South Sudan: biggest livestock vaccination underway



Keeping animals alive and healthy to hold hunger at bay. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is embarking on its biggest ever livestock vaccnation campaign in South Sudan, aiming to protect over 9 million animals this year to combat increasingly frequent outbreaks of diseases. Why focus on livestock? Over 65 percent of the population relies on livestock for their survival...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1111633/>]



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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in livestock and aquaculture in Viet Nam
FAO Viet Nam representation



Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a multidimensional threat to the achievement of the global sustainable development goals. Drug-resistant bacteria can circulate in human beings and animals, through food, water and the environment. Understanding the extent of AMR in livestock production and aquaculture is an important basis for driving...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1132111/>]



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FAO regional training aims to improve access to new tool for assessment of laboratories and AMR surveillance systems
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific



Lifesaving medicines fail when bacteria become resistant to them, so countries are racing to battle these 'bad bugs' through improved surveillance systems to protect animals, people and livelihoods. Without global action, by 2050...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1129839/>]



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Risk mitigation along poultry value chain to address avian influenza piloted
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific



With the continuing threat of avian influenza in Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been involved in a series of consultations with key stakeholders in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam. The consultations...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1129838/>]



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Strengthening the Multi-Level Response to Avian Influenza Outbreaks
FAO Cambodia representation



Cambodia reported an increased number of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry in late 2017 and early 2018. This increase can be explained by improvements in the reporting system and closer collaboration between the animal health professionals at central, provincial, district and field levels...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/cambodia/news/detail-events/en/c/1129461/>]



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Call to tackle rabies through One Health interventions
FAO Ethiopia representation



"Let's beat rabies from Ethiopia with the true intention of One Health partnership," urged Dr Tsigereda Kifle, Deputy Director General of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. Dr Tsigereda made this call during an opening of a workshop themed "Rabies: Create Awareness, Save a Life!" Food and Agriculture Organization...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia/news/detail-events/en/c/1129639/>]



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Contrôle de l'Influenza Aviaire Hautement Pathogène H5N1 : le Mali et le Sénégal ont testé leurs capacités d'investigation et de riposte à travers un exercice conjoint de simulation
FAO Senegal representation [only in French]



L'Influenza Aviaire Hautement Pathogène (IAHP) H5N1 ou grippe aviaire cause un lourd préjudice à la filière avicole en Afrique de l'Ouest...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/senegal/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1129650/>]



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Upcoming meetings



********* 86th General Session of the World Assembly of National Delegates of the OIE
20-25 May 2018 ::: Paris, France

********* Educational workshop for veterinarians and farmers in the Balkans on prudent antimicrobial use in poultry and pork production systems
21-22 May 2018 ::: Uppsala, Sweden

********* Evidence Based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain (Regional workshop)
21-23 May 2018 ::: Bangkok, Thailand

********* Programme de sécurité sanitaire mondiale dans la lutte contre les zoonoses et le renforcement de la maladie animale en Afrique: Atelier national pour l'élaboration d'un plan d'action intégré pour le contrôle de la rage
22-25 May 2018 ::: Grand-Bassa, Côte d'Ivoire

********* First National Conference on antimicrobial resistant (AMR)
28 May 2018 ::: Phnom Penh, Cambodia



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Interesting links



********* Bees must be protected for the future of our food
FAO press release
[Read full article<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1132329/icode/>]





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