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[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News]
[cid:image003.jpg@01D27CAF.5FC65480]H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza now confirmed in Uganda: FAO’s support to the East African Region
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) confirmed that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus that marked the first ever incursion of HPAI in Uganda belongs to the H5N8 subtype. This subtype has been making headlines in the past few months as it spread from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and then Africa (see FAO situation updates), causing massive deaths in a vast number of wild bird species but also outbreaks in poultry...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_020217b.html>]
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[cid:image005.jpg@01D27CAF.5FC65480]Digital tools for data collection and analysis: EMPRES and Imperial College London to collaborate on advanced field data analysis
Recent developments in technology combined with worldwide availability and usage of mobile devices provide epidemiologists and virologists around the globe with new possibilities for collection, analysis, visualization, storage and sharing of data. On 11 and 12 January 2017, representatives from Imperial College London met with FAO staff in Rome to discuss future collaboration and pave the way forward for the use of new digital tools in FAO projects....[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_020217.html>]
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[cid:image007.jpg@01D27CAF.5FC65480]Concerted action needed to stop diseases and pests from ravaging the food chain
Food availability and food hygiene are compromised every day by diseases and pests that plague plants and animals as well as various types of contaminants. This happens on farms, in factories, at home, in fresh or sea water, in the open air and in the midst of dense forests. Whether in the form of pathogen, insect or contaminant, threats are now traveling faster and further, making effective and timely responses more difficult and putting people's food supplies, their health and livelihoods, and often their lives at greater risk...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/469269/icode/>]
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Recent publications / newsletters
· FAO’s Global Animal Diseases Surveillance and Early Warning System
FCC-EMPRES Information Sheet ::: no. 1, January 2017
[Download PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6831e.pdf>]
· Averting risks to the food chain
Infographic
[Download PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6830e.pdf>]
· Gender assessment of dairy value chain: Evidence from Ethiopia
[Download PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6695e.pdf>]
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Upcoming events
· The use of Epicollect
02 February 2017 - Webinar @ 10.30 am (CET)
[Connect to the virtual room<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/%0bhttp:/fao.adobeconnect.com/epicollecteufmd/> - Visit EUFMD website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/en/>]
· 2nd session training Turkey on Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (FMD)
06-10 February 2017 (Ankara, Turkey)
[Visit EUFMD website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/en/>]
· NTC26 Real-time training on Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (FMD)
06-10 February 2017 (Nakuru, Kenya
[Visit EUFMD website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/en/>]
· Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Meeting: 4-Year Work plan Development & Strengthening Workforce Development
07-08 February 2017 (Bangkok, Thailand)
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