[cid:image001.gif@01D1A6E2.32991D10] FAO Work Planning meeting for year 1 of the USAID-funded Emerging Pandemic Threats phase 2 (EPT-2) Programme in West and Central Africa [cid:image003.jpg@01D1A6EC.EDA03FD0]The first national FAO work planning meetings in West Africa for the FAO Component of the EPT-2 were held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Conakry, Guinea. These meetings marked the first in a series of country-level engagements in the West and Central Africa sub-regions in which specific activities were planned and outlined for the period March to September, 2016. The USAID EPT-2 programme, to be implemented until 2019, aims at building and strengthening basic capacity in animal health to detect early and rapidly respond to emerging disease crises threatening animal or human health...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_050516.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image005.jpg@01D1A6EC.EDA03FD0]Rational use of vaccination for control and prevention of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza FOCUS ON ::: Vol. 10-2016 Vaccination can play a valuable role in control, prevention and elimination of highly pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses in poultry. However, risk of adverse consequences as well as concerns about availability of sufficient resources to conduct vaccination programmes often restrain countries from embarking on vaccination. This document discusses concerns regarding poultry vaccination for H5 HPAI, with the aim to facilitate decision making in affected countries or those at risk of H5 HPAI incursion. The document contributes to FAO's Strategic Objective 5 by helping to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats from HPAI...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5625e.pdf>] ________________________________ Recent publications · Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines No. 117 [English<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5029e.pdf>] [French<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5029f.pdf>] [Chinese<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5029c.pdf>] · Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin No. 19 ::: April-June 2016 [Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-c0058e.pdf>] · The European Union and FAO partnership Brochure [Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/a-au055e.pdf>] ________________________________ Upcoming events · Workshop on a Regional Strategic Framework for Human Health Workforce Development on Epidemiology among ASEAN+3 Member Countries 9-10 May 2016 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) · Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Regional Roadmap for West Africa 9-11 May 2016 (Dakar, Senegal) · Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) real time training 9-13 May 2016 (Kathmandu, Nepal) [Visit EUFMD site<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/upcoming-events/en/>] · Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Outbreak investigations: what more than sampling for confirmation? Online webinar [Visit EUFMD site<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/upcoming-events/en/>] · Joint Permanent Committee (JPC) of Remesa meeting 10-12 May 2016 (Toledo, Spain) [Visit EuFMD site<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/upcoming-events/en/>] · Partners for Rabies Prevention 2016 10-12 May 2016 (Wolfsberg, Switzerland) ________________________________ Interesting links · Tournée du Représentant de la FAO dans projet avicole à Ngozi: beaucoup d'espoir chez les bénéficiaires<http://www.fao.org/burundi/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/413150/> News by FAO Burundi ::: 04 May 2016 [only in French] · Launch of the Platform of analysis and measurement of population resilience in Sahel, West Africa<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/412551/> News by FAO Regional Office for Africa ::: 2 May 2016 EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:image006.gif@01D1A6E2.32991D10]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [cid:image007.gif@01D1A6E2.32991D10] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [cid:image008.gif@01D1A6E2.32991D10] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);