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NewsletterFAO China ECTAD Highlights. November 2018, Vol. 118 2019
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No results found.FAO China ECTAD Highlights in November 2018: The FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office organized the Chinese trainers of China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (CFETPV) to participate in the 15th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 15) in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 12-16 November 2018. ISVEE 15 was a global forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and communication among graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, practitioners, junior and senior researchers, as well as policymakers, health, veterinary public health, social science, and animal health economic professionals, for learning and sharing with a vision of building a better life tomorrow for veterinary epidemiology at the local, regional, and international levels. FAO Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), Dr Juan Lubroth was invited to visit the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China on 16 November 2018. During his visit, Dr Lubroth met with Mr Yu Kangzhen, Vice Minister of MARA, Mr Zhang Zhongqiu, Chief Veterinary Officer of China, Mr Feng Zhongwu, Deputy Director-General, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau, MARA and other senior officers of MARA. The 4th Multilateral Cross-Border Meeting in the Upper Mekong Sub-region to Strengthen Collaboration of Transboundary Animal Disease Control among China, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam was held in Beijing, China from 22-24 November 2018. The meeting was co-organized by FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China. -
ProjectStrengthening Regional Capacities to Address Negative Impacts of COVID-19 on the Animal Health Sector in Africa - TCP/RAF/3801 2024
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 with its quick worldwide spread, which turned it into a global public health threat with over 6.9 million deaths, the impact that infectious diseases of animal origin can exert on global health and development with severe and long-term negative effects has become rapidly visible. The need to strengthen capacities to prevent, detect, and manage the likely transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases at animal, human and ecosystem interface turned into a global priority. Coronaviruses, which are known to infect mammals including different livestock species, are usually very specific to their host, but in the case of SARS-CoV-2, it is suspected to have originated in bats before spreading from human to human. While no evidence of circulation among livestock was collected, potential risks of spreading of SARS-CoV-2 through livestock could not be denied in the onset of the emergency. As of September 2023, the African continent had registered over 9.5 million reported cases and over 175 000 deaths, adding an additional burden on countries already suffering from poverty, unemployment, malnutrition and hunger. The animal health sector was assessed as being particularly vulnerable and requiring additional support to strengthen national prevention and response systems. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetIn Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET)
Providing animal health workers with the skills to save lives and livelihoods
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has embarked on supporting countries to improve the capacity of their veterinary services through the implementation of an in-service training programme that targets frontline veterinary staff, mentors and trainers. This two-page document has been created to raise awareness and gain support for the Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) programme before it launches at the national level in 14 countries in 2020. The programme was created in order to combat the emergence and spread of animal diseases, zoonoses, and related threats such as antimicrobial resistance, which all pose a serious threat to global health security. The programme is designed to help frontline veterinary staff to fill in the gaps in the animal health sector to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks in a timely manner and therefore protect human health, reduce animal losses, assure consumer protection, promote safe trade and improve livelihoods.
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