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Advancing One Health in Africa

 

© FAO/Giampiero DianaThe One Health meeting in the African region was organized by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the One Health Central and Eastern Africa network (OHCEA) and the African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) from 12 to 14 November 2012 in Libreville, Gabon...[Read full news]

 


 

FLURISK: understanding risk factors for pandemic influenza

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_231112c.jpgFrom 6 to 7 November 2012 FAO hosted the 2nd Interim Meeting of the FLURISK project consortium. This project focuses on the development and validation of an influenza risk assessment framework (IRAF) for the ranking of animal influenza A strains in their potential to cross the species barrier and cause human infection. The project started in February 2012 and has a duration of 20 months...[Read full news]

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·     The 15th Asian-Australasian Animal Production (AAAP) Congress
26-30 November 2012 (Bangkok, Thailand)

·     Technical meeting on threat of African Swine fever spread in Eastern Europe: urgent need for international collaboration
4-5 December 2012 (Budapest, Hungary)

 

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