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Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a vector-borne pox disease of cattle characterized by the appearance of skin nodules. Long restricted
to sub-Saharan Africa, LSD has slowly invaded new territories over the past decade (Middle East, Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Russian Federation). Official veterinarians, cattle farmers and others along the value chain are therefore unfamiliar
with the disease’s clinical presentation...[Read more]
The Eufmd has focused on development of e-learning in the past two years and we are now delivering numerous courses and workshops,
both online and realtime. Our most recent developments include Risk Analysis along the Value Chain and the Laboratory Investigation course, in collaboration with The Pirbright Institute. A number of the new courses are the “in-depth” ones where participants
are required to study at least 4 hours a week...[Read more]
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking $7.5 million to roll out a critically needed emergency livestock vaccination
campaign in South Sudan. FAO aims to protect nearly 9 million animals (30 percent of the country's livestock) - scaling up from 6 million in 2017 - to combat increasingly frequent outbreaks of animal diseases. To date, FAO has only a quarter of the funds it
needs ($2.5 million out of $10 million)...[Read more]
Biosecurity in poultry production is a set of preventive measures such as movement control, cleaning, disinfection and vaccination
to prevent disease introduction and spread. By implementing strict biosecurity, farm owners decrease risk of disease incursion carried by people, animals, vehicles and equipment to their farms. Since the emergence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
H5N1 in 2003, there have been a total of 127 infected human cases with 64 deaths due to H5N1 virus reported in Viet Nam...[Read
more]
On 21 December 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National One Health Steering Committee
(NOHSC), in collaboration with the Government Communication Affairs Office, organized a workshop to initiate the establishment of a multi-stakeholder and inter sectoral National One Health Communication Network (OHCN), in Ethiopia. The workshop, which was
organized at Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa, gained extra splendor owing to the presence of H.E Dr. Negeri Lencho...[Read
more]
The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community must work together to
make sure it achieves its potential contribution to sustainable development, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today. FAO estimates that more than half of the world's rural poor are livestock farmers and pastoralists. Among the poorest of the
poor, they rely on livestock that play a vital role in their livelihoods...[Read more]
Antimicrobials play a critical role to treat diseases for aquaculture and livestock, contributing to assure food safety and quality.
However, misuse or overuse antimicrobials in aquaculture can be left in aquatic products, in water and environment resulting in over and unintended exposure to antimicrobials which ultimately hinder the effectiveness of antimicrobials. In Viet Nam, aquaculture
has been developing very quickly in recent years with a total of 2 552 thousand tons of fish and...[Read
more]
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DECEMBER 2017
The three leading ministries on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries (MAFF), and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) came together in Phnom Penh for a high level meeting. The meeting, co-organized by the tripartite collaboration on AMR between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the
World Health Organization (WHO)...[Read more]
A three-day training targeting veterinary professionals and para-professionals from Kenya’s Samburu, Laikipia, Meru, Isiolo, Baringo
and Elgeyo Marakwet counties and the Regional Veterinary Investigation Laboratories - Karatina and Eldoret has wrapped up. The aim of the training was to build the capacity of sub-national level veterinary officers to conduct disease surveillance and reporting
using mobile phone technology. The target is to improve disease reporting...[Read more]
The Field Epidemiology Training Programme for Veterinarians (FETPV), known as PELVI (Program Epidemiologi Lapangan Untuk Veteriner
Indonesia) in Indonesia was launched in May 2017. In order to determine concrete steps for the implementation of the programme, which has been discussed between the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO ECTAD Indonesia since 2015, a meeting with stakeholders was
held in Tangerang, Banten on 27-28 November 2017. At the meeting, critical steps that need to be taken to guarantee the sustainability...[Read
more]
In a boost to animal and plant health in Palestine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered
four mobile surveillance and inspection units to the Ministry of Agriculture at a handover ceremony in Ramallah. The mobile units will increase the Ministry’s capacity to provide on-site disease surveillance and control, and inspections for animal and plant
health...[Read more]
Upcoming meetings
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Futures thinking and strategy development for One Health practitioner
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FMD Emergency preparation course for Caribvet
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Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2018: Making the World Safe from the Threats
of Emerging Infectious Diseases
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FMD-PCP workshop for Risk Based Strategic Plan development
Useful links
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Shaping the future of livestock: Sustainably, responsibly, efficiently
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Animal Health and Livestock, Mediterranean Perspectives
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FAO China ECTAD Highlights
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Congo, Rift Valley fevers confirmed in Uganda
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