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Information on the occurrence of tsetse flies and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is available for different areas of Mali. However, these data have never been harmonized and centralized, which prevents the development of comprehensive epidemiological maps and constraints an evidence-based planning of control actions. To address this challenge, we created...
FAO supports the revision of the national strategy for controlling African animal trypanosomosis in Ethiopia
20 September 2019
20 September 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) have started revising the national strategy for progressively controlling Tsetse and African Animal Trypanosomosis (AAT) through a consultative workshop jointly organized in Adama, Ethiopia. The workshop was carried out in the framework of the...
FAO supports Zimbabwe in becoming a South-South Cooperation provider of expertise on the control of Animal Trypanosomosis
13 September 2019
13 September 2019
During the first week of September, South-South Cooperation (SSC) technical exchange activities took place in Maputo, Mozambique. An expert from Zimbabwe’s Division of Tsetse Control Services visited Mozambique’s National Directorate of Veterinary Services and the Eduardo Mondlane University. The objective of the mission was to support Mozambique in developing a...
Highlights published for FAO regional project (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Uganda)
20 June 2019
20 June 2019
A FAO regional project, funded by the Government of Italy, benefited smallholder livestock keepers and veterinary authorities in 28 African countries affected by the trypanosomosis, with a focus on Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Uganda. Project activities included: (1) the piloting of an innovative tool for trypanosomosis control in the...
Call for action against African trypanosomosis and other high-impact animal diseases in Southern Africa
14 June 2019
14 June 2019
Participants at a multi-stakeholder workshop convened by FAO to call for South-South and Triangular Cooperation action on the control of high-impact Transboundary Animal Diseases in Southern Africa. From 4 to 6 June, FAO organized a workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe, on the pressing issue of the control of high-impact transboundary animal diseases...