"FAO" warns of the spread of avian influenza in Libya on the whole region
Wednesday 16-03-2016 |16:38
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that thebird flu outbreak in Libya poses a growing threat to public health and the livestock sector, not only in Libya, but in the Middle East and North Africa region as a whole.
This came in a workshop held by the (FAO ) today under the title "emergency assistance to fight bird flu in poultry and other birds in Libya , " and at the request of the Government of Libya, within the technical cooperation project between thetwo sides a program, where the workshop was held in the Tunisian capital, spoke during which Mr. Amordia Theompejano, sub - regional coordinator Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture in North Africa and the representative of the "FAO" in Tunisia.
a statement for "FAO", distributed in Cairo, for the Amordia Theompejano as saying that the first outbreak of bird flu in Libya was in December 2014, where he was for this disease negative impact farmers Libyan economy in general, and caused the deaths of at least four people since then ..
explained Theompejano: "it 's in 2015, it had been receiving more than 10 suspected cases per month in Libya , noting the high mortality rate in some farms in the eastern part of Libya, but in the Tobruk area have been reported more than 109 suspected cases with the death of more than 140 thousand birds. "
he continued:" in addition to the human casualties, caused the disease in significant economic losses to farmers estimated at more than 10 million dollars, due to a lack of qualified human resources and lack of proper equipment, lack of in- depth study of the causes of this phenomenon and measure their damage, so the TCP project aims to assist the Veterinary services Libya to determine the reasons the bird "H5N1" flu and stop the spread and reduce the negative effects on health and food security by strengthening the capacity to manage this crisis. "
the workshop overview on the status of bird flu in the world , and in Libya, were also identified three working teams, I took up, a review of the bird and contingency plans and improve influenza control strategy, eat second team , strengthening thecapacity of veterinary services, while the third team focused on a better knowledge of the bird flu situation and the selection of appropriate control strategy, it concluded the workshop to approve the project work plan.
the workshop aims to introduce the manifestations and causes of bird flu in Libya, and to agree on a unified concepts of work, and to identify the objectives and strategies of the project and the methods of measuring the expected results.
attended the opening session of the workshop both Professor Malik Zarla, Director General of Veterinary Services in Tunisia, and Dr. Rashid Boujdour representative of the World Organization for Animal Health in North Africa, and Dr. Faraj Bakkar ,head of the international cooperation Bureau, the National Center for Health Animal Libya, also participated in the workshop specialists from Tripoli and white despite the logistical difficulties. It will be followed by the workshop which will be held for a one - day training course lasts for two days dedicated to veterinarians in Libya.
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