[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News] [cid:image015.jpg@01D41770.6F4FBE20]FAO organizes its third Africa ECTAD regional meeting in Egypt FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Programme held its 3rd Africa-wide regional meeting in Cairo, Egypt from 2 to 5 July. More than 90 ECTAD staff representing 16 country offices where the ECTAD program is established, as well as staff from FAO Headquarters...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/neareast/news/view/en/c/1144179/>] ________________________________ [cid:image016.jpg@01D41770.6F4FBE20]New South-South agreement between China and FAO aims to reduce the spread of cross-border animal disease in the Greater Mekong Sub region FAO China representation The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has entered into a three-way partnership with China and five other countries in Southeast Asia to limit the spread of trans-boundary animal diseases (TADs), FAO announced...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/china/news/detail-events/en/c/1143806/>] ________________________________ [cid:image017.jpg@01D41770.6F4FBE20]FAO hosts meeting to strengthen collaboration on transboundary animal diseases FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia In parts of Asia, where animal transport often happens quickly through unregulated and remote border areas, animal diseases are especially difficult to control. Because of this, and because livestock play a major role in economic growth....[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1143134/>] ________________________________ [cid:image018.jpg@01D41770.6F4FBE20]Indonesia Joins One Health Congress to Manage Pandemic Disease Threats FAO Indonesia representation Indonesia participated in the fifth International One Health Congress in Saskatoon, Canada on 22-25 June 2018 to share its experiences in preventing and controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases and reducing the threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) using the "One Health" approach...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1142890/>] ________________________________ [cid:image019.jpg@01D41770.6F4FBE20]La FAO satisfaite du bon déroulement de la première campagne de vaccination contre la Peste de Petits Ruminants [only in French] FAO Burundi representation La première campagne de vaccination contre la Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) vient de prendre fin sur tout le territoire du Burundi. Le nombre total de chèvres et de moutons vaccinés entre le 9 avril 2018 et 31 mai 2018 est de 3 058 150 têtes. Cette campagne a été réalisée grâce aux efforts conjugués de la FAO, de la Banque Mondiale et de l'Union Africaine à travers le Bureau Inter-Africain des Ressources Animales...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/burundi/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1141684/>] ________________________________ Upcoming meetings · 10th Regional Steering Committee of the GF-TADs for Asia and the Pacific (RSC10 Asia) 10-11 July 2018 ::: Bangkok, Thailand [Visit GF-TADs website<http://www.gf-tads.org>] · 17th Management Committee of the GF-TADs (MC17) 23 July 2018 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ) [Visit GF-TADs website<http://www.gf-tads.org>] ________________________________ Recent publications · Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health Strategic action plan 2018-2022 [Read full PDF<http://www.fao.org/3/I9564EN/i9564en.pdf>] ________________________________ Interesting links · FAO supports rural beekeeping in eastern Ukraine 29 June ::: News from FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia [Read full article<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1143546/>] · Cuba en plan de FAO sobre resistencia a antimicrobianos 28 June 2018 ::: News by FAO Cuba representation [only in Spanish] [Read full article<http://www.fao.org/cuba/noticias/detail-events/es/c/1143496/>] 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);