FAO ECTAD Ethiopia Newsletter Issue 1, October - December 2017
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The newsletter is an initiative by the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) Programme in Ethiopia, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The aim of the newsletter is to provide information on program updates and priority One Health diseases in Ethiopia; promote the One Health approach in Ethiopia; and to provide feedbacks from partners as well as stimulating additional partnerships and collaborations within and outside FAO. The newsletter is intended to both internal and external audience: FAO staff, government ministries, development partners, donors, non-governmental organizations, academic and educational programs, professional societies, the private sector, media and the general public. Apart from a brief about the ECTAD Programme in Ethiopia, this newsletter contains major news, events, and programme progress between October and December 2017. Among the major issues highlighted in this first issue of the newsletter are the establishment of a National One Health Communication Network in Ethiopia; update, revision and endorsement of the national strategy on prevention and containment of antimicrobials resistance; implementation of the Second Phase Middle East respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Surveillance Study; and to date efforts in strengthening the national laboratory system. In addition, various trainings given to partners’; details of a workshop conducted to setup preparation and readiness to mitigate the potential threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza were also some of the areas given importance in the newsletter.