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A series of successful avian influenza outbreak simulation exercises have been organized in the area
around Luang Prabang to test the country’s Joint Response Plan, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced today. The exercises, held from 14-16 March, allowed evaluation of the public and animal health sectors’ readiness for a joint outbreak response
should a future avian influenza virus be...[Read more]
FAO in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized a meeting at Kolkatta,
India on 7-8 March 2017 and facilitated establishment of a national network of veterinary laboratories for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India. Provisionally the network has been named as Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance
(INFAAR)....[Read more]
A two-day Cross Border consultation meeting of veterinarians of the Gangetic plain countries including
Bangladesh, Bhutan India and Nepal was organized on 27-28 March 2017 in Kathmandu in order to take initiative to develop minimum joint strategies and mechanisms to reduce the risks arising out of the unregulated cross-border movement of livestock and...[Read
more]
Thirty-five year old Yare Omar visited the Kurobaresa vaccination center with her family’s three hundred
and fifty goats to have her animals vaccinated against Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) or sheep and goat plague, and Sheep and Goat Pox (S&GP). Kurobaresa, in Kenya’s Isiolo County is commonly known as the ‘’place of salty water” and is the only water source
within a few kilometer radius of Kinna since...[Read more]
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) va appuyer le Ministère en
charge de l’Elevage et de la production animale dans la mise en œuvre des projets visant la dynamisation du secteur au Tchad. En effet, la disponibilité d’une vaste gamme de vaccins pour la santé animale reste une préoccupation majeure pour le pays et ses
partenaires. Dans l’optique d’apporter des solutions...[Read more]
Recent publications / newsletters
FAO Animal Health Risk Analysis ::: Issue no. 1, March 2017
FCC-EMPRES Information Sheet ::: Issue no. 3, March 2017
This information sheet showcases the FAO approach to preparedness and management of animal health emergencies:
The Good Emergency Management Practice (GEMP). GEMP represents a group of organized procedures, structures and resource management tools that lead to early detection of a disease in an animal population, prediction of the likely spread, prompt limitation,
targeted control and elimination. The information sheet...[Download PDF - Read
pub-card]
Upcoming events
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FAO/OIE/WHO Tripartite Coordination Meeting on One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) ·
Good Emergency Management Practices Training at sub-national level
Interesting links
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Capacity building on DEA method in livestock production ·
FAO and AUC meet to discuss strengthening collaboration on resilience building in Africa |
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