In Southeast Asia, Vietnam is known as a hotspot for zoonotic diseases that not only cause serious damage to human health, livelihoods, and the environment, but are also expected to occur more often in the coming years due to intensified livestock
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Food safety is gaining traction in Kenya due to growing public health concerns for domestic and international trade. Past efforts to establish a food safety management system and a coordination mechanism have not borne fruit.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is endemic in Indonesia, where it is an important cause of disease in commercial, semi-commercial and backyard poultry flocks.
Poultry is an important source of income and protein for poor households in Indonesia.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first officially reported in Indonesia in 2004; the disease is now endemic, particularly in the Java, Sumatra, Bali and South Sulawesi Islands.
The spatial distribution of disease risk and its visual presentation through risk maps can assist in the design of targeted animal disease surveillance and control strategies.
Pro-poor HPAI risk reduction strategies
This brief is a synopsis of five country background papers that provided an inventory of information about the importance of the poultry sector in the economy and for rural livelihoods, the structure of the poultry sector and the associated level
Overview on poultry sector and HPAI situation for Indonesia with special emphasis on the island of Java
The emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) of the subtype H5N1 and the potential threat of a global human pandemic have been issues of great concern to the international community since its regional and global spread since 2003.