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FAO China ECTAD Highlights - May 2018, Vol. 112

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Beijing, China ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number Vol. 112, May 2018

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO China ECTAD attendance at the technical meeting to discuss echinococcosis control and prevention - The technical meeting to discuss echinococcosis control and prevention was hosted by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC) and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) on 11 May 2018 in Beijing. Around ten participants from USCDC, China CDC, World Health Organization (WHO) and FAO participated in the meeting. Ms Yu Qi attended the meeting on behalf of the FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office. FAO China ECTAD attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Cooperation Conference on Joint Prevention and Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Cooperation Conference on Joint Prevention and Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases was held in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province from 12-13 May 2018. The conference was co-hosted by the General Administration of Customs, China (GACC), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), and Shaanxi Provincial Government. More than 150 representatives from SCO member countries, observing countries, international organizations, and embassies in China attended the conference. FAO gathers partners to review the zoonotic influenza situation in China - FAO China ECTAD Office organized the meeting of the United Nations Theme Group on Agriculture (UNTG-AG) – sub working group on Diseases at the Human-Animal-Environment interface on 17 May 2018 in Beijing to review the zoonotic influenza situation in China. Under the One Health concept, a regular communication mechanism was established for the purpose of strengthening collaboration of zoonotic disease prevention and control among human health and animal health sectors. 13 participants from China CDC, China Animal Disease Control Center (CADC), FAO, WHO and USCDC participated in the meeting.

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