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In an effort to improve the capacity of countries to promptly react to fast-moving transboundary animal diseases, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia has developed
a series of leaflets on priority diseases of the region. These leaflets have been developed in a fully editable format (PowerPoint) that allows veterinary services and other institutions to quickly adapt, translate, add logos, change pictures, etc. when faced
with an animal health emergency...[Read more]
Antimicrobials play a critical role to treat animal diseases, hence their use is necessary to food security, human well-being, and animal welfare. However, overuse and misuse of
antimicrobials associated with spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threaten human and animal health, food security, and sustainable development. Every year, Viet Nam Department of Animal...[Read
more]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an Event Mobile Application to support surveillance and reporting mechanisms in Ghana for priority
animal diseases. The mobile application initiative known as the Event Mobile Application or “EMA-i”, is an epidemiological tool aimed at enhancing early disease reporting from field level using android smartphones...[Read
more]
Biosecurity in poultry farms contributes to a crucial role not only for the prevention or the containment of animal diseases but also the improvement of flock health, thus bringing
better productivity of farm products. In order to improve the biosecurity along the livestock production and market chain, FAO Viet Nam’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases...[Read
more]
Recent publications
Recent newsletters
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FAO Uganda Newsletter ::: Issue No.2 (July-December
2018)
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FAO Viet Nam ECTAD Newsletter ::: ASF Special
Edition
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FAO South Asia ECTAD Animal Disease Outbreaks and News
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FAO Ethiopia ECTAD Newsletter ::: Issue No.4
(July-September 2018)
Upcoming meetings
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Consultative workshop with key stakeholders on the FAO component of the USAID-Funded Emerging Disease Threats Next Generation (EDiT- Next
Gen) Program
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Meeting of the OIE ad-hoc group on MERS-CoV
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Ad-hoc Inter Agency Coordination Group on AMR (IACG) briefing to FAO permanent representatives
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Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO) yearly executive meeting
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