EMPRES Animal Health News

FAO and Veterinarians Without Borders

 

http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_100314.jpgOne of the activities the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) promotes is to work in close collaboration with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) around the world to sustain local communities on a practical level. As part of this development philosophy, FAO's Emergency Prevention System for Animal Health (EMPRES-AH) aims to encourage information-sharing with the Canadian NGO Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB)...[Read more]

 


 

World Livestock 2013 ::: Changing Disease Landscapes

 

http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_100314c.jpgThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published a significant report on the global shifts in animal disease dynamics entitled World Livestock 2013: Changing Disease Landscapes. Following on from the first in the series, World Livestock 2011: Livestock in food security (FAO, 2011), this new publication focuses on the challenges posed by the growing number of pandemic threats and emerging diseases of animal origin. It also elaborates on the persistent zoonoses and high impact livestock diseases that place a direct threat on the food and income security of rural- and livestock-dependent communities...[Read more]

 


 

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/faovn/img/FAO-WHO_meeting.JPGFAO-WHO joint briefing session on the latest update of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) FAO Viet Nam Representation

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) briefed the diplomatic community in Hanoi on avian influenza A (H7N9) to raise awareness about the virus that has emerged in both poultry and humans in China and its potential risk to Viet Nam. Viet Nam has recently stepped up efforts to prevent and respond to the potential spread of H7N9 into the country...[Read more]

 


 

http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_100314e.jpgCollaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) Message on World Wildlife Day

 

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision to proclaim 3 March as World Wildlife Day, as a means of celebrating the importance of the world’s flora and fauna, strengthening efforts to conserve biodiversity and stepping up the fight against illegal wildlife trade...[Read more]

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·         UMA Permanent Veterinary Committee Meeting
12-13 March 2014 (Rabat, Morocco)

·         The 4th FAO-APHCA/OIE/DLD Regional Workshop on Brucellosis Diagnosis and Control in Asia-Pacific Region: Proficiency Test and Ways Forward
18-20 March 2014 (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

·         ASFORCE Project Management Team Meeting (PMT)
20-21 March 2014 (London, United Kingdom)

·         Ad hoc External Consultation on Disease Surveillance in Live Bird Markets
24-26 March (Rome, Italy FAO-HQ)

·         First technical meeting of the RESEPI & RESOLAB networks of Central Africa
24-28 March 2014 (N’djamena, Chad)

·         REMESA Joint Permanent Committee Meeting
27-28 March 2014 (La Valette, Malta)

 


 

Latest publications

 

·         Ingredients of Potential Pandemics
Article ::: The Geographer, winter 2013-2014, pp. 14-15

·         Proyecto Regional para el Control Progresivo de la Fiebre Aftosa FAORLC
Boletín número 13 ::: Febrero 2014

·         One health: the Hong Kong experience with avian influenza (abstract available)
Article ::: Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2013;365:281-98. doi: 10.1007/82_2012_254. PubMed PMID: 22903569

·         The EMPRES-i genetic module: a novel tool linking epidemiological outbreak information and genetic characteristics of influenza viruses (full PDF)
Article ::: Database, Vol. 2014, Article ID bau008, doi:10.1093/database/bau008

 


 

Interesting links

 

·         Des gabonais formés dans les techniques de lutte contre la rage
Article ::: Agence Gabonaise de Presse

·         Vietnam on high alert over flu risk - H7N9 avian influenza may spread from China for first time
Article ::: Nature Vol. 506, 415–416 (27 February 2014) doi: 10.1038/506415a

 

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