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Countries across West and Central Africa are on alert as the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1continues to spread across
the region, with Cameroon becoming the latest African country to detect the disease. The strain can infect and cause death in humans and kills poultry at a high rate...[Read
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The first five-year phase of the global programme to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) has taken a step closer to finalization,
following a two day strategy session (11-12 July) at FAO’s Rome headquarters that brought together animal health experts, government representatives, livestock professionals and other stakeholders from around the world...[Read
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FAO Viet Nam representation
After responding to emergency zoonotic outbreaks, the importance of One Health Approach has been emphasized worldwide in effectively
preventing and controlling these diseases. In order to discover more about this approach within the Viet Nam country context...[Read
more]
On July 12 UN Food and Agriculture Organization, in collaboration with RA Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) organized the two-day workshop
entitled 'Current issues of Brucellosis control: Cross-border cooperation between Armenia and Georgia’ within the framework of the project ‘Technical and Institutional Support to Veterinary Services in Armenia.’..[Read
more]
La cérémonie officielle de remise des équipements et produits en appui à la lutte contre l’éradication de la grippe aviaire s’est
déroulée dans l’enceinte du Laboratoire National Vétérinaire (LANAVET annexe de Yaoundé) en présence du Représentant de la FAO au Cameroun, de L’ambassadeur d’Israël au Cameroun et du Ministre de l’Elevage, des Pêches et des Industries Animales...[Read
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To urgently bring the rabies control campaign back on track through a more comprehensive and coordinated program, the FAO Emergency
Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) is set to launch a Dog Population Management (DPM) programme in Bali Province...[Read
more]
Upcoming events
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Ad-hoc meeting of lumpy skin disease (LSD) experts ·
Regional Workshop on Enhancing Regional Partnerships Towards Strengthening Laboratory Systems in
Accelerating Implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda ·
Regional Workshop on the Use of the FAO Laboratory Mapping Tool
Interesting links
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FAO,
Gambian Government sign US$400,000 TCP for Livestock Census ·
IIAD
hosts Bioinformatics Short Course for Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute ·
Food
Chain Crisis Management threats web map ·
FAO
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