FAO: Conference - Fighting highly pathogenic avian influenza together - Global dialogue between science, policy and the private sector

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Iguaçu Falls (Brasil), 09/09/2025 - 11/09/2025​

Join a Global Science, Policy, and Private Sector Dialogue on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), one of the most critical global challenges for animal health, food security, biodiversity, the economy, and public health.

Why this dialogue is important

The current H5N1 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for coordinated, global action to contain the geographic spread and evolution of avian influenza strains in order to mitigate their devastating impacts. No country or sector can face this crisis alone. The complexity of HPAI demands an integrated, science-based response, aligned with public policies, and supported by sustainable investments from the public and private sectors.

Together, we will explore the new Global Strategy 2024-2033 for the Prevention and Control of HPAI, created under the GF-TADs (the FAO-WHO Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases). This strategy aims to support the development and implementation of national and regional action plans, while strengthening global efforts to reduce pandemic and transboundary risks.

This is an excellent opportunity to collaborate across sectors, engage a wide range of industry stakeholders, share innovative solutions, and build an effective approach to protect our communities, economies, and ecosystems from the growing global threat of HPAI.

Don't miss this chance to contribute to a future better prepared to face this challenge together.​

Who will be present?

This global dialogue between science, policy, and the private sector will bring together a dynamic community of participants, including:

Public policymakers
Scientists
Technical experts
Academicians
Representatives from the private sector and industry
Producer organizations
International organizations
Professionals in the fields of animal health, agriculture, public health, and the environment
What will you take away from this event?

Clearer understanding: Understand the severity and urgency of the HPAI threat and why it is crucial to act now.
Practical recommendations: Contribute to the development of robust and viable prevention and control strategies, adapted to national and regional contexts, with a focus on business continuity in the poultry production chain.
Strengthened networks: Establish new partnerships and identify synergies to align policy and research priorities, mobilize action, and scale up impacts.
Priorities for capacity building: Define regional needs and identify ways in which international organizations can enhance support for sustainable change.​

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Several nations will meet to define joint actions to contain possible new cases of #H5N1. The FAO initiative will take place from September 9th to 11th in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná. Yesterday, the EU recognized the country as free of the disease and authorized the resumption of chicken exports.

 

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September 10, 2025

Global bird flu dialogue targets the rising pandemic threat

In an unprecedented response to the rapid global spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), stakeholders and experts from across the poultry sector, public health, science, and policy spheres have convened in Brazil in a landmark meeting.

This first-ever global multisectoral dialogue, which kicked off last September 9, aims to forge coordinated defense against the escalating threat to animal and human health and agricultural livelihoods, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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“Avian influenza is no longer a sporadic threat; it’s becoming a global challenge,” Beth Bechdol, FAO deputy director-general said in a statement. “No single country or sector can tackle this threat in isolation—and failure is not an option. Practical, science-based collaboration like this is essential to protect our agrifood systems, livelihoods, and public health.”

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Priority themes

The event seeks to build on the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of HPAI, recently launched by FAO in collaboration with WOAH. This strategy aims to support the development and implementation of national and regional action plans while strengthening global efforts to reduce transboundary and pandemic risks.

The three-day event focuses on:

• Identifying effective HPAI prevention and control strategies—particularly in low-income countries and informal backyard poultry systems.
• Promoting early warning systems, vaccination strategies, and biosecurity measures.
• Enhancing multisectoral coordination based on the One Health approach.
• Sharing innovative, field-ready solutions for diagnostics, surveillance, and outbreak response.

Thanawat Tiensin, Chief Veterinarian of FAO and Director of the Animal Production and Health Division summarized FAO’s approach in his remarks: “Improved surveillance, biosecurity, and vaccination when appropriate, combined with rapid disease control are keys to controlling this disease. At the same time, the sustainable transformation of poultry production offers new approaches and safeguards to prevent losses from poultry diseases. It will take a holistic approach and partnering with the private sector to effectively reduce the risk of avian influenza for generations to come.”

“The debate around avian influenza is a matter of international cooperation and requires joint efforts from all nations,” said Ricardo Santin, president of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein and of the International Poultry Council. “It is an issue with a direct impact on trade flows and, consequently, on inflation and on global food security. These are sensitive matters that must be guided by knowledge and science, and that call for a revision of concepts and paradigms.
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https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/...-dialogue-targets-the-rising-pandemic-threat/

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