Preventing, detecting and responding to transboundary animal diseases
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) cooperates with over 45 FAO member countries to enhance their capacity to manage animal diseases, including high-impact diseases. By helping to avoid national, regional
and global spread, the work of ECTAD contributes to the protection of people and animals from disease and other health threats.
Through ECTAD, FAO works to build health systems’ capacities to enable countries and regions to prepare for, detect, prevent and control emerging infectious, zoonotic and transboundary diseases and to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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20 years of protecting animal and human health
Explore the vital role that ECTAD plays in safeguarding animals—and people—from disease.
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20 years of the FAO ECTAD programme
Find out how ECTAD has been transforming national animal health systems for the past two decades.
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Preventing, detecting, and responding to animal disease threats
ECTAD celebrated its 20th anniversary in Washington, learn more about the event.
Women vaccinators: driving changes in rural Bangladesh
31/05/2024
In rural Bangladesh, 75 percent of farmers rear poultry in their backyards, mainly women. However, this vital income and protein source faces threats from emerging diseases. In response, FAO implemented the Upazila to Community programme. This ongoing initiative trains female farmers as poultry vaccinators, empowering them with independence and skills.
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FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD): Protecting animal and human health
25/09/2024
Since 2004, FAO ECTAD has been supporting national governments to reduce the risk of animal health threats that can devastate livelihoods and threaten food safety. By building Member Nations’ capacities to prevent, detect and respond to these threats, FAO plays an essential role in protecting the health of people and animals.
See also
- FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER)
- FAO Animal Production and Health Division (NSA)
- FAO Animal health
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- Supporting the development of stronger animal health systems
- Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD): Briefing note