Regional plan for FMD control approved
Middle East outbreaks spread as far as Libya
International experts on Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) have agreed on a plan to control the infection in Western Eurasia and stop it spreading west to Europe and North Africa, following a serious epidemic in several Middle Eastern countries. The FAO-designed regional road map was approved by the 38th session of the FAO European Commission on Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Rome. It is a far-reaching strategy designed to put an end to the devastating disease in 14 West Asian and Middle East countries most directly affected. [...]
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The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) has been developed as a set of international standards and guidelines for the assessment, design, implementation and evaluation of livestock interventions to assist people affected by humanitarian crises [...]