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NewsletterECTAD Ethiopia Newsletter, July-September 2018, Issue #4 2018
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No results found.This newsletter is an initiative by the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) Programme in Ethiopia, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The aim of the newsletter is to provide information on program updates, promote the One Health approach in Ethiopia and stimulating additional partnerships and collaborations within and outside FAO. The newsletter is intended to both internal and external audience: FAO staff, government ministries, development partners, donors, non-governmental organizations, academic and educational programs, professional societies, the private sector, media and the public. This publication contains major news, events, and programme progress covering the fourth quarter (July - September) of 2018. Among the major issues highlighted in this issue of the newsletter are mapping of One Health stakeholders in Ethiopia; details of an awareness creation event on anthrax; revising and updating of the national animal health workforce database; assessing capacity of the national Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) surveillance system; and sensitizing One Health stakeholders on socio-economic and livestock projections and scenario analyses. In addition, the publication highlights a newly started project to improve sanitary capacity and facilitate export of livestock and livestock products from Ethiopia. Besides, a regional laboratory and field training and an advanced laboratory diagnostic techniques training provided for partners are also some of the areas given importance in the newsletter. Moreover, summary of a snapshot on the cattle sector in Ethiopia, which was drafted by FAO in July 2018; and a promising story on Peste des Petits Ruminants Project are also incorporated in this publication. -
NewsletterFAO ECTAD Ethiopia Newsletter Issue#2, January - March 2018 2018
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No results found.The newsletter is an initiative by the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) Programme in Ethiopia, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The aim of the newsletter is to provide information on program updates, promote the One Health approach in Ethiopia and stimulating additional partnerships and collaborations within and outside FAO. The newsletter is intended to both internal and external audience: FAO staff, government ministries, development partners, donors, non-governmental organizations, academic and educational programs, professional societies, the private sector, media and the general public. This publication contains major news, events, and programme progress covering the first quarter (January - March) of 2018. Major issues highlighted in this newsletter include information sharing on current cattle production systems and their impacts on public health, environment and livelihoods; and establishment of Emerging Pandemic Threat Technical Working Group. It also includes information on trainings, workshops and meetings organized for stakeholders/partners on various topics. Furthermore, this issue provides some key facts on antimicrobial resistance and feedback from one of our partner organizations-Veterinary Drug and Animal Feed Administration and Control Authority. -
NewsletterFAO China ECTAD Highlights July 2018 - Vol. 114 2018
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No results found.This monthly publication entitled "FAO China ECTAD Highlights in July 2018" is produced by the FAO ECTAD-China team to inform that the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Video Launch Ceremony entitled “For Better Animal Health, Use Antimicrobials Responsibly” was jointly organized by FAO China Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office and the Veterinary Bureau (VB) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) on 22 June 2018 in Beijing. The event aimed to raise awareness of AMR and Antimicrobial Use (AMU) with key stakeholders, promote the public, especially farmers, to AMR prevention and control through media and communication. More than 70 delegates, including representatives from UN agencies, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, related embassies in China, national research institutes, as well as celebrity partner and journalists from mainstream media outlets, attended the ceremony. Dr Song Junxia from FAO China ECTAD attended the first meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the revision of the FAO Guide on Good Emergency Management Practice (GEMP Essentials) in FAO headquarters in Rome from 23-24 July 2018. The objectives of the meeting were to define the scope, objectives and structure of the Guide; to design the general frame of the document; to propose a logical order of recommendations and on which steps the guide should focus the most; and to propose the further agenda of the TWG, with a definition of different milestones.
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