
News roundup special edition: end-of-year 2024 highlights
31/12/2024

News roundup 2 to 31 December 2024
31/12/2024

News roundup 18 to 29 November 2024
29/11/2024
Highlights include celebration of two decades of FAO ECTAD’s impact in Asia and the Pacific; as well as the coverage of World AMR Awareness Week 2024 in the region.

News roundup 4 to 15 November 2024
15/11/2024
Highlights include: FAO ECTAD in Asia and the Pacific marks 20 years of partnership in animal and global health; FAO regional forum on innovations to support sustainable livestock transformation; and FAO joins Thailand’s Global One Health Day celebration.

News roundup 21 October to 1 November 2024
01/11/2024
Highlights include: Launch of the Pandemic Fund project in India; 75 years of FAO-ROK partnership; HPAI outbreak investigation in Viet Nam; Lab coordination meeting in Cambodia; and USAID’s visit to ASF biosecurity intervention sites in the Philippines.

News roundup 7 to 18 October 2024
18/10/2024
Highlights of this edition are: Facilitating the USAID field visit in Thailand; building resilience of frontline responders for animal health emergencies in the Philippines; sequencing AI viruses isolated from captive wild species in Viet Nam; Poultry value chain meeting in Nepal; and field va...

News roundup 23 September to 4 October 2024
04/10/2024
Highlights of this edition are: first FAO global conference on animal health held in Rome; Government agencies and development partners join forces to address rabies in LAO PDR; Building laboratory capacity for AMR surveillance in the Philippines; and bio-surveillance of avian influenza condu...

News roundup 9 to 20 September 2024
20/09/2024
Highlights of this edition are: Annual regional coordination workshop and donors’ coordination meeting held in Cambodia; supporting rabies elimination through the OTBT initiative in the Philippines; orientation on prioritized zoonotic diseases and AMR in Nepal; and joint risk assessment of zoo...

News roundup 26 August to 6 September 2024
06/09/2024
Highlights of this edition are: Farmers field school established in Viet Nam; National action plan for AMR mid-term review conducted in Fiji; Prioritization of animal infectious diseases using One Health tool in India; Surveillance system exhibition at a high-level forum in Indonesia; and Labo...
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News roundup 12 to 23 August 2024
23/08/2024
Highlights of this edition are: One Health cross border meeting between Viet Nam and Cambodia; animal birth control surgery training to veterinarians for rabies elimination in Nepal; Integrating Zoonoses awareness in the school curriculum in Indonesia; Salmonella isolation and identification t...

News roundup 29 July to 9 August 2024
09/08/2024
Highlights in this edition: Wildlife journalism competition in Indonesia; Laboratory placement training for animal health technicians in Nepal; Avian influenza school forums in Cambodia; and One Health assessment tool workshop in PNG.

News roundup 15 to 26 July 2024
26/07/2024
Highlights in this edition: Regional technical consultation on reassortant avian influenza organized; FAO presented on addressing food security issues at the National Veterinary Science Conference in Indonesia; ASF community forums held in Cambodia; and continued private sector engagement on A...

News roundup 1 to 12 July 2024
12/07/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: Training cross-sectoral health officers to anticipate disease outbreaks concluded in Indonesia; FAO ECTAD regional communication strategy workshop held in Bangkok; strategic planning workshop concluded in the Philippines; and co-creation workshop conducted ...

News roundup 17 to 28 June 2024
28/06/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: FAO emphasizes sustainable dairy practices at Asia Pacific conference in India; ninth meeting of the standing group of experts on ASF for Asia and the Pacific concluded; and training on bacterial isolation, identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility t...

News roundup 3 to 14 June 2024
14/06/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: launch meeting of the African swine fever partnership platform; highly pathogenic avian influenza standard operating procedure training for field officers in Cambodia; and continuing coordination in animal health activities in the Pacific.

News roundup 20 to 31 May 2024
31/05/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: agreement to raise zoonoses awareness in Indonesia; African swine fever outbreak simulation exercise conducted in Thailand; and the launch of wildlife journalism competition in Indonesia.

News roundup 6 to 17 May 2024
17/05/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: technical consultation on the Global Health Security Program in Pakistan; workshop on good animal husbandry practices in Myanmar; and hands-on animal birth control surgery training for veterinarians in Nepal.

News roundup 22 April to 3 May 2024
03/05/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: launch of community ASF biosecurity intervention programme in Indonesia; avian influenza prevention campaign launched in Cambodia and the launch of the FAO-DTRA project to strengthen animal health systems in three countries in Southeast Asia

News roundup 8 to 19 April 2024
19/04/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: preparation of veterinary treatment guidelines and disease priorit...

News roundup 25 March to 5 April 2024
05/04/2024
Highlights in this edition includes: US Senate Representative's visit to collaborative efforts against avian influenza in Cambodia; FAO ECTAD’s seventeenth annual regional meeting strengthens coordination and strategy in Indonesia; and coordination meeting and simulation exercise for animal di...