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By Region: Asia/Pacific

Concerted international effort urged on African Swine Fever

FAO NEWS — FAO is calling on countries affected by African Swine Fever in the Caucasus region and Russian Federation to step up precautionary measures. It is also urging a concerted international effort to prevent the disease spreading more widely across the Northern Hemisphere.

May 27, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, International, and Public Health
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S Korea, US discuss threat of bioterrorism

XINHUA — SEOUL – South Korea and the United States are holding three-day discussions over joint anti-bioterrorism drills, officials here said Thursday. The discussions, called “Able Response 11”, are first such joint dialogue between the allies aimed at deterring bioterrorist threats and potential attacks, according to Yang Young-mo, a defense ministry official in Seoul. The Read More »

May 26, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Bioterrorism, and International
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World First: Cattle Plague Is Declared Eradicated

AFP — (Paris) World farm monitors on Wednesday declared a cattle-killing virus that has been a curse through the ages had been wiped out, the first time an animal disease has been eradicated in human history. To prolonged applause from delegates, the global watchdog for farm-animal trade approved a report certifying that the last 14 Read More »

May 25, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agriculture, and International
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Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly closes after passing multiple resolutions

24 May 2011 — The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday afternoon. The Assembly spent eight days working through a broad agenda. In the end, 28 resolutions and three decisions were adopted to guide the upcoming work of WHO and to address priority global health issues.

May 24, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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UN puts off destroying last smallpox viruses

GENEVA (AP) — Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay. After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health Assembly agreed to Read More »