FAO Virtual Learning Centers: Building One Health capacities
21/09/2026
Building knowledge and skills is essential to address evolving challenges across animal, human and environmental health. FAO Virtual Learning Centers (VLCs) provide accessible, high-quality learning tailored to regional priorities and local realities.
EMA-i+: Supporting early warning and digital surveillance
18/09/2026
Timely information can make a critical difference in detecting and responding to animal disease threats. FAO’s Event Mobile Application (EMA-i+) helps countries strengthen animal disease surveillance and early warning.
Protecting people and animals from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Afghanistan
07/08/2026
Before Eid al-Adha, millions of animals are bought, sold and slaughtered across Afghanistan, increasing the risk of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a disease transmitted from animals to people...
GPP-TAD: a new model for investing in global animal health
29/07/2026
This video introduces the Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD), a country-led programme designed to support the prevention, control and progressive elimination of transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses through a One Health approach.
The FAO Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD)
21/07/2026
The Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD) is a new forward-looking business model for animal health and sustainable livestock production. It is a country-owned and country-led partnership programme designed to enable shared responsibility and collective and coordinated investment to strengthen animal health systems worldwide.
Rinderpest eradication
25/06/2026
Felix Njeumi, Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) Secretary, highlights all the steps that lead to the eradication in June 2011 of the first animal disease in making history...
Strengthening early warning and biosecurity in Ghana
17/06/2026
Through the voices of farmers, field officers, laboratory staff and technical experts in Ghana, this video shows how risks can now be identified in the field, reported through digital tools, analyzed in laboratories, and translated into faster and more coordinated action.
Connecting surveillance and laboratory systems for faster animal health responses in Ghana
17/06/2026
As health threats become increasingly complex and interconnected, laboratories play a critical role in detecting risks, supporting diagnosis and informing response efforts.
FAO's Rift Valley Fever Early Warning Decision Support Tool
09/02/2026
The FAO Rift Valley Fever Early Warning Decision Support Tool (RVF DST) is an innovative online platform developed to strengthen early warning, preparedness, and response to Rift Valley fever (RVF) — one of Africa’s most persistent zoonotic and climate-sensitive diseases.
Rift Valley Fever Early Warning Decision Support Tool (RVF DST) | Tanzania
20/11/2025
This video explores how the FAO Rift Valley Fever Early Warning Decision Support Tool (RVF DST) is enhancing real-time monitoring, data sharing, and multi-sectoral collaboration under the One Health framework to strengthen preparedness and response to one of Africa’s most persistent zoonotic diseases.
Strengthening Indonesia's Biosecurity
18/08/2025
Biosecurity is critical to protecting Indonesia’s livestock, food supply, and economy. Collaboration is the key to building a robust biosecurity system. Through the TCP/INS/3906 project - Improving Biosecurity System, FAO...
Sustainable tick control and acaricide resistance management in livestock
12/08/2025
Ticks, mosquitoes, biting midges and tsetse flies pose serious threats to the health of both animals and humans and lead to productivity losses that impact economies and livelihoods.
Strengthening animal health systems for a resilient future: FAO ECTAD’s impact in Asia-Pacific
24/02/2025
FAO’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) plays a critical role in advancing animal health and global health security in Asia and the Pacific...
Safeguarding Bhutan’s livelihoods: The fight against African Swine fever
11/02/2025
First detected in Bhutan in May 2021, African swine fever outbreaks have affected pig farmers across multiple districts, especially in the south. With over 60 percent of Bhutan’s population relying on agriculture and pig farming on the rise, ASF...
FAO training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals. The experience in Nigeria
27/11/2024
In the video, Ayoade Azeezat Adeola, Amir Umar Aliyu and Mary Mayomi Ogunsusi describe their experience participating in a training program tailored for Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VPP) in Oyo and Kaduna states, Nigeria...
Sampling of dead pigs to rule out African swine fever
04/10/2024
This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to package and label a sample taken from an animal...
Voices of EMPRES: 30 years in action
03/10/2024
Established in 1994, EMPRES began its mission to eradicate rinderpest, and in the following years, its role expanded to build global capacities for monitoring and preventing animal diseases...
Celebrating 30 years of EMPRES
26/09/2024
The Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) was established by FAO in as special programme 1994 to combat transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases. For 30 years, EMPRES has been key in safeguarding global food security...
FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD): Protecting animal and human health
25/09/2024
Since 2004, FAO ECTAD has been supporting national governments to reduce the risk of animal health threats that can devastate livelihoods and threaten food safety. By building Member Nations’ capacities to prevent, detect and...
Why protecting animal health is protecting the health of our planet
20/09/2024
Infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) still pose significant threats to farms, carrying devastating economic and public health risks....