[cid:image001.gif@01D1AD24.47E73E20] FAO epidemiological assessment mission and national stakeholder meeting to help Nigeria eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza [cid:image003.jpg@01D1AD32.DFBB9E40]A national consultative meeting on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Nigeria was held in Jos on 5-7 May. Discussions were centred on the development of an action plan with the following priorities: (1) implementation of a timely compensation mechanism, (2) improved HPAI outbreak management, (3) enforcement of quarantine and movement control, (4) mandatory annual registration of all actors along the poultry value chain, (5) education of farmers and other value chain actors, and (6) strong advocacy at political level to enhance the government's commitment to control and subsequently eradicate...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130516c.html>] ________________________________ Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) 9th Meeting held in Rome [cid:image005.jpg@01D1AD32.DFBB9E40]The 9th Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee meeting organized by FAO-OIE was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, April 20-21, 2016. Sessions resulted in a joint guide and design for implementation roadmap of post eradication activities. Participants were welcomed by Dr Berhe G. Tekola, Director of Animal Production and Health Division (AGA). He noted the coming to an end of the current term of the JAC and urged members to remain involved in other tasks within FAO. He also thanked current members for their contribution during the last 5 years and called on them to set the benchmarks for FAO-OIE to select the members for...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130516.html>] ________________________________ FAO-OIE held Technical Meeting on International preparedness and Vaccine Strategic Reserves [cid:image007.jpg@01D1AD32.DFBB9E40]The first high-level technical meeting since the eradication of Rinderpest in 2012 concluded in Rome, marking the first concrete step towards ensuring global preparedness to deal with a livestock emergency in the event of a re-emergence of the disease. April 20, 2016 marks the conclusion of the FAO-OIE Technical Meeting: International preparedness and Vaccine Strategic Reserves held at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has organized the meeting where experts in vaccine reserves and preparedness plans can provide insights into how such a plan can be structured and how an international vaccine reserves can be organized and managed...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_130516b.html>] ________________________________ La FAO organise une consultation nationale pour la formulation de la composante FAO du programme EPT-2 financé par l'USAID FAO Cameroon representation [only in French] [cid:image009.jpg@01D1AD32.DFBB9E40]La première réunion de consultation nationale de formulation du programme EPT2 Cameroun s'est ouverte, à Yaoundé, en présence du Ministre de l'élevage, des pêches et des industries animale et du Représentant de la FAO au Cameroun. Financé par l'Agence pour le Développement International des Etats-Unis (USAID), ce programme s'inscrit dans le cadre du Plan d'action pour la sécurité alimentaire mondiale, il vise à construire et à renforcer les capacités de base en santé animale, pour détecter précocement et riposter rapidement aux crises des maladies émergentes qui menacent la santé animale et humaine.. Les participants à cet événement sont venus, de la République Démocratique Congo du Cameroun, du bureau régional de la FAO pour l'Afrique à Accra et du siège de la FAO...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cameroun/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/413476/>] ________________________________ Eradiquer la peste des petits ruminants en Afrique de l'Ouest pour une production animale plus efficace FAO Senegal representation [only in French] [cid:image019.jpg@01D1AD32.DFBB9E40]Le Sénégal accueille cette semaine un atelier de formulation de la feuille de route pour le contrôle et l'éradication de la peste des petits ruminants (PPR) en Afrique de l'Ouest, pour une approche régionale coordonnée, organisé conjointement par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale (OIE), le Bureau Interafricain des Ressources Animales de l'Union Africaine (UA-BIRA) et la Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO), avec l'appui du Service de l'Inspection de la Santé des Animaux et des Plantes du Département américain de l'agriculture (USDA/APHIS) et du Gouvernement sénégalais...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/senegal/actualites/detail-events/en/c/413881/>] ________________________________ Upcoming events · Regional Workshop for the Application of Diagnostic PREDICT Protocols in Animal Health Laboratories 17-19 May 2016 (Bangkok, Thailand) · Workshop on Development of National Plan for Surveillance of Filoviruses in Livestock 17-19 May 2016 (Bagamoyo, Tanzania) · FAO component of the USAID EPT-2 programme: Country Planning Workshop for Ethiopia 17-19 May 2016 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) · ECTAD Consultation Workshop 20-22 May 2016 (Kolkata, India) ________________________________ Interesting links · FAO Seeks to Broaden Scope of Regional Initiatives to Address Systemic risks in NENA<http://www.fao.org/neareast/news/view/en/c/414161/> News by FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa ::: 11 May 2016 · WHO Ebola virus disease situation report<http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/206313/1/ebolasitrep_12may2016_eng.pdf> 12 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:image010.gif@01D1AD24.47E73E20]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [cid:image011.gif@01D1AD24.47E73E20] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [cid:image012.gif@01D1AD24.47E73E20] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);