Animal health
FAO plays a critical role in strengthening countries’ preparedness and response capacity to reduce the impact of animal health emergencies that can threaten livelihoods and food security, particularly in lower income countries with vulnerable infrastructures. By building capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease threat and helping to avoid national, regional and global spread, FAO animal health programmes are critical in protecting people and animals from animal disease threats.
Through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), FAO builds animal health capacity to prevent, detect and respond to zoonotic and non-zoonotic disease outbreaks at source.
Through its Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH), FAO has been leading global animal health emergency management since 2006 using a One Health approach. The Centre’s core functions are laid out under four pillars: preparedness, response, incident coordination, and collaboration and resource mobilization.
ECTAD and EMC-AH work hand in hand to increase resilience to future global threats and to protect the world against One Health and livestock crises.
News
News
Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation
05/04/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
News
Fighting animal diseases in Yemen
27/03/2024
Community animal health workers fill veterinary gaps left by the conflict
News
Poultry farming reaps year-round rewards, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
12/01/2024
Beyond food security, some local farmers reach for food sovereignty, one chicken at a time
Publications
Publications
Emergency Management Centre: Achievements overview, November 2022–October 2023
02/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Management Centre is a global centre that supports the management of One...
Publications
Chad: Integrated livestock management to address acute malnutrition in children
01/2024
High levels of food insecurity and acute malnutrition persist in Chad despite investments by government, humanitarian and development actors.
Publications
Protect people and animals from disease outbreaks: FAO Global Stockpile for Emergency Animal Diseases
10/2023
This document provides an overview of the activities conducted through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Global Stockpile...
Multimedia
Producing rich organic fertilizer from deceased birds
28/08/2023
This video presents scientific and practical information to teach poultry breeders and small and medium poultry farms how to convert daily dead chickens...
Video
Lumpy skin disease: how to protect farmers and stop the spread
13/06/2023
This video aims to raise the knowledge of farmers and relevant stakeholders on lumpy skin disease (LSD) and how to reduce its spread and transmission...