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FAO and its partners accelerate the process of rinderpest virus destruction and sequestration in Africa



[cid:image003.jpg@01D0D5EF.A07B4E80]Rinderpest, or ''cattle plague'', is an acute, highly contagious disease affecting several species of wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals, notably cattle and buffalo. It killed millions of cattle over the millennia in Africa, Asia and Europe and was officially declared eradicated in 2011 at conferences of The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Following these historical celebrations the Member States of the African Union (AU) recommended that all African countries should destroy their rinderpest virus stocks or send them to a FAO-OIE approved Rinderpest Holding Facility (RHF)...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130815.html>]

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[cid:image004.jpg@01D0D5EF.A07B4E80]FAO's progress towards Rift Valley Fever (RVF) prevention in Northern Africa



The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is one of the 15 partners of the Vmerge project on "Emerging, Viral Vector-Borne Diseases", a research consortium funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission from 2013 to 2017. FAO is conducting a number of activities under the framework of Vmerge, all of which focus on Rift Valley fever (RVF)...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130815b.html>]

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LinkTADs First Dissemination Event in Europe



[cid:image005.jpg@01D0D5EF.A07B4E80]The first of two dissemination meetings under LinkTADs will take place on 2 September 2015 in Montpellier, France. The objective of the dissemination meeting is for researchers and other stakeholders working on animal health to meet LinkTADs partners, to learn about its activities and main achievements to date, but most importantly, how they can benefit from LinkTADs networking, resources and collaboration opportunities. The agenda of the half-day event can be downloaded here. A second dissemination event will be organized in China later on in 2015...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130815c.html>]



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Recent publications/newsletters



[cid:image007.jpg@01D0D5EF.A07B4E80]Quarterly Early Warning Bulletin for Food and Agriculture

No. 16 July-September 2015



The Quarterly Early Warning Bulletin integrates information on threats to the food chain and food security for the three months ahead. It is the result of a collaboration between the Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) for transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases and food safety threats, the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and the Food Chain Crisis Management Framework (FCC). Data is provided by GIEWS and EMPRES...[Download full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4783e.pdf>]





[cid:image009.jpg@01D0D5EF.A07B4E80]NOW IN RUSSIAN - Good emergency management practice

FAO Animal Production and Health Manual No. 11



A disease emergency is one of the most challenging situations a veterinary service can confront. Veterinary services must be well prepared to deal with such an emergency in order to achieve rapid and cost-efficient control. To do this, the veterinary services must be prepared. They must have a well developed plan and the capacity to implement the plan. This manual sets out in a systematic way the elements required to achieve an appropriate level of preparedness for any disease emergency in animals. In particular, this manual focuses on the control of transboundary animal diseases. Some of the principles presented may also be helpful in preparing for food safety, zoonotic and even non-infectious disease emergencies...



·                Read English version<http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/68b14f27-5234-51f3-b46e-8ecea0029d9b/>

·                Read Russian version (NEW!!)<http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/4d624828-153b-442b-9704-b16a2eb85c28/>

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Upcoming events


·         Workshop on Prevention and Control of Rabies in SAARC Countries
11-13 August 2015 (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

·         Ateliers PPR et deuxième réunion technique de coordination des réseaux RESEPI/RESOLAB-AC et des Directeurs des Services Vétérinaires d'Afrique centrale
24-28 August 2015 (Yaoundé, Cameroun)

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Interesting links


·         Income Disparities and the Global Distribution of Intensively Farmed Chicken and Pigs
Article PLOS ONE ::: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133381
Read online<http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133381>

·         Interagency Collaboration on Ebola
Situation Report No. 02 ::: 12 August 2015
Read online<http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=547a787708d32a96a42c77746&id=7789b4428e&e=d1394ffa5b>




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