Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)
Asia and the Pacific Region

17/12/2020

The JRA OT is part of the operational tools of the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide and is intended for use by staff from national ministries responsible for human health, animal health and the environment for the control and management of zoonotic diseases. The tool presents the principles of joint risk assessments and its role in informing policy development.

21/09/2020

The SIS OT is part of the operational tools of the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide and is developed to support national authorities to establish or strengthen their coordinated, multisectoral surveillance and information sharing for zoonotic diseases.

Animal vaccination training empowers women in Bangladesh - Stories of change
28/05/2020

The document discusses how animal vaccination training empowers women in Bangladesh, improving livestock health, food security and family income.

Risk communication in animal disease outbreaks and emergencies
13/05/2020

Risk communication by the State Veterinary Service is crucial for disease risk mitigation and management during animal health emergencies and zoonotic outbreaks. It complements other emergency response functions like logistics, epidemiology, and finances by building knowledge, influencing attitudes, raising awareness, and aligning recommendations with stakeholders' values and beliefs. This publication is based on a strategy developed by the FAO ECTAD for the Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture.

10/09/2019

This guideline provides guidance in the development of AMR surveillance plan for food-borne bacteria, underscoring the key elements for harmonized AMR data generation, data collation and reporting of findings, while taking into consideration the standing context of the region. It aims to provide guidelines on the harmonized scheme for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and laboratory-based monitoring for AMR.

11/02/2019

This guide provides country ministries and agencies with lessons learned and good practices identified from country-level experiences in taking One Health approaches for preparedness, prevention, detection and response to zoonotic disease threats, and provides guidance on multisectoral communication, coordination, and collaboration. It informs on regional and country-level One Health activities and relevant unisectoral and multisectoral tools available for countries to use.