About the website

FAO Viet Nam’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Programme launched its new website where it will act as an animal health information platform to offer Transboundary Animal Disease information and ECTAD updates to all visitors.

What are the key features of this website?

1. Stories from the field
   1. Interesting stories from the field
   2. Press releases
   3. Feature articles
   4. Photo essays on exciting field missions, workshops and conferences in Viet Nam. 
2. Disease situation updates
   1. Recent zoonotic diseases outbreaks in both animal health and human health sector within Viet Nam and Southeast Asia region.
   2. Surveillance results from ECTAD and other FAO programmes, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and World Health Organization. 
3. Publications
   1. FAO technical documents (published guidelines, publications, and reports)
   2. Communication materials for general public (factsheet, infographics, and newsletter)
   3. The website offers customized information for visitors: government counterparts, donors, development partners, journalists, academic researchers, general public.
4. Future events
   1. Upcoming events and activities of FAO ECTAD Viet Nam.

About ECTAD Viet Nam Programme

The FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Viet Nam program was established early in 2006 to support the Viet Nam government in combatting the spread and entrenchment of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1). As the emergency situation subsided, the ECTAD Viet Nam program transitioned to address broader animal health, animal production, and food safety areas guided by shifting Viet Nam Government priorities. The disease prevention and control program expanded to include other important diseases including rabies, foot and mouth disease (FMD), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), classical swine fever (CSF), and other influenza A viruses including H7N9 and H5N6, to name a few. Most recently, FAO is supporting One Health which aims to address human, animal and ecological health in a collaborative cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary manner.