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Edition: 20 to 24 March 2023
LABORATORY
![]() ©FAO/Le Thi Dung | VIET NAM AND ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION Better surveillance network for better animal health management In collaboration with the Viet Nam Department of Animal Health, FAO organized the Nineteenth Epidemiology and Laboratory (Epi-Labnet) network meeting from 15 to 17 March 2023 to further improve veterinary field epidemiology and laboratory diagnostic capacities in the country. Funded by USAID, the meeting brought together epidemiologists, laboratory diagnosticians and experts from seven regional animal health offices, the national centre for veterinary diagnosis and development partners. The meeting identified the need for a legal basis for proficiency testing, a general system for managing laboratories, programs for interlaboratory comparison and laboratory evaluation, reference laboratories and training programs for epidemiologists and laboratory diagnosticians as their priorities. The meeting also agreed to report active surveillance results through Viet Nam Animal Health Information System (VAHIS) by June 2023. Read more HERE. |
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
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PARTNERSHIP
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