FAO supports a Two-Day Workshop in Kumasi to Cement Ghana's One Health Agenda
Under the leadership...
FAO supports the ongoing efforts to find a possible reservoir of Marburg virus in wild bats that might be responsible for the spillover of the disease into the human population and possibly domestic animals
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations builds the capacity of staff of the Veterinary...
Community event-based surveillance reinforced with Support of the FAO Event Mobile Application
22 March 2023
22 March 2023
The Ghana Poultry Network (GAPNET) develops the workforce capacity of the animal health sector of Ghana using the FAO Event Mobile Application surveillance tool
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) inGhana supports the training of 30 Community Animal...
FAO, World Health Organization, and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control identify common shortcomings to fight rabies.
Rabies is endemic in most African countries and it has been ranked as one of the top priority zoonotic diseases in the continent. During recent decades, many African countries have enforced legislation to eliminate...
FAO Ghana brings partners together to finalize the Veterinary Services Directorate workforce strategy
28 February 2023
28 February 2023
This veterinary workforce strategy will facilitate the assessment of veterinary workforce needs in the country.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducts a validation workshop starting today to gather inputs from multi-stakeholders for the developed Veterinary Service Directorate (VSD) workforce strategy, in order to make necessary corrections...
Veterinary laboratory testing protocols Out Now
20 February 2023
20 February 2023
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Veterinary laboratory testing protocols for priority zoonotic diseases in Africa
Animal health laboratories play a crucial role in veterinary disease diagnosis and surveillance for the prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases, including those of economic impact...