FAO expert teams analysing avian influenza A(H7N9) virus for enhanced detection and management On 31 March the Chinese authorities announced the identification in humans of a new strain of avian influenza virus: A(H7N9). While other H7 viruses have been widely reported around the globe in domestic and wild birds, the recent event in China represents the first time this A(H7N9) virus has been reported in humans and poultry. No human-to-human transmission has yet been confirmed. FAO is working intensively through an incident team based in the FAO China office and thematic expert teams at headquarters. The focus is on better understanding this new virus, how to detect it and what level of threat it could pose to animal populations...[Read more]
Improving Animal Health Planning to Control Avian Influenza in Egypt FAO Regional Office for the Near East
After its first detection in 2006, Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza (HPAI) has spread rapidly in Egypt and become endemic in poultry populations in several governorates. HPAI continued to cause considerable economic loss to poultry producers and remains a public health challenge in the country...[Read more]
Ethiopia hosts workshop on the control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases between Sudan and South Sudan Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A high-level meeting aimed at drafting and formalizing a joint veterinary protocol agreement for the control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (TADs) in South Sudan and Sudan was held in March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Opening the two day meeting, the FAO Sub regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa and representative to Ethiopia, AU and the ECA, Mr. Modibo Traore said the control of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases can only be attained through simultaneous efforts by countries...[Read more]
Upcoming events · 3rd OFFLU Swine Influenza group (SIV) technical meeting 16-17 April 2013 (Rome (FAO-HQ, Italy) · International Veterinary Congress 17-22 April 2013 (Moscow, Russia) |