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[cid:image003.jpg@01D12DE7.56D68650]FAO Sen Award winner recognized for outstanding contribution to Somali livestock sector



November 2015, Cyprien Felix Biaou, now a Livestock Development Officer for the FAO Subregional Office for Central Africa in Gabon, received the Sen Award for his outstanding contribution to the livestock sector programme in Somalia. Dr Biaou's contributions were particularly to surveillance, prevention and control of animal diseases, as well as the vaccination and treatment of Somalia livestock...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_031215.html>]

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Closure of the FAO project to assist China with preparedness against African swine fever



[cid:image005.jpg@01D12DE7.56D68650]The situation of African swine fever (ASF), a deadly disease of pigs, has considerably worsened over the past years. In the traditionally endemic sub-Saharan Africa, the disease continues to spread into new areas. There is now a new open front in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. The global ASF virus circulation, at its historical peak, has led to the highest risk ever for the disease to enter into Asia, particularly China, home to almost half of the world's pig population. An ASF epidemic in the region would have most catastrophic effects in the pork supply and protein availability worldwide...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_031215b.html>]

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Cattle disease puts region's veterinary experts on alert
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia



[cid:image007.jpg@01D12DE7.56D68650]An economically devastating cattle disease has made alarming advances into the Caucasus and nearby countries. To provide the latest information on diagnosis, prevention and control of Lumpy Skin Disease, FAO organized a technical workshop in Georgia recently. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Russian Federation participated. Lumpy Skin Disease has covered a lot of ground since it was first discovered in Zambia in 1929. First infecting sub-Saharan Africa, it experienced a surge in the 1980s...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/346243/>]

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Recent publications


*         10 Reasons for not keeping the rinderpest virus in laboratories<http://www.fao.org/resources/infographics/infographics-details/en/c/345558/>
Infographic
*         FAO helps countries prevent and control Rift Valley Fever<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5149e.pdf>
FCC-EMPRES ::: Information sheets no. 11
*         How simple biosecurity measures can change a farmer's life <http://www.fao.org/3/a-bb014e.pdf>
FAO Viet Nam factsheet

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Upcoming events


*         Subregional Global Framework for Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) Meeting for the Pacific countries
1-3 December 2015 (Nadi, Fiji)
*         Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)/Foot-and-Mouth Diseases (FMD) regional road map for Middle East countries
1-3 December 2015 (Doha, Qatar)
*         WHO/OIE Conference on rabies
10-11 December 2015 (Geneva, Switzerland)
[Visit conference website<http://www.oie.int/eng/RABIES2015/index.html>]



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