[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News] [cid:image027.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]Indonesia is the first country to pilot the tripartite Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) tool The first operational tool for conducting multisectoral risk assessments was piloted in Indonesia from 13-16 March 2018. Over 60 technical and policy level representatives from the human health, animal health, environment, disaster agency, security and defense sectors levels came together in Bogor, Indonesia to jointly assess risks from zoonoses, i.e. those diseases that can affect both...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260318.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image028.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]FAO - MoA Gather Officials to Discuss Poultry Production Decline FAO Indonesia representation A decline in chicken egg production has hit commercial poultry farmers all over Indonesia. Many of them claim that the decline in egg laying has reached over 40%. They suspect that this condition is caused by H9N2 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI_...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1110432/>] ________________________________ [cid:image029.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]FAO supports Zanzibar to address antimicrobial resistance in animal health, environment FAO Tanzania representation As part of effort to combat and reduce the burden Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) using a One Health approach, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated a set of laboratory equipment and consumables to the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) for disease diagnosis...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/tanzania/news/detail-events/en/c/1109624/>] ________________________________ [cid:image030.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]Learning from Local Wisdom FAO Indonesia representation "One Health" is a collaborative effort of health practitioners (veterinarians, MDs, public health officers, epidemiologists, ecologists, toxicologists, environmentalists and others), and their related agencies to achieve optimal health levels for the community, agriculture and livestock, wildlife and the environment. One Health works on local...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1110438/>] ________________________________ [cid:image031.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]MoA and Other Ministries Develop Communication Strategy Using 'One Health' Approach FAO Indonesia representation In preventing and controlling recurring and cross-sectoral zoonotic diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), the 'One Health' approach forms the basis of the strategy and acts as the framework for planning EID communication. This is what the Director General of Livestock and Animal Health Services...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1110433/>] ________________________________ [cid:image032.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]Preventing Avian Flu, Profit is Prime FAO Indonesia representation Tulus Hadi Wardoyo (67) was busy counting the cash from the sale of chickens that day. As an elder of the Terban Market Poultry Traders Community, Yogyakarta, he understands that healthy and disease-free- chickens will bring profit to the sellers like him. "The trade in chickens sold in this market is around 10 to 30 thousand chickens per day...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1110439/>] ________________________________ NEWS FROM FAO DECENTRALIZED OFFICES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE [cid:image033.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]Atelier de lancement de l'Evaluation du dispositif national de surveillance avec l'outil SET FAO Cameroun representation Il s'est ouvert le lundi 26 février 2018 à Bertoua, un atelier de lancement de l'évaluation du dispositif national de surveillance avec l'outil SET de la FAO. Organisé par l'équipe du programme SPT-2 en collaboration avec le ministère de l'élevage...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cameroun/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1109495/>] [cid:image034.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0] Atelier de sensibilisation et formation sur l'approche One Health - FAO Cameroun representation L'atelier a vu la participation d'une quarantaine de personnes venant des services centraux et déconcentrés du MINEPIA (DSV, DDPIA, Délégations régionales, LANAVET), du MINEPDED...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cameroun/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1109498/>] [cid:image035.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0] Atelier de Restitution et d'enrichissement du rapport de l'étude portant sur l'inventaire et la cartographie des foyers historiques des maladies zoonotiques prioritaires au Cameroun FAO Cameroun representation Le Programme National de Prévention et de Lutte contre les Zoonoses Emergentes et Ré-émergentes a organisé en collaboration avec...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cameroun/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1109497/>] ________________________________ Recent publications [cid:image005.jpg@01D3C4F5.85B464E0]African Swine Fever threatens People's Republic of China2030 FAO Animal Health Risk Analysis Assessment ::: Issue no. 5, March 2018 China is home to around half global hog population and the highest per capita consumption of pork and pork products (FAOSTAT, 2014). An incursion of ASF into China would therefore have devastating consequences for animal health, food safety, and food security, with the possibility of further spread to South East Asia and the Korean Peninsula. In this preliminary study, a qualitative rapid hazard...[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/i8805en/I8805EN.pdf>] [cid:image036.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]A neglected zoonotic disease: Dog-Mediated Rabies, Eliminating Human Deaths from by 2030 FCC Information sheet ::: March 2018 Rabies is a preventable and fatal viral disease that kills an estimated 59 000 people every year. The virus is transmitted to people and other animals from exposure to the saliva of infected animals through bites and scratches. Most deaths occur in children in poor and rural communities living in Asia and Africa, where awareness about the disease...[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/i8913en/I8913EN.pdf>] [cid:image037.jpg@01D3C2C3.0812FDF0]FAO China ECTAD Highlights - January 2018, Vol. 108 This newsletter has elaborated four events implemented by FAO China ECTAD Office in January 2018. The key highlights are: 1. The Forum on Agricultural Collaboration in Support of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); 2. Applying new technology to enhance H7N9 control through rapid detection and response; 3. FAO, WHO and OIE hold tripartite teleconference to exchange information on influenza A (H7N9) and 4. Introduction of new member joining in FAO China ECTAD Office...[Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/i8837en/I8837EN.pdf>] ________________________________ Upcoming meetings · FAO-OIE Conference on Global Rinderpest Action Plan and Stakeholder Commitment 29-30 March 2018 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ) [Visit FAO Rinderpest website<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/rinderpest/home.html>] * Accelerating progress in the Real-Time Biosurveillance Action Package of GHSA" regarding communicable disease surveillance within the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) 26-28 March 2018 ::: Tbilisi, Georgia [Visit FAO Georgia website<http://www.fao.org/georgia/en/>] * 4th Annual GARA Scientific Workshop 11-13 April 2018 ::: Cagliari, Italia [Visit the Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance site<https://www.ars.usda.gov/GARA/>] ________________________________ Interesting links * ASL2050 project shares information on current cattle production systems, their impacts on public health, environment and livelihoods 22 March 2018 ::: FAO Ethiopia representation news [Read full news<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia/news/detail-events/en/c/1110434/>] * In Somalia massive livestock losses have severely impacted livelihoods and food security 21 March 2018 ::: FAO press release [Read full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1109677/icode/>] * Apicultores del sureste crean red para compartir conocimientos 16 March 2018 ::: FAO México press release [Read full news<http://www.fao.org/mexico/noticias/detail-events/es/c/1107380/>] EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [http://www.fao.org/uploads/RTEmagicC_b471b08fe9.gif.gif]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [Latest videos on animal health] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [Follow us on Twitter!] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);