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Virtual Learning. What does it mean? How does the EuFMD Learning team develop new virtual activities? What has been the impact of recent events on the development of virtual learning activities?

🎙️Virtual Learning in 2 minutes by Jenny Maud. How much can you learn in 2 minutes?

More info about our Virtual Learning course is available on our website: https://eufmdlearning.works/mod/page/view.php?id=13130

"Focusing on epidemic preparedness means that the steps that need to be taken before, during, and after an outbreak are defined and with a well-planned and tested system in place."

Epidemic Preparedness explained in a 2-minute podcast episode, by Tsviatko Alexandrov, Pillar I Coordinator.
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"Factors such as livestock industry practices, the species of livestock farmed, vaccine supply, and the resources available to deliver vaccines, will all influence how vaccines might be used to control outbreaks in different countries. Understanding these factors, can help countries to tailor their contingency plans to their own circumstances, and help to reduce the impact of livestock diseases on business continuity. "

Epidemic Preparedness in a 2 minutes podcast episode, with Kathy Gibson, EuFMD FAST Diseases emergency preparedness specialist.
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Effective crisis management is particularly important in epidemic and pandemic situations and depends very much on the preparedness of all the stakeholders involved.

Epidemic Preparedness in 2 minutes with Kees Van Maanen, veterinary virologist.

When veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals are equipped with relevant skills to detect and control outbreaks of transboundary animal disease epidemics, the negative impact is minimized and livelihoods of smallholder and rural communities are safeguarded.

🎧 Epidemic Preparedness explained in a 2 minutes podcast episode, with Wilmot Chikurunhe, Coordinator of the Virtual Learning Centre in Southern Africa.
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During the roundtable discussion on exploring animal health solutions for farmers, Dr Miftahul Barbaruah introduced different models for provisions of animal health services to farmers. Before describing various models and key studies, he highlights factors affecting animal health services delivery, few guiding principles, and global policy options. What are the vital elements for the innovative design of the service delivery-related interventions?

As a regional expert, Miftahul Barbaruah reviews South Asia's enabling environment for the EuFMD project Sustainable Business through Training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals. Following his graduation in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry from Assam Agricultural University (India), he has attended postgraduate and executive programs at prestigious schools like Tezpur University (Master in Business Administration), Asian Institute of Management, Manila (Master in Development Management); Indian Institute of Management –Calcutta (EDP on Managerial Excellence), etc. He also attended expert training related to the OIE Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway and Capacity building of Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VPPs). He is an entrepreneur and currently serving as a director of a development consulting company: Vet Helpline India Pvt Ltd. The company helps organizations conduct studies and implement development projects in animal health care, animal welfare, livestock development, food safety, and public health. He had the opportunity to work for VPP related advocacy programs of GALVmed and The Brooke Hospital for Animals. As a consultant of the Agriculture Skill Council of India, Barbaruah helped develop the National Occupational Standards for various categories of VPPs in India. He also contributed as a member of the OIE Adhoc expert group related to veterinary paraprofessionals to prepare VPP competency and curriculum guidelines. His core areas of expertise include policy advocacy, development planning, project management, capacity building, animal disease risk management, and Agri-livestock value chain development. His research activities acknowledge transdisciplinarity as an approach and aptly integrate veterinary science, animal husbandry with social science for sustainable development.

The project Sustainable Business through Training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals to explore our approach to reinforce veterinary service provision systems: www.fao.org/eufmd/training/veterinary-paraprofessionals/en/

7 Member Nations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Iraq have joined the Statement of Intentions(SOI)between Transcaucasia and neighboring countries.

What are the main activities included by this statement?

SOI in 2 minutes by Carsten Poetzsch, EuFMD Component Manager in Pillar II for the Southeast European Neighbourhood.
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What is the relation between wildlife and domestic animals when it comes to infectious diseases?

Rodrigo Nova, EuFMD Training Technical Coordinator, discuss with Christian Gortazar, Veterinarian and Professor at the IREC about wildlife infectious diseases and how to reach disease control addressing multi-hosting pathogens.

Christian Gortázar is a veterinary and doctor from the University of Zaragoza. In 1999, he became Associate Professor in the Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha). Since 2003, he is responsible for the Animal Health Unit, currently Research Group in Health and Biotechnology (SaBio). His research activity combines tools of ecology, veterinary science, and biotechnology. This includes viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases with an emphasis on control of shared problems between wildlife, domestic animals and man, such as tuberculosis or vector-borne infections.

Rodrigo Nova is a veterinarian working at the EuFMD as Training Technical Coordinator for Pillar I activities. His work focus on providing training for Member Nations and supporting the development of veterinary capacity in countries the EuFMD supports. He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Concepcion, Chile, where he later worked in official controls in red meat industry and later on, as a veterinary consultant in food safety for dairy and meat industry. He was awarded a PhD in Food Microbiology from the University of Nottingham (UK) and a Post Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Public Health from the University of Ulster (UK). There, he was appointed as a member of the academic staff at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science University of Nottingham, where he developed the veterinary public health curriculum.

The Real-Time Trainings play a vital role in developing a cadre of personnel who have seen field cases of FMD and have detailed knowledge of FMD diagnosis and outbreak investigation.
So far, over 1000 participants from over 60 countries have benefitted from these courses.

Learn more in our website: https://www.fao.org/eufmd/training/real-time-training/en/

20 years ago, in 2001, the UK had an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). It had devastating consequences, not just on those directly affected, but also on the rural communities, tourism, economy, and government.

Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer UK, was with thousands of veterinarians, to work to eradicate the disease as fast as they could.