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Moratorium on using live rinderpest virus lifted for approved research
Benefits of future research should be carefully balanced against potential risks



[cid:image003.jpg@01CE7F25.89267700]July 2013, Rome - A moratorium on using live rinderpest virus for approved research has been lifted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The moratorium followed the adoption of a Resolution in May 2011 by all OIE Member Countries that urged members to forbid the manipulation of rinderpest virus containing material unless approved by the Veterinary Authority and by FAO and OIE...


ˇ     Read the full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/176398/icode/>
ˇ     Visit the Global Eradication Programme (GREP) site<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/grep/home.html>
ˇ     Rinderpest Post Eradication Strategy<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/grep/Gia_activites_Post_Eradication_Strategy.html>



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VIDEO ::: Sequestration and destruction of rinderpest virus stocks<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLIpwsIPY2Y&list=UUYWwT1w9Yv2qpKChz9Hoomg>



[cid:image005.jpg@01CE7F25.89267700]July 2013, Rome - The FAO and OIE launch a campaign warning against the risks of accidental or deliberate release of the rinderpest virus. FAO and OIE call on its Member Countries to destroy the virus, or safely store it in approved facilities...

[Watch the video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbU7mm_xL0&feature=share&list=UUtu8MkufmVgxS8_Ocl7mMig> - FAO YouTube channel]



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VIDEO ::: Kenya's Maasai remember rinderpest



[cid:image007.jpg@01CE7F25.89267700]July 2013, Rome - Maasai elders in Kenya are among those who have seen, first-hand, the devastation caused by rinderpest, or cattle plague. For millennia, the virus was a threat to animal health and human livelihoods, until the success of an FAO-led programme to eradicate the disease from all but a few laboratory settings worldwide.... [Watch the video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lfeeLh_V3A> - FAO YouTube channel]



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Upcoming events


ˇ     4th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Highly Pathogenic Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases (HPED) Programme<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/rap/home/meetings/list/detail/en/?meetings_id=831&year=2013>
16 July 2013 (Tokyo, Japan)
ˇ     7th FAO/OIE Regional Steering Committee Meeting on Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GFTADs) for Asia and the Pacific
17-18 July 2013 (Tokyo, Japan)




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