Regions
Animals and humans are living in closer proximity than ever before due to urbanization, deforestation, climate change, population growth, increases in mobility, and the intensification of the livestock industry. This means that diseases that jump from animals to humans (zoonoses) are on the rise and can spread in a matter of hours or days. Epidemic diseases, such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), Ebola and COVID-19, and endemic diseases, such as brucellosis, rabies and salmonellosis, have devastating effects on human health, livelihoods and food security, and pose a major challenge to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Since its establishment in November 2004, FAO ECTAD has developed a global network of multidisciplinary teams, which represents one of the world’s largest animal health capacity development programmes. Comprising over 400 experts, ECTAD is set to serve more than 45 countries worldwide in different regions: Europe and Central Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, the Near East and Northern Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Europe and Central Asia
Asia and the Pacific
Western and Central Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa
Near East and Northern Africa
Jordan