The Regional Meeting was held to introduce and discuss the operationalization of the Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) Operational Tool (OT) in South-East Asia region. Twenty-three participants representing human, animal and wildlife health sectors from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste attended the three day meeting. 

The animal disease outbreaks and news is a compilation of online news items and information from official and unofficial channels

Highlights from the latest activities from regional and country teams

FAO-USAID long-standing partnership continues to increase the capacity of animal health systems to prevent, prepare and respond to health threats and address antimicrobial resistance

This edition includes reports of African swine fever in the Philippines, lumpy skin disease in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and human case of avian influenza (H9N2) in China. 

South Asia's Chief Veterinary Officers and regional and global animal health experts have vowed to strengthen regional coordination for sustainable transboundary animal diseases (TADs) prevention, control and eradication. 

The establishment of ACCAHZ reinforces ASEAN’s regional commitment to take a collaborative approach in tackling possible future threats of zoonoses and managing related crises

Through Rabies Action Center of Excellence (RACE), FAO ECTAD Bangladesh has conducted a series of programmes to achieve this national goal. Dogs' vaccination, especially for roaming dogs, becomes essential to eradicate the rabies threat. Thus, a capacity-building programme becomes necessary to im...

Lao PDR's poultry producer groups to study the community poultry flock health management approach and associated disease risk reduction at the Puparn Royal Development Study Centre in northeast Thailand

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has partnered with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) to facilitate safer cattle trade between Lao PDR and China with a key objective of increasing cattle exports to China.

FAO is supporting SAARC Member States in capacity building of laboratories, epidemiological competency and critical mass of specialists belonging to global, regional and national networks. 

The animal disease outbreaks and news is a compilation of online news items and information from official and unofficial channels

FAO collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department of Animal Health (DAH) to further strengthen Viet Nam animal disease surveillance capacity using Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET)

FAO has urged countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) to be vigilant in their inspection and monitoring of cross border trade of animal products as transboundary animal diseases (TADs) continue to pose health risks.

This edition includes reports of hog cholera in the Philippines, rabies in India and Malaysia to lumpy skin disease in Nepal and foot and mouth disease in Republic of Korea and the Philippines.

This edition includes reports of African swine fever in the Philippines, India and Bhutan to foot and mouth disease in Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Pakistan.

Highlights from this edition include the launch of Global Health Security Program in India and the announcement of AMR social media contest winners.

The animal disease outbreaks and news is a compilation of online news items and information from official and unofficial channels

The animal disease outbreaks and news is a compilation of online news items and information from official and unofficial channels

This edition includes reports of leptospirosis cases doubled in the Philippines and increased in Sri Lanka, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases on the rise in Afghanistan, and ASF confirmed in imported pigs in Singapore.