World: FAO presents new strategic model to tackle transboundary animal diseases

Country: World Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today presented a blueprint for a new global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. Left unchecked, these diseases can rapidly undermine livelihoods and trade, hit low- and middle-income countries the hardest, and spill over into human populations with devastating consequences. The FAO Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TA