Thumbnail Image

Global and regional emergency issues:Transboundary animal diseases in the region and looking at the environmental factors affecting their occurrence - Addendum

Year of publication 2009

Pages 0

Author Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok)

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Meeting symbol APRC 08/06 Add.1

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Newsletter
    FAO Africa Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Newsletter, March 2024 – Issue #1 2024
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The thematic focus of the FAO ECTAD Africa Newsletter revolves around highlighting the efforts and impacts of the FAO ECTAD programme in Africa. Specifically, it emphasizes the programme's contributions to building capacities in preventing, detecting, and responding to transboundary animal diseases, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and food safety threats in African countries where ECTAD is present. Additionally, the newsletter aims to shed light on emerging trends, challenges, and best practices in the realm of animal health and food safety within the African context.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Strengthening Regional Coordination and Collaboration for the Prevention and Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases with Focus on FMD And PPR and Emerging TADs in the Nena Region - TCP/RAB/3704 2022
    Also available in:
    Livestock is important in supporting livelihoods in the Near East and North Africa ( region Diseases affecting livestock have a devastating impact on animal productivity and production, as well as on human health and, consequently, on the overall process of economic development Foot and mouth disease ( Peste des petits ruminants ( and Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV are among the diseases present in the NENA region In addition, globalization and climate change represent risk factors that contribute to the increase in emerging and re emerging animal and zoonotic diseases Transboundary animal diseases ( are a common concern among NENA countries, as they threaten local food production and country economies While capacity building programmes ( surveillance, and control) for veterinary services on the prevention and control of TADs have been implemented in the region, these have not translated to a higher number of coordinated action across countries This is due to the lack of timely information on various diseases, their movement across borders, and their potential impacts at the regional level The lack of information limits decision making and does not allow for early action.
  • Thumbnail Image
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.