FAO to Release Laboratory Mapping Tool on the Web Beginning in 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has created and developed a Laboratory Mapping Tool (LMT). The LMT is a system by which to assess the functionality of veterinary laboratories following a two-tiered process: i) an assessment of laboratory functionality is conducted via a detailed and standardized questionnaire that can be led by an external assessor or via self-assessment; and ii) the data collected is fed into a digital application which generates graphs and tables allowing for a "snapshot" view of a given laboratory's level of functionality and its evolution over time – which can be made on a yearly basis...[Read more]
Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam: Meeting to Enhance Preparedness for Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Incursion Representatives of the animal and public health ministries in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar and Viet Nam came together in Yangon, Myanmar at the end of April 2014. They met to share surveillance results and review their countries' preparedness and response planning for a potential incursion of the Avian Influenza A(H7N9) virus, one that affects both poultry and humans. The meeting was organized jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Soon after the emergence of influenza A(H7N9) in China in early 2013, FAO and WHO have been facilitating surveillance activities in these three countries with USAID support...[Read more]
VIDEO ::: Changing disease landscapes - Towards a Global Health approach
Disease is the final effect of a series of bad practices. We cannot cure or prevent disease without taking care of the causes. The video delivers the key messages of the publication "World Livestock 2013: Changing disease landscapes" with the aim to support a more proactive approach to Global Health...[Watch now]
Upcoming events · Real-time training on FMD 12-16 May 2014 (Kathmandu, Nepal) · Taskforce meeting for the development of a regional control strategy and program for African swine fever 13-15 May 2014 (Accra, Ghana) · Technical Consultation Meeting on MERS-CoV and animals 20-21 May 2014 (Muscat, Oman)
Recent publications · Plan continental para la erradicación de la peste porcina clásica de las Américas Boletín no.5 ::: Enero-Marzo 2014 (in Spanish only)
Interesting links · RISKSUR Newsletter 2014/01 ::: Issue 2/April 2014 · Influenza at the animal–human interface: a review of the literature for virological evidence of human infection with swine or avian influenza viruses other than A(H5N1) Article ::: Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 18, 8 May 2014 · OFFLU annual report for 2013 |