Headline : Stopping Avian Influenza in Togo

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 How FAO is helping countries to contain animal disease outbreaks before farmers’ livelihoods are affected

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is a devastating disease. Known more commonly as Avian flu, it is very contagious among birds and carries a high mortality rate. Even worse, if an outbreak occurs, many healthy birds risk being culled to prevent the disease from spreading.

From February 2006 to July 2008, HPAI H5N1 outbreaks occurred in Togo and 10 other African countries, threatening public health and severely impacting livelihoods and food security in the region. In December 2015, the disease reoccurred in Nigeria and further spread to Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger and Cameroon.

With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), FAO launched the Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) programme to build country’s capacities to prevent, detect and respond to disease threats. FAO’s interventions in Togo included an assessment of the HPAI situation, outbreak prevention and management and laboratory diagnosis. Because of the new techniques implemented and new skills learned, lab technicians in Togo were, for the first time, able to detect H5 avian influenza within the country. FAO’s assistance resulted in building the country’s capacity to detect and control HPAI in Togo. FAO’s intervention now means greater self-sufficiency to contain diseases and safeguard livelihoods in the future.

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