EMPRES Animal Health News

Launching VMERGE: a Research Consortium to better understand Rift Valley fever and other Vector-Borne diseases

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_260314.jpgVector-borne diseases (VBDs) like Rift Valley fever (RFV) or Bluetongue are increasingly threatening animal health. They are also spreading to previously unaffected geographic areas, increasing alarm and concern, particularly in northern Africa and Europe. VBDs not only have a significant negative impact on local livelihoods, but also on national and international trade and food production. In the case of RVF, its zoonotic nature adds an important public health dimension...[Read more]

 


 

Post-rinderpest era but not “case closed”

FAO "In action" section

 

http://www.fao.org/uploads/pics/rinderpest.pngKey facts ::: Rinderpest virus was arguably the first weapon used in what is now called “bioterrorism.” Folklore maintains that Genghis Khan sent rinderpest-infected cattle into the herds of his enemies to wipe out their food supply, making them easier to conquer. In more modern times, an outbreak in the 1980s killed millions of cattle and wild ruminants across Africa and continued to devastate farmers and pastoralists in some of the world’s poorest rural areas. Today, thanks to the efforts of FAO along with a host of other international organizations and national veterinary services, rinderpest has been wiped from the face of the earth. It was declared eradicated in 2011...[Read more]

 


 

FAO's role in animal health - new thematic page

 

http://www.fao.org/uploads/pics/animal_health_530.jpgThe Animal Health theme page has now been launched on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) website, amongst other theme pages including 'trade', 'the South South Cooperation', 'Investment in Agriculture', etc. The theme page acts as a general introduction to animal health and a portal from which to navigate towards more specialised information, departments and networks...[Read more]

 


 

Latest publication

 

·    Addressing avian influenza A(H7N9) - (French version)

ü  Mise à jour de l'évaluation qualitative des risques

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·         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)

·         EIO14 - Engaging Intergovernmental Organizations 2014
28 March 2014 (Rome, Italy FAO-HQ)

·         8th GF-TADs Management Committee Meeting
1 April 2014 (Rome, Italy FAO-HQ)

·         87 Executive Committee meeting of the EuFMD
2-3 April 2014 (Cape Town, South Africa)

 


 

Interesting links

 

·    GALVmed Newsletter
March 2014

 

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