[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News]




[cid:image027.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]FAO successfully trains almost 300 field veterinarians in the FYR of Macedonia on the early detection and effective control of Lumpy skin disease and bluetongue



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<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260118.html>]

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[cid:image028.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]The EuFMD’s training programme



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<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/2017_The_EuFMD_training.html>]

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[cid:image029.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Urgent livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan in jeopardy without more support
Keeping animals alive and healthy is vital to combat hunger - Donor appeal



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<http://www.fao.org/emergencies/fao-in-action/stories/stories-detail/en/c/1070519/>]

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[cid:image030.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]FAO Viet Nam urges improved application of biosecurity along poultry production chain
FAO Viet Nam representation



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<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1098535/>]

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[cid:image031.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Initiating to Establish National One Health Communication Network in Ethiopia
FAO Ethiopia representation



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<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia/news/detail-events/en/c/1096098/>]

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[cid:image032.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]More than meat: Shaping the future of livestock
FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition and rural livelihoods



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<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1098231/icode/>]

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[cid:image033.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Strengthen laboratory capacity in Southeast Asia to detect antimicrobial residue in food product
FAO Viet Nam representation



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<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1085573/>]

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM DECEMBER 2017



[cid:image034.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Cambodia is first to organize a national High Level Tripartite Meeting on Multi-Sectoral Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
FAO Cambodia representation


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<http://www.fao.org/cambodia/news/detail-events/en/c/1073997/>]



[cid:image035.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]FAO supports Kenya’s animal health workforce to sharpen disease response skills
FAO Kenya representation


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<http://www.fao.org/kenya/news/detail-events/en/c/1073996/>]



[cid:image036.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Legal Instruments Needed to Strengthen PELVI Implementation
FAO Indonesia representation


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<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1072646/>]



[cid:image037.jpg@01D396BB.908B37D0]Strengthening Animal and Plant Health field services in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa


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<http://www.fao.org/neareast/news/view/en/c/1072643/>]

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Upcoming meetings


·      Futures thinking and strategy development for One Health practitioner
29 January 2018 ::: Bangkok, Thailand
[Visit FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific website<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/en/>]
·      FMD Emergency preparation course for Caribvet
29 January-1 March 2018 (Online training)
[Visit EuFMD website<https://eufmdlearning.works/>]
·      Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2018: Making the World Safe from the Threats of Emerging Infectious Diseases
29 January-3 February 2018 ::: Bangkok, Thailand
[Visit conference website<http://www.pmaconference.mahidol.ac.th/>]
·      FMD-PCP workshop for Risk Based Strategic Plan development
30 January-1 February 2018 ::: Jordan
[Visit EuFMD website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/commissions/eufmd/commissions/eufmd-home/en/>]

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Useful links


·      Shaping the future of livestock: Sustainably, responsibly, efficiently
Brochure released on the occasion of the 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
[Read full document<http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/I8384EN/>]
·      Animal Health and Livestock, Mediterranean Perspectives
CIHEAM (International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies) Watch letter No. 39
[Read full document<http://www.ciheam.org/en/publications/watch_letter/details?pub=WL39&id=31>]
·      FAO China ECTAD Highlights
November 2017 ::: Vol 106
[Read full newsletter<http://www.fao.org/3/I8407EN/i8407en.pdf>]
·      Congo, Rift Valley fevers confirmed in Uganda
Uganda7 ::: News article 24 January 2018
[Visit media page<https://uganda7.com/info/congo-rift-valley-fevers-confirmed-in-uganda/>]




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