[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News] [cid:image001.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]New project launched to assist at-risk Eastern European countries in their preparedness against lumpy skin disease (LSD) Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a newly emerged transboundary animal disease spreading throughout the Middle East, Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Introduction of LSD virus into naïve population causes considerable economic losses due to death of cattle, decrease of their productivity, the cost of vaccination campaigns, and its effects on trade. The risk of an imminent incursion...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260618.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image002.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]Cascade training to prepare field veterinarians in Eastern Europe against lumpy skin disease (LSD) Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a newly emerged transboundary animal disease spreading throughout the Middle East, Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Introduction of LSD virus into naïve population causes considerable economic losses due to death of cattle, decrease of their productivity, the cost of vaccination campaigns, and its effects on trade. The risk of an imminent incursion into neighboring still unaffected...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260618b.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image009.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]Livestock departments to work with FAO to help control Foot and Mouth Disease in Pakistan FAO Pakistan representation The government of Pakistan has approved a project to improve food security and increase the resilience of livelihood of the livestock farmers to animal disease threats. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Ministry of National Food Security and Research signed the USD 6.6 million project agreement in Islamabad titled “Risk based control of...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/pakistan/news/detail-events/en/c/1141896/>] ________________________________ [cid:image011.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]Viet Nam – China technical exchange to strengthen H7N9 surveillance FAO Viet Nam representation The China Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC) sent their technical officials to Viet Nam from 9 – 10 April to gain experience on the Pen-side PCR application for avian influenza H7N9 virus surveillance programme and share experience on avian influenza (AI) surveillance and control activities with Viet Nam...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/in-action/ectad-vietnam/news/detail/en/c/1141481/>] ________________________________ [cid:image013.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]FAO, partners review national antimicrobial-related legislations FAO Ethiopia representation he Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assisted the Government of Ethiopia in reviewing legislations relevant to Antimicrobial Use (AMU) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The review process was conducted by a national legal consultant from February to April 2018. Almost all the available regulations in the country that could contribute to reduce unnecessary AMU and AMR were reviewed...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ethiopia/news/detail-events/en/c/1140850/>] ________________________________ [cid:image015.jpg@01D40D38.ACE2C760]WHO and FAO step up towards the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis to ensure health and Food Security in Africa FAO Regional Office for Africa With the intent of aiding efforts towards the elimination of the human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, FAO and WHO jointly held a training course for Eastern and Southern African countries. The training was aimed at country level health experts, and focused on the utilization of the Atlas...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/1141895/>] ________________________________ Upcoming meetings · One Health Congress 22-25 June 2018 ::: Saskatoon, Canada [Visit the conference website<https://onehealthplatform.com/international-one-health-congress>] · Project inception meeting “Strengthening One Health approaches for countries in the Asia Pacific Region 25 June 2018 Bakhondole, Lalitpur, Nepal [Visit FAO Nepal website<http://www.fao.org/nepal/en/>] · MediLabSecure project conference 25-27 June 2018 Paris, France [Visit conference website<http://www.medilabsecure.com/>] · 3rd East African Roadmap Meeting on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Progressive Control Pathway (FMD-PCP) 3-5 July 2018 Entebbe, Uganda [Visit GF-TADs website<http://www.gf-tads.org/regional/africa/en/>] ________________________________ Recent publications / newsletters · FAO ECTAD Ethiopia newsletter Issue no. 2 ::: January-March 2018 [Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/CA0020EN/ca0020en.pdf>] · FAO ECTAD Senegal newsletter Issue no. 1 ::: January 2018 [Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/I9998FR/i9998fr.pdf>] ________________________________ Useful links · 21st Session of African Forestry and Wildlife Commission opens in Dakar 19 June ::: FAO Regional Office for Africa news [Read full article<http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/1141732/>] 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);