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http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_160414.jpgFAO Mission to assist with response to outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

 

On 18 February 2014 the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reported a significant outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in 17 pig farms in the Pyongyang area. As a result hundreds of pigs had to be sacrificed, and thousands were affected. The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of DPRK requested emergency assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to increase the national ability for disease diagnosis and control...[Read more]

 


 

FAO participates in Engaging International Organizations Study Tour

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_160414b.jpgWith the increasingly complex dilemmas facing local, regional and global food and health systems, there is a need for greater interface among the actors involved in the field, from international organizations to academia. In response to this need, academics Will Hueston at the University of Minnesota and Katharina Stärk of Safe Food Solutions (SAFOSO Inc.) have devised a yearly study tour entitled Engaging International Organizations (EIO). This intensive professional development programme provides mid- and senior-level government officials, private sector leaders and academic faculty with the opportunity to interact more effectively with intergovernmental organizations...[Read more]

 


 

Bali Serves as a Model for Control of Rabies (FAO In Action)

 

http://www.fao.org/uploads/pics/bali-rabbit_04.jpgKey facts ::: The first cases of rabies in Bali were reported in 2008. FAO established a technical assistance project with the Government of Indonesia with the aim of supporting national efforts to control the disease on Bali. This was to be achieved by establishing an effective programme to coordinate and facilitate rabies control with government agencies and partner organizations. As a result of the programme, human rabies cases were reduced from eleven per month in 2010 to just one per month the following year. Following a mass vaccination of dogs, there was another major reduction in 2012 and 2013, bringing the number of reported cases down to only one human case in all of 2013. The model developed in Bali is now being modified as appropriate and used in other affected parts of Indonesia to progressively control and eliminate the virus from the entire country...[Read more]

 


 

Latest publication

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/pub_report_asf.jpgThe Global Platform for African swine fever and other important diseases of swine ::: FAO Animal Production and Health Report No. 4


African swine fever (ASF) represents a severe threat to trade, livelihoods, food security and nutrition. Able to cause up to 100 percent mortality in pigs, this viral disease can decimate a family ’s source of income, food and savings as well as cripple international trade. The issue is further complicated by the role of wild suid populations in maintenance, spread and transmission. While vaccine or treatments for ASF do not yet exist, effective prevention and control tools are available to help stop the spread of ASF and to progressively control the disease in affected areas. Past efforts have shown that eradication from domestic pig populations is feasible, although full of challenges...[Download PDF]

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/pub_china_hpai.jpgChina Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Highlights

Volume 62 ::: March 2014 ::: [Download PDF]

::: Inside ::: 1. Strengthening surveillance, value chain analysis and biosecurity for H7N9 Influenza in China: MoA and FAO held joint training to further strengthen H7N9 prevention and control; 2. Field sampling for Emerging Pandemic Threats Plus (EPT+) project in Guangdong Province; 3. CAHEC and FAO ECTAD jointly conduct a pre-survey for a meat chicken market chain study in Anhui Province; 4. Upcoming Activities

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·          Final Technical Workshop on the Innovative Integrated Animal Health Packages - Project GCP/RAF/444/IFA
23-24 April 2014 (Rome, Italy)

·          5th Annual West Eurasia FMD Roadmap Meeting
23-24 April 2014 (Astana, Kazakhstan)

·          Annual Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Meeting 
23-25 April 2014 (Siem Reap, Cambodia)

·          FAO/WHO sub-regional technical consultation to review preparedness, surveillance and response for Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
28-30 April 2014 (Yangon, Myanmar)


 

Interesting links

 

·          Scientific Opinion on African swine fever
EFSA Journal 2014;12(4):3628 [77 pp.]. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3628

·          AgreenSkills/AgreenSkills+ Call for Submissions
Applications deadline ::: 5 May 2014

·          LIFELINES: the quest for global health (rabies)
Source ::: AlJazeera

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