This edition highlights regional efforts to strengthen health systems and cross-sector collaboration in Asia and the Pacific. FAO supports One Health and biosecurity initiatives at key conference, farmer engagement on zoonoses and AMR in Nepal, and field activities to boost lab capacity and surveillance in India and Indonesia. In Viet Nam, cross-sectoral work is advancing wildlife and pandemic prevention strategies.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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.