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The Russian city of Vladimir today hosts a two-day FAO regional workshop on Foot-and-Mouth Disease and other transboundary animal
diseases. The focus is on “Risk-based approaches and Emergency Management.” The four-strong FAO team, along with seasoned experts from Russian the Research Institute for Animal Health and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) will present an array
of topics from epidemiology, to risk-based approaches and emergency preparedness on several different diseases...[Read
more]
Livestock play an important role in countries of Central and South Asia in relation to boosting nutrition but also by helping to
improve livelihoods, particularly those of small holders and their families. Outbreaks of animal diseases like foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) are a constant threat to both better nutrition and farmers’ incomes. As these diseases
can spread rapidly and across national borders, there is an urgent call for greater cross-border collaboration to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases (TADs)...[Read
more]
Wild boar are playing the main role in spreading African swine fever across Europe. Learning how to limit or stop this vector of
infection is the central topic of an FAO workshop opening today in Kaunas, Lithuania. African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs and wild boar that presents as a haemorrhagic fever and results in up to 100 percent mortality of infected animals. It carries
no human health risks, but can have immense socio-economic, trade, and food security consequences...[Read
more]
Wildlife is coming to the attention of many parties, especially the health sectors, considering the diseases of wildlife which are
potential zoonoses. Under the theme of "Promoting One Health through Wildlife Conservation for People’s Prosperity", wildlife health issues were the main discussion topics at the 4th International Wildlife Symposium (IWS), organized by the World Wildlife Fund
(WWF) in collaboration with FAO ECTAD Indonesia and Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh on 23-25 October 2017...[Read
more]
UN-FAO Cambodia launched the new project “Evidence Based Risk Management Along the Livestock Production and Market Chain” on 10
November. The project will focus on Takeo province and support improvement of the Takeo live bird market since current research suggests that Takeo province, in particular the live bird market, have high levels of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1
circulation in the poultry population...[Read more]
FAO has launched an emergency animal health campaign across Iraq's Mosul area, which was recently retaken from the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The campaign aims to protect and enhance the assets of 210 000 people who rely on rearing livestock for food and income in the Ninewa Governorate - of which Mosul is the capital. It includes vaccinating almost 1 million sheep,
goats, cattle and buffalo and providing 1 500 tonnes of high-nutrient feed for 60 000 animals...[Read
more]
News on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) worldwide
This year’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) just ended on 19 November 2017. FAO ECTAD Indonesia, together with the Ministry
of Agriculture (MoA) of the Republic Indonesia and other related stakeholders successfully held several events which aimed to raise people’s awareness of the danger of misusing antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics...[Read
more]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Kenya (FAOKE), with support from UK’s Fleming Fund, is celebrating
the launch of Kenya’s ‘One Health’ National Action Plan (NAP) and Policy on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) during World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) with seminars to raise awareness of AMR among veterinarians and other stakeholders, and a ‘One Health’
march through the streets of Nairobi before the NAP ribbon-cutting ceremony...[Read
more]
The third World Antibiotic Awareness Week during 13 -19 November calls for stronger action from all sectors to stop the misuse and
overuse of antibiotics to combat resistance. The National Steering Committee for Antibiotic Resistance, the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again joining forces to raise awareness about
antibiotic resistance and responsible use of antibiotics. ...[Read more]
Recent publications / newsletters
Upcoming meetings
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Regional Workshop on Bioinformatics System and Capacity Development for
Asia
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Real-time training on Foot and Mouth Disease
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Bi-monthly multi-sectoral rabies and anthrax technical working group meetings
and support their activities
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Regional Stakeholder Meeting on Veterinary Epidemiology Capacity Development
for Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) countries in Africa
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EuFMD Workshop on European FMD Multi-county Animal Disease Spread Model
Interesting links
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New
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