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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
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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
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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]
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]
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
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“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
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L’Influenza Aviaire Hautement Pathogène (IAHP) H5N1 ou grippe aviaire cause un lourd préjudice à la filière avicole en Afrique de l’Ouest...[Read
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Upcoming meetings
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86th General Session of the World Assembly of National Delegates of the OIE
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Educational workshop for veterinarians and farmers in the Balkans on prudent antimicrobial use in poultry and pork production systems
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Evidence Based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain (Regional workshop)
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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
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First National Conference on antimicrobial resistant (AMR)
Interesting links
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