View this email in your browser<https://mailchi.mp/oie.int/joint-press-releasei-new-international-expert-panel-to-address-the-emergence-and-spread-of-zoonotic-diseases?e=005ae85100> [https://mcusercontent.com/05756bda24f171eb10f4856de/images/1a11f346-97f2-2a79-0d82-49d291198710.png] New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases Geneva/Paris/Rome, 20 May 2021 - International organisations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. The panel will advise four international organisations - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); and the World Health Organization (WHO) - on the development of a long-term global plan of action to avert outbreaks of diseases like H5N1 avian influenza; MERS; Ebola; Zika, and, possibly, COVID-19. Three quarters of all emerging infectious diseases originate in animals. Read more <https://oie.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05756bda24f171eb10f4856de&id=3f1254ba1a&e=005ae85100> [https://mcusercontent.com/05756bda24f171eb10f4856de/images/83b09fa6-c949-494c-b628-0282456005ca.gif] Copyright © 2021 OIE, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<https://oie.us17.list-manage.com/profile?u=05756bda24f171eb10f4856de&id=718fbd8136&e=005ae85100&c=4378bd3731> or unsubscribe from this list<https://oie.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=05756bda24f171eb10f4856de&id=718fbd8136&e=005ae85100&c=4378bd3731>. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the VPH-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(VPH-L,SIGNOFF);