Launch of the Emerging Pandemic Threats phase 2 (EPT-2) Programme in West and Central Africa News by FAO Regional Office for Africa The USAID-funded EPT-2 programme launched this week will support 21 countries in West and Central Africa as part of global efforts to combat emerging and or re-emerging high impact infectious diseases, which threaten the African continent. It will also address relations between livestock and livelihoods in terms of reducing negative impacts of the pandemics on sustainable food and nutrition security. The EPT-2 programme, to be implemented until 2019, is aimed at building and strengthening basic capacity in animal health to detect early and respond rapidly to emerging disease crises threatening animal and human health. The implementation of EPT-2 programme will be aligned with the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), an important global initiative of the US Government...[Read more]
FAO calls for international action on antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging public health threat requiring a globally coordinated effort to counter the risks it poses to food security, FAO Deputy Director-General Helena Semedo said Wednesday. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents foster increasing resistance among the very microbes that cause the infections and disease they were designed to quell, threatening to reverse a century of progress in human and animal health, she said...[Read more] Zika: FAO Director-General says agency is ready to contribute to international efforts
Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system is mobilizing a coordinated response to Zika aimed at minimizing the threat in affected countries and reducing the risk of further international spread. "FAO with its resources and expertise, is ready to do its part in addressing this emergency which continues to evolve," said the agency's Director-General, José Graziano da Silva in a statement issued today....[Read more] Upcoming events · FAO-OIE Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Working Group Meeting 16-17 February 2016 (Rome, Italy FAO-HQ) · EPT2 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Workshop 17-18 February 2016 (Bangkok, Thailand) · Progressive Control Pathway of FMD (FMD-PCP) in East Africa - an overview 18 February 2016 (Webinar) [Visit EUFMD website] Recent publications/newsletters Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines No. 17 Live poultry markets are an important part of the poultry supply chain in many parts of the world. However, the emergence of avian influenza viruses that can cause severe disease in humans which results from working in or visiting contaminated markets means that some long-standing practices are no longer acceptable…
Download PDF - Now available also in FRENCH Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin January-March 2016 No.18 During the period January-March 2016, Food Chain Crisis (FCC) threats are expected to occur in the regions of Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. FCC threats will be either persisting within a country and possibly spreading to neighboring countries or will be latent and will re-emerge/amplify at a certain time... [Download PDF]
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