Official launching of the EC consortium for targeted research on African Swine Fever - ASFORCE ASFORCE is a European consortium funded under the European Union’ (EU's) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for “Targeted Research Effort on African Swine Fever” (ASF), with 18 partners. The ASFORCE Kick-Off Meeting took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 22 and 23 October. Its objectives were: i) general discussion of the project; ii) finalization of a work plan and collaboration procedures for partners; and iii) agreement on the implementation of necessary tasks - “ the who, when, where and how?”. Following the spread of ASF throughout Africa, the Caucasus and the Russian Federation, Europe is at high risk of disease introduction...[Read full news]
RISK SUR (Risk based animal health surveillance systems) “kick-off”¯ meeting The RISKSUR project is a consortium of 12 partner institutions, including FAO. The project is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Union for the funding of research and technological development in Europe. The project aims to develop decision support tools for the design of cost-effective, risk-based surveillance systems that integrate the most recent advances in epidemiological methodologies and which are based on an interdisciplinary approach and tailored to the needs of individual EU Members States...[Read full news]
Upcoming events · Sixth RESOLAB annual coordination meeting 3-7 December 2012 (Dakar, Senegal) Download agenda · Technical meeting on threat of African Swine fever spread in Eastern Europe: urgent need for international collaboration 4-5 December 2012 (Budapest, Hungary) Visit FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia · Joint FAO/IAEA training course on molecular methods (PCR and sequencing) applied to the diagnosis, epidemiology and surveillance of transboundary animal diseases 10-21 December 2012 (Vienna, Austria) Download agenda - Download prospectus
Recent publications · Fifth report (January 2011- January 2012) ::: Global Programme for the Prevention and Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |