Success stories
Looking back to move forward: reducing human rabies cases in Bali through effective dog vaccination campaigns
30/09/2024
The FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) programme played a pivotal role in developing and scaling-up effective methods to vaccinate dogs. The provincial government of Bali successfully implemented door-to-door vaccination campaigns and utilized trained teams equipped wi...
Indonesian MoA and FAO train cross-sectoral health officers to anticipate disease outbreaks using the JOIN tool with support from USAID
13/07/2024
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in collaboration with FAO and through the support from USAID, successfully conducted a training on coordinated investigation of zoonotic events using the Joint Outbreak Investigation (JOIN) tool in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
Yogyakarta Strengthens Resilience against Zoonoses Through a Zoonoses Awareness Programme in Schools and Universities
01/07/2024
Following the successful launch and implementation of a zoonoses curriculum in schools in West Java, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Yogyakarta Balai Besar Guru Penggerak (BBGP), and Gadjah Mada University...
Indonesia lays groundwork for antimicrobial resistance resilience through One Health approach
27/06/2024
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Health (MoH) together with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) announced today (27/6) at a national workshop, the successful completion of antimicrobial resistan...
Curbing rabies in Côte d'Ivoire
01/02/2024
In February 2024, Côte d'Ivoire faced a notable and concerning increase in rabies cases, a disease with devastating consequences transmitted from animals to humans. With an alarming annual toll of 637 deaths, the disease posed a significant threat to the country, particularly affecting childre...
ASEAN adopts three technical and policy frameworks supported by FAO ECTAD
04/10/2023
The 45th ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) meeting adopted three policy and technical frameworks on avian influenza, animal diseases risk mitigation and veterinary epidemiology assessment tool.