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The newsletter of the OIE Bulletin
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The OIE marks World Rabies Day
and presents its ongoing work on various activities
This month's issue highlights the OIE's activities in the global fight against rabies. A new United Against Rabies Forum aims to accelerate progress towards the elimination of human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. The disease continues to kill one person every nine minutes - almost half of them children. Read more.
This issue also takes a closer look at tackling global challenges through strong international cooperation, the OIE Observatory, African swine fever, antiparasitic resistance, further response to COVID-19 and more.
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AT A GLANCE
#Zoonoses
New online training: Navigating the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide (TZG)
Taking a multisectoral, One Health approach is necessary to address complex health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The Tripartite organisations – the OIE, FAO and WHO, launched the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide (TZG) in 2019, to provide guidance and best practices for addressing zoonotic diseases in countries. This new training introduces participants to the TZG while providing practical guidance for strengthening a One Health approach to zoonotic diseases.
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ON THE AGENDA
#PAST
22-23/Sept/2020
Americas Region
25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas
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#WEBINAR
A day dedicated to rabies in the Asia and the Pacific Region
The OIE Regional and Sub-Regional Representations in the Asia and the Pacific Region, together with their Regional Tripartite partners (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] and World Health Organization [WHO]), have organised a webinar to take place on World Rabies Day on 28 September 2020.
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#JOINT APPEAL
World Rabies Day in Africa
On the occasion of World Rabies Day 2020, the OIE, along with its partner organisations (FAO, WHO and GARC), makes a joint appeal to Chief Veterinary Officers, Chief Medical Officers, and other One Health partners of the Member States in Africa to mobilise and accelerate efforts to combat rabies and rid Africa of human deaths from dog-transmitted rabies by 2030.
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#MEETING
Fostering 'One Health' cooperation in the Americas Region amid the sanitary crisis
On 22 and 23 September 2020, the 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas took place for the first time in a virtual format. The 32 Members of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas were invited to participate. International and regional organisations involved in animal and veterinary public health activities were also asked to participate as observers. Highlights and a full overview of the conference are available here.
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#MEETING
To tackle global challenges, solutions can only come from strong international cooperation
International organisations play an important role in supporting countries to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and address global challenges. To this end, the OIE participated in the 7th Annual Meeting of International Organisations earlier this month. Together with 48 heads of international organisations, OIE Director General Dr Monique Éloit endorsed the Joint Statement for effective, impactful and co-ordinated international action, through international rulemaking.
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A WORD FROM...
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#MEMBERS
Fighting dog-mediated rabies in Namibia and Angola - progress and challenges
A large-scale mass dog vaccination campaign under implementation since 2016 in the Northern Communal Area has significantly reduced rabies deaths in dogs and humans, contributing to the global goal of ending dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030.
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#MEMBERS
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Veterinary labs in Central Asia participate in the fight against COVID-19
Veterinary laboratories in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are actively involved in the process of testing human specimens for COVID-19, taking into account risk assessment, biosafety and priority.
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#NEW
The OIE Veterinary Education Establishment Twinning Programme is being featured in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Supplement 47, 2020
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#RESOURCE
For a better understanding of the implementation of OIE International Standards, the OIE Observatory has released a new brochure on its newly updated webpage.
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#RESOURCE
Rabies Watch is the OIE Documentation Centre's bi-monthly e-newsletter, which gathers useful scientific literature specifically on rabies epidemiology, surveillance and control worldwide.
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