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Involving the private sector to upscale livestock vaccination
Interview - May 2019 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is key to regulating and implementing effective animal disease control measures, such as large-scale livestock vaccination in Kenya. Dr Obadiah Nyaga Njagi, Chief Veterinary Officer and WOAH national…
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20 September to 3 November 2023 Dr Mark Schipp, Delegate to WOAH and Australian Chief Veterinary Officer (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australia) informed WOAH that a national laboratory simulation exercise titled Exercise…
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Vector-borne diseases surveillance: a global health imperative
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are emerging as a significant threat to both human and animal health, with recent years seeing a troubling increase in their prevalence and spread. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has…
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The next big threat to animal health emergencies: misinformation and disinformation
Today’s global risk landscape is complex and ever evolving. Technological advancements, climate change, globalisation and shifting demographics are just some of the factors that are leaving people, animals and the environment they inhabit increasingly vulnerable…
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GF-TADs: Marking two decades of multilateral efforts in transboundary animal disease control
Transboundary animal diseases, with their ability to spread rapidly across borders and escalate into epidemics, pose serious threats to global economic stability, trade, livelihoods, global health and food security. The Global Framework for the Progressive Control…
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Improving global health knowledge based on a stronger animal health data framework
Paris, 26 May 2021 - Today’s challenges confronting animal health professionals are complex and constantly changing. For example, the climate crisis affects livestock and food production systems as well as the distribution and prevalence of…
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Previous editions of the Terrestrial Code
The first edition of what is now referred to as the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code)1 was published in 1968 after the World Assembly of Delegates agreed to adopt a harmonised approach to prevent…
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Old Classification of Diseases Notifiable to the OIE – List A
Old Classification of Diseases Notifiable to the OIE List A Transmissible diseases that have the potential for very serious and rapid spread, irrespective of national borders, that are of serious socio-economic or public health consequence…
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Simulation exercise: Lumpy skin disease in Australia
Dr Gardner Murray, Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, informed the OIE that a simulation exercise of lumpy skin disease in cattle, called “Sartorial Goose”, is taking place in Mt…
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Simulation exercise : Transboundary animal diseases in Slovenia
Dr Simona Salomon, Deputy Director General, Veterinary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Ljubljana, informed the OIE that a simulation exercise on transboundary animal diseases (African horse sickness, African…
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Simulation exercise: Foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease in Kazakhstan
Dr Samat Tyulegenov, Director General of the RSE "National Reference Center for Veterinary", Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan informed the OIE that field simulation exercises on foot and mouth disease (Chapayevo village, Akzhayik district, West…
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Simulation exercise: Foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease in Lithuania and in Latvia
Dr Darius Remeika, Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania and Dr Maris Balodis, Director General of the Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Latvia informed the…