🔴 #Today | 14th GF-TADs Global Steering Committee

Discussing challenges, priorities & strategies for managing transboundary animal disease control at sub-regional, regional & global levels.

Working together for better prevention, detection & control.

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Thanks to the support of USAID Global Health, Food and Agriculture Organization supported more than 130 laboratories between October 2022 and September 2023, improving their ability to test for priority #zoonoticdiseases and #antimicrobialresistance .

#ECTAD
#OneHealth
#AMR

Unsustainable livestock practices can harm

💧 water
🌱 soil
😷 human health.

The #FAOLEAP Partnership builds 🌍 consensus on science-based methods to assess the environmental performance of livestock supply chains.
Join us!

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#sustainablelivestock

.Food and Agriculture Organization 's Integrated Country Approach in Kenya is bridging gaps and unlocking opportunities for people with disabilities.

Dive into Stephen's story, showcasing the transformative power of #agriculture and the positive impacts of these initiatives. 🐓🌱

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#Happeningnow | Food and Agriculture Organization, IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ , and National Veterinary Research Institute team up for joint training on #PestedesPetitsRuminants (PPR) in Vom, 🇳🇬Nigeria.
Boosting lab capabilities in the region to strengthen our collective fight against PPR!

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👉Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization (WHO)/World Organisation for Animal Health preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses

Insights on the public health threats and animal transmission risks linked to highly pathogenic #avianinfluenza (HPAI) A(H5N1).

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Our world is made of an invisible web.

Loss of species weakens this web & can alter an entire ecosystem, & this affects us too.

Take pollinators for example. Without them, most of our food wouldn't exist.

Food and Agriculture Organization's work to protect #biodiversity 👉 bit.ly/3Fkqo1s

Discover the transformative impact of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse’s support to Anolei women's camel milk cooperative! 🥛
Join us in celebrating the resilience and ingenuity of Kenyan communities in the face of climate change.

▶Watch here: bit.ly/48TkHEq

#YearofCamelids
#IYC2024

Thank you everyone at the International Symposium in Rongchang,  Chongqing, China for making the launch of the Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation initiative a great success!

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🐤 Boosting 🇬🇳Guinea's poultry business through enhanced biosecurity via Food and Agriculture Organization’s Progressive Management Pathway for Terrestrial Animal Biosecurity (FAO-PMP-TAB).

💡 Last week’s workshop saw poultry farmers, veterinarians, and paraprofessionals co-creating innovative solutions.

Exploring the crucial role of Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VPP) in providing frontline preventive livestock healthcare services to smallholder farmers.
This thread delves into Food and Agriculture Organization's capacity building work for VPPs.

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📢 #FAOLEAP leads a coordinated 🌎 multi-stakeholder initiative to...

🐄 accelerate #sustainablelivestock developments
🌳 support coherent #climateaction
🌎 achieve the SDG2030

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Healthy animals are key for global food and health security, nutrition, and livelihoods.

Strengthening #veterinary services improves livestock systems, boosting productivity, efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.

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#WorldVeterinaryDay

Veterinarians safeguard animal health but also contribute to public health by preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases and ensuring food safety.

They are essential health workers.
They are #OneHealth heroes.

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#WorldVeterinaryDay

Happy #WorldVeterinaryDay !

Today let’s celebrate our #OneHealth heroes who tirelessly work for the health of animals, people, and our environment.

💚 Thank you, veterinarians!

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Everdy day we celebrate our little #Foodheroes , their diversity, beekeeping practices and bee products around the world 🐝🐝

🖌️Painting by Lee Mitchelson.

Enjoy your #weekend !

Closing out the 8th Annual Regional Meeting of FAO's ECTAD Africa in Zanzibar! Directors of Food and Agriculture Organization Livestock and Food and Agriculture Organizationemergencies, and Food and Agriculture OrganizationTanzania Representative, joined us to encourage the participants from 26 country teams to continue strengthening animal health systems!

🎙️ Food and Agriculture Organization Virtual Learning Centers voices

🗣️ Nafinatu Abdullahi Veterinary Paraprofessional Training Specialist at Food and Agriculture OrganizationNigeria, on empowering women farmers and female leadership in #OneHealth initiatives.

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📢 At the International Symposium in Chongqing, Food and Agriculture Organization officially launched the Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation initiative.

📰 Learn how it will provide farm-level support to countries and more:

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🥼 Resilient veterinarians are the backbone of animal health, crucial for strengthening global health security & agrifood systems.

With #WorldVeterinaryDay coming up, let’s recognize their contribution to a sustainable and food-secure 🌍 for all.

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