africa
[cid:image015.jpg@01D0F167.57CE0770]The Regional Animal Health Networks (RAHN) in Eastern Africa comprise the Chief Veterinary Officer's Network, the epidemiology (EAREN) and laboratory(EARLN) networks, as well as FMD and African Swine fever sub-networks. The 6th joint annual technical meeting of the RAHN brought together the Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) as well as the focal points of the EAREN and EARLN, the coordinator of the two sub-networks from 11 countries namely Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The meeting was held in Kampala, Uganda, from the 7th to 9th September 2015...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_170915c.html>]
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Technical and financial support to be given in Viet Nam to keep humans and animals safe from diseases - FAO Viet Nam Representation
[cid:image016.jpg@01D0F167.57CE0770]Hanoi, Viet Nam - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viet Nam and the Government of Viet Nam are joining hands in making both livestock and people in Viet Nam safer from potential diseases thanks to the 2,1 million USD of funding provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/329181/>]
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Upcoming events
* ASFORCE Full Consortium Meeting
22-23 September 2015 (Lisbon, Portugal)
* ASFORCE Symposium
24 September 2015 (Lisbon, Portugal)
* World Rabies Day
28 September 2015
[Visit website<https://rabiesalliance.org/world-rabies-day/>]
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Useful links
* WHO Ebola Situation Report
16 September 2015
[Visit website<http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-16-september-2015>]
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