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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]
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]
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]
“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]
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]
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]
NEWS FROM FAO DECENTRALIZED OFFICES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
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]
Recent publications
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]
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]
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]
Upcoming meetings
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FAO-OIE Conference on Global Rinderpest Action Plan and Stakeholder Commitment
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Accelerating progress in the Real-Time
Biosurveillance
Action Package of GHSA” regarding communicable disease surveillance within the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)
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4th Annual GARA Scientific Workshop
Interesting links
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ASL2050 project shares information on current cattle production systems, their impacts on public health,
environment and livelihoods
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In Somalia massive livestock losses have severely impacted livelihoods and food security
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Apicultores del sureste crean red para compartir conocimientos
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