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The FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases in the United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries organized a workshop from 17 to 19 May 2016 to develop a National Surveillance Plan for Filoviruses in Livestock. The workshop was held as part of implementing the FAO component of the Emerging Pandemic Threat phase 2 Programme in the United Republic of Tanzania...[Read more]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des produits Alimentaires (ONSSA) and the Regional Office of Agriculture of Meknès-Fès, organized a workshop in Morocco to better technically equip trainers with the objective of reinforce the preparedness of emergency response in animal health from May 17th to 19th 2016 in the Centre de Formation de l’Agropole in Meknès...[Read more]
Scott Newman, FAO Viet Nam’s former Senior Technical Coordinator of the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases, received a “Medal for the Agriculture and Rural Development Cause” from the Department of Livestock Production within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. With the ceremony taking place at the Department of Livestock Production, Scott Newman was honoured in recognition...[Read more]
A Subregional technical training workshop was held in Lomé (Togo) from 12 to 15 April 2016 on epidemiological studies of animal diseases in West Africa. The event was organized by FAO in partnership with the Government of Togo and is set within the project framework for capacity building for control and disease surveillance of animal diseases, which was funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the United States of America, following the eradication of rinderpest...[Read more]
Building resilience is crucial to enable fragile communities, especially in rural areas, cope with the increasing frequency and magnitude of natural disasters and the growing threat of pandemic diseases, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today told participants at the World Humanitarian Summit. "We need to be prepared: with climate change, extreme weather events will happen more often and with greater intensity," he said...[Read more]
Following recent developments on the Avian Influenza (AI) situation in Indonesia and considering the fact that Indonesia is still regarded as one of the hotspots for the spread of AI virus, the Ministry of Agriculture continues to pursue strategic steps to prevent poultry infections and reduce the losses to the poultry industry from bird flu. In addition, the Government urges the public to stay informed and alert to the AI threat...[Read more]
In 2004, Viet Nam poultry and human were heavily impacted by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks, causing more than 60 human deaths and $45 million dollars of economic loss from dead poultries at its peak moment. In order to respond to this emergency, FAO’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases program joined the FAO Viet Nam country office in 2006. With the financial support from various organizations such as the United States Agency of International Development, Japanese Trust Funds, the European Commission, World Bank and UN joint funds, FAO ECTAD Viet Nam partnered...[Read more] Recent publications
The Technical Meeting on understanding Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) at the human-animal interface was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to determine the current status of the scientific knowledge on MERS-CoV and identify the major gaps that require further studies, in order to better understand the disease dynamics at the interface between humans and animals and develop practical and realistic approaches to control and minimize the impact of this virus. The meeting was also aimed at fostering collaborations and partnerships between institutions and organizations working on MERS-CoV at the human-animal interface. It was held in Rome from 21-22 January 2016...[Read full PDF]
The Technical Meeting on Understanding Ebola Virus at the animal-human interface was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to determine the current status of the scientific knowledge on Ebola Viruses (EBOV), identify the major gaps that require further research studies, in order to better understand the disease dynamics at the interface between animals and humans, identify factors that potentiate the emergence, transmission and spread of EBOV, and develop practical and realistic approaches to better prevent and minimize the impacts of this virus. It was also aimed at fostering collaborations and partnerships between institutions and organizations working on Ebola viruses at the human-animal interface. The meeting was organized by FAO and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 19-20 January 2016 in Rome. ...[Read full PDF] Upcoming events · FAO component of the USAID EPT-2 programme: country planning meetings for Mali and Senegal · 3rd workshop for development of Risk based Strategic Plan (RBSP) · Assessment and inception mission on ‘Piloting EMA-i in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania · Risk-based surveillance plan – development and implementation based on Georgia experience · Foot-and-Mouth Disease Emergency preparation (FepC) course · Foot-and-Mouth Disease Emergency preparation (FepC) course for the United Kingdom Interesting links · MN165a Veterinary Cold Chain Manual · Antimicrobial Resistance: Plights, Parables and Paradoxes · 84TH OIE General Session (Paris, France) | |
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