[cid:image001.gif@01CE6EB5.4BC746D0] Celebrating the Eradication of Rinderpest on 28 June 2013 [cid:image006.jpg@01CE6F45.E92C3C60]Two years ago, the world reached a milestone: FAO declared the world free from rinderpest on 28 June 2011. Rinderpest is a highly contagious animal disease also known as cattle plague. Next week FAO and the world are celebrating the two-year anniversary of the eradication of the virus. FAO will mark the occasion in Nairobi, Kenya during a workshop on animal health in East Africa from 27 to 29 June 2013... [Read the full news<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_210613.html>] ________________________________ Addressing the avian influenza A(H7N9) emergency ::: FAO risk documents [cid:image007.jpg@01CE6F45.E92C3C60]On 31 March 2013, the Chinese authorities reported the identification of a new strain of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in three people displaying flu-like symptoms in Shanghai City and Anhui Province. All of these people died. This marked the first time this particular strain had been identified in humans or poultry. FAO's Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) - Animal Health, with the assistance of international experts, developed four guiding documents to help member countries meet the challenges triggered by the H7N9 events: Emergency risk assessment, Risk management along the food chain, Guidelines for emergency risk-based surveillance and Laboratory protocols and algorithms...[Visit the H7N9 website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/H7N9/>] ________________________________ Upcoming events * Technical and Policy Discussion on the Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) in Asia<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/rap/home/meetings/list/detail/en/?meetings_id=822&year=2013> 24-25 June 2013 (Bangkok, Thailand) * Laboratory equipment maintenance and calibration<http://www.fao-ectad-bamako.org/> 27-30 June 2013 (Dakar, Senegal ::: French speaking countries) EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Follow us on Twitter ::: @FAOAnimalHealth<https://twitter.com/#!/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);