FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSFAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)

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October, 2015vol. 81

FAO China ECTAD Highlights

No. 2-151C Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building No. 14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China Tel: (86 10) 8532 3634 | Fax: (86 10) 8532 3681

They visited the Jiangxi Normal University’s Poyang Lake wetland laboratory where they were impressed with the technology. They also visited local duck farms with a team of experts from Okalahoma University and Jiangxi Normal University. Okalahoma University is partnering with Jiangxi Normal University to conduct an ecology study using transmitters to track duck movements. They also visited an egg wholesale market and the biggest poultry wholesale market in Nanchang, where they spoke to traders and buyers and gained a preliminary understanding on some of the poultry value chains, local consumption preferences and recent changes in the production systems. Reductions in prices of meat ducks and farmed wildlife coupled with higher prices and demand for duck eggs had resulted in significant changes.

Advanced veterinary epidemiology training on risk-based surveillance and risk analysis for Chinese university academics was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei Province from 9 to 13 January 2015. It was the third training for the Chinese university academics and the focus was on strengthening capacity among university academics on risk based approaches to surveillance, disease control as required for their work on national programs.

Around 50 academic staff from 17 national universities attended the five-day training. Prof Ian Robertson and Dr Cai Chang delivered the training, with assistance from Dr Li Yin from CAHEC, Dr Guo Fusheng and Mr Tang Hao from FAO China ECTAD Office.

Participants demonstrated keen interest in the training topics and were actively engaging in the discussion sessions. They also expressed the need for an in-depth training in the future.

Dr Wantanee Kalpravidh, Regional Manager and Dr Peter Black, Deputy Regional Manager of FAO ECTAD RAP will visit China from 2 to 6 February 2015. The Module 1 of the China FETPV will be launched in Qingdao on 30 March 2015.

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Upcoming activities!

Ducks in Poyang Lake

Trainees were having a discussion during the training

No. 2-151C Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building No. 14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China

Tel: (86 10) 8532 3634 | Fax: (86 10) 8532 3681

Advanced veterinary epidemiology training on risk-based surveillance and risk analysis for Chinese university academics

There is potential for FAO to collaborate with local universities and animal health authorities in areas of mutual interest.

Further strengthen the collaboration of CFETP/CFETPV on epidemiology capacity development

On 22 October 2015, Dr Linda Quick, Director of Filed Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) with her two colleagues Dr George Conway, USCDC Residence Advisor in China, and Ms Lu Mei from China CDC/China Field Epidemiology Training Program (CFETP) visited FAO China ECTAD office and had a meeting with the ECTAD team. Dr Guo Fusheng and Mr Tang Hao briefed the progress of China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (FETPV), Dr Quick and Ms Lu then shared the new collaboration initiatives on CFETP between China CDC and US CDC. Participants reviewed the progress of CFETP/CFETPV collaboration in recent years, and also discussed how to strengthen collaborations on epidemiology capacity development between these two programs in the future.

The collaboration between the two programs not only contributed to epidemiology capacity development in China, but also facilitated cooperation on zoonosis control between public health and animal health sectors. It has been becoming an example of One Health application in China. Since the first CFETP/CFETPV joint workshop in 2012, two programs co-organized several joint workshops and training courses, and encouraged trainees from two sectors conducted joint practices in the field. Moreover, two programs co-organized the first joint-training on epidemiology for western provinces to mitigate unbalanced development of epidemiology in western provinces. Two programs will continuously work together to response public and animal health challenges and threats for China.

In order to provide a platform for discussions and exchange of ideas on veterinary laboratory research and laboratory systems, LinkTADs consortium (WP4 and WP5) held a three-day event on New Diagnostic Technologies, Coordination of Research and Veterinary Laboratory Systems and Policy from 12-14 October 2015. Following the event, the LinkTADs 2nd Progress meeting was held from 15-16 October 2015. Dr Guo Fusheng and Dr Li Shuo participated in both of the meetings, on behalf of FAO China ECTAD.

The event on New Diagnostic Technologies, Coordination of Research mainly introduced the latest diagnostic technologies being developed and used, the main research initiatives in the EU, China and across the globe, explored collaborative opportunities for EU and China researchers and institutions in the future. The event on Veterinary Laboratory Systems and Policy discussed the structure and functions of the veterinary laboratory systems, and how policy gets developed and implemented by different system in the EU, China and international level. Dr Guo chaired a session during the WP5 policy meeting and facilitated discussion sessions, while Dr Li Shuo facilitated the meeting organization and coordinated among Chinese partners. The LinkTADs 2nd Progress meeting reviewed the achievement of the project during the past year, discussed the work plan of next year and explored potential collaborative opportunities after the LinkTADs project finishes in November 2016.

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FAO China ECTAD participating in the LinkTADs meetings in Vienna

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSFAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)

©FAO, 2015

WWW.FAO.ORG

October, 2015vol. 81

FAO China ECTAD Highlights

No. 2-151C Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building No. 14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China Tel: (86 10) 8532 3634 | Fax: (86 10) 8532 3681

They visited the Jiangxi Normal University’s Poyang Lake wetland laboratory where they were impressed with the technology. They also visited local duck farms with a team of experts from Okalahoma University and Jiangxi Normal University. Okalahoma University is partnering with Jiangxi Normal University to conduct an ecology study using transmitters to track duck movements. They also visited an egg wholesale market and the biggest poultry wholesale market in Nanchang, where they spoke to traders and buyers and gained a preliminary understanding on some of the poultry value chains, local consumption preferences and recent changes in the production systems. Reductions in prices of meat ducks and farmed wildlife coupled with higher prices and demand for duck eggs had resulted in significant changes.

Advanced veterinary epidemiology training on risk-based surveillance and risk analysis for Chinese university academics was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei Province from 9 to 13 January 2015. It was the third training for the Chinese university academics and the focus was on strengthening capacity among university academics on risk based approaches to surveillance, disease control as required for their work on national programs.

Around 50 academic staff from 17 national universities attended the five-day training. Prof Ian Robertson and Dr Cai Chang delivered the training, with assistance from Dr Li Yin from CAHEC, Dr Guo Fusheng and Mr Tang Hao from FAO China ECTAD Office.

Participants demonstrated keen interest in the training topics and were actively engaging in the discussion sessions. They also expressed the need for an in-depth training in the future.

Dr Wantanee Kalpravidh, Regional Manager and Dr Peter Black, Deputy Regional Manager of FAO ECTAD RAP will visit China from 2 to 6 February 2015. The Module 1 of the China FETPV will be launched in Qingdao on 30 March 2015.

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Upcoming activities!

Ducks in Poyang Lake

Trainees were having a discussion during the training

No. 2-151C Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building No. 14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China

Tel: (86 10) 8532 3634 | Fax: (86 10) 8532 3681

Advanced veterinary epidemiology training on risk-based surveillance and risk analysis for Chinese university academics

There is potential for FAO to collaborate with local universities and animal health authorities in areas of mutual interest.

No. 2-151C Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building, No. 14 Liang Ma He Nan Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China Tel: (86 10) 8532 3634 | Fax: (86 10) 8532 3681

Promotion of the application of One Health in China has always been one of the important priorities of FAO China ECTAD's work. Dr Guo Fusheng was invited to attend the Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) research progress workshop in Suzhou from 20-22 October 2015, and delivered a presentation on One Health and its application in China during the workshop. The workshop was jointly organized by Jiangsu Provincial Prevention Medicine Association and Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The key objective of the meeting was to share the EIDs research progress, as well as prevention and control experiences. More than 70 participants from the provincial CDC system of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces attended the meeting.

Dr Guo introduced the One Health Events organized by FAO China ECTAD office and the major recommendations of the events. He highlighted the importance of integrating knowledge of different disciplines and utilizing the One Health approach in China, given the fact that, in recent decades, because of the close contact of human, animal and wild life, more than 70% of the EIDs were zoonotic diseases. In the future, strengthening the collaboration of multi agencies, including public health, animal health and wild life department is crucial.

As invited by Sichuan Provincial Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control (ACDC), Dr Guo Fusheng attended the Veterinary Epidemiology Training Workshop in Chengdu on 27 October 2015. Around 80 veterinarians from the provincial, prefectural and county level of veterinary authorities in Sichuan attended the training.

Extending the veterinary epidemiological training to the sub-provincial-level veterinary agencies is one of the main objectives of the China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (FETPV), therefore, FAO China ECTAD supports this training initiative in Sichuan. Dr Guo presented the veterinary epidemiology application at global and national level, Avian Influenza (AI) and Live Bird Market (LBM) management. He introduced the concepts of veterinary epidemiology and its application, especially on how to use the veterinary epidemiology in the animal diseases outbreak investigation, surveillance, risk analysis and control policy. Besides, Dr Guo introduced the China FETPV program to the national, provincial and municipal level of veterinary professionals, and the Training of Chinese Trainers (TOT) implemented under the China FETPV. During the training, Dr Guo highlighted that LBM management is one of the key measures to control the AI. Dr Guo also provided recommendations on the prevention and control of AI in Sichuan Province.

FAO China ECTAD assisting the provincial veterinary authority to strengthen the veterinary epidemiology capacity

1. The training workshop on Value Chain Analysis and Veterinary Epidemiology within the framework of OSRO/GLO/302/USA will be held in Mangshi, Yunnan Province from 4-7 November 2015. The training will be jointly organized by FAO China ECTAD and Yunnan Provincial Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention.

2. Mr Guo Fusheng and Mr Tang Hao from FAO China ECTAD office will attend the 2nd Regional Meeting to Support and Sustain Veterinary Epidemiology Capacity in Bangkok from 11-13 November 2015.

3. The China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (FETPV) Module 3 will be held in Qingdao from 4-23 November 2015. The 3rd Training of Chinese Trainers (TOT) workshop will be held in Qingdao from 16-20 November 2015. The 3rd Annual Seminar of the China FETPV will be held in Qingdao on 23 November 2015.

4. African Swine Fever (ASF) Prevention and Control Forum in conjunction with the Final Workshop of TCP/CPR/3501 will be held in Beijing from 25-27 November 2015.

5. Ms Yu Qi, National Veterinary Epidemiologist from FAO China ECTAD office will attend the Regional Workshop on Zoonotic Influenza in Bangkok from 23-25 November 2015.

Upcoming activities

Dr Guo Fusheng delivering a presentation during the training in Sichuan

FAO China ECTAD attending the Emerging Infectious Diseases research progress workshop in Suzhou