The Lancet Series on AMR, recently launched on the margins of the World Health Assembly, highlights that babies, older people and people with compromised immune systems are at the most significant risk of suffering from antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet says 7.7 million deaths globally are associated with bacterial infections; of these, 4.95 million are associated with […]
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de lutte contre la pêche illicite non déclarée et non réglementée (INN), célébrée ce 5 juin 2024, le Docteur Elie Badai, Chef de la brigade de contrôle et surveillance des activités de pêche au ministère camerounais de l’Élevage, des Pêches et des Industries animales est revenue sur la sanction […]
COVID-19 health response lasts the mile on the continent In 2021, faced with the possibility of receiving up to 900 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinate 70% of Africa’s population, Dr John Nkengasong, the then Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), tasked his team with assessing and expanding […]
Synopsis (résumé court) – Manual for implementation 2024 The International FAO Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring (InFARM) system is an FAO flagship initiative, supporting countries in collecting, collating, analysing, visualizing, and effectively utilizing their AMR monitoring and surveillance data primarily from livestock, fisheries, and aquaculture, along with their associated food products. InFARM empowers countries to generate reliable […]
The need for properly trained epidemiologists to strengthen country capabilities in disease surveillance, epidemiological investigations, and outbreak response is a requirement recognized by the global public health community. Veterinary epidemiology is also recognized as a priority by FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). The presence of an applied epidemiology training programme has […]
