NEWS ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
 
 
FAO looks into the role of international trade and travel in the transboundary spread of pig diseases
 
As globalization increases the interconnectedness between nations, economies, and industries, the introduction of diseases will continue to remain a prominent threat to the livestock sector and the trade of animals and animal products, as well as the livelihoods of farmers, food security and public health. The global pig sector, with its size, production type and biosecurity level, is particularly vulnerable to the transmission of transboundary animal diseases...[Read more]
 
 
 
ASF Emergency Preparedness Mission to Myanmar
FAO Myanmar representation
 
The FAO Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health launched a mission this week in Myanmar to heighten preparedness for African swine fever. The mission was conducted in partnership with the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, FAO Myanmar, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and Myanmar Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department...[Read more]
 
 
 
Japan, FAO hand over project for emergency support to assist small-scale farmers in overcoming bird flu and FAW
FAO Zimbabwe representation
 
The Government of Japan and FAO handed over to the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement a project to strengthen the capacity of small-scale farmers and Government to rapidly respond to two transboundary threats, the fall armyworm (FAW) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The project was implemented by...[Read more]
 
 
 
Safeguard Viet Nam poultry industry with coordinated surveillance
FAO Viet Nam representation
 
The Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), FAO Viet Nam in collaboration with Department of Animal Health (DAH) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of...[Read more]
 
 
 
Ghana’s Veterinary Services receive high value laboratory equipment to enhance its effort in complying with standards of OIE and the International Health Regulations (IHR)
FAO Ghana representation
 
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has donated veterinary Laboratory equipment and consumables worth more than seventy thousand United state Dollars to the veterinary...[Read more]
 
 
 
FAO & GOVS Conduct a workshop to develop work plan for (EDiT NEXT GEN) program for the next two years in Egypt
FAO Egypt representation
 
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) conducted a Two-days National Consultative workshop to develop the first 2-years work plan for Emerging Diseases Threats...[Read more]
 
 
 
FAO, Government of Uganda to operationalize national committees for animal disease surveillance
FAO Uganda representation
 
In a joint effort to foster animal health in Uganda, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have instituted national technical and steering committees to spearhead effective and efficient animal disease surveillance across the country...[Read more]
 
 
 
La FAO et l’OIE renforcent la capacité des acteurs régionaux de la santé animale pour la surveillance et le contrôle de la fièvre aphteuse sur le terrain en Afrique
FAO Côte d'Ivoire representation [only in French]
 
La fièvre aphteuse, maladie virale extrêmement contagieuse, qui affecte, à des degrés divers, bovins, buffles, porcs, ovins, caprins, camélidés et certaines espèces sauvages, touche gravement les acteurs de cette filière, tant en termes de pertes de capacités...[Read more]
 
 
Upcoming meetings
 
  • Studium Generale on Antimicrobial Resistance and Usage, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis in Wijaya Kusuma University
    09 March 2019 ::: Surabaya, Indonesia
    [Visit FAO Indonesia website]
  • 12th Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever for the Baltic and Eastern Europe region (SGE ASF12) 
    11-12 March 2019 ::: Prague, Czech Republic
    [Visit GF-TADs ASF event page]
  • FAO-USAID Strategic Planning Bilateral Meeting
    12-13 March 2019 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ)
  • Consultative Workshop on Legislation to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance in Cambodia
    15 March 2019 ::: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    [Visit FAO Cambodia website - Download agenda]
  • Training of poultry farmers and live bird market (LBM) operators on biosecurity
    18-22 March 2019 ::: Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria
    [Visit FAO Nigeria website]
 
 
Interesting links
 
  • A framework for reviewing livestock disease reporting systems in high-risk areas: assessing performance and perceptions towards foot and mouth disease reporting in the Thrace region of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey
    WILEY Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ::: DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13143
    [Read full article]
  • South Asia Animal Disease Outbreaks and News
    Edition 30 ::: February 2019 
    [Read full newsletter]
  • Livestock Technical Network special edition on animal feed
    08 March 2019
    [Read full newsletter]
 
 
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