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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) new representative in Ghana, Yurdi Yasmi, has presented his credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.  As the FAO Representative in Ghana, Mr Yasmi will lead the planning and implementation of FAO activities in support of Ghana’s...

Strengthening  institute cross-sectoral collaboration, public-private partnership, communication among stakeholders and information sharing The government of Ghana, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a national workshop to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food and agriculture sector. The workshop brought together stakeholders from various...

  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...

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...