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PIA Press Release
2008/09/15
EC holds avian influenza prevention workshop in Cebu
Cebu City (15 September) -- International experts on avian influenza prevention are in Cebu City to conduct the five-day training workshop on the prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Philippines from September 15 to 19.
Dr. David John Hadrill and Andrew Almond, international experts on avian influenza prevention have been commissioned by the European Commission (EC) to conduct the training course in the country where Cebu is the venue for the Visayas workshop.
A total of 20 representatives that are Regional Avian Influenza coordinators, provincial and city veterinarians from Regions 6,7,8 and 9 comprised the participants of the activity.
This is the first training activity on avian influenza prevention that is funded by the EC where three workshops are slated, each in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The workshops are organized in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture particularly the Bureau of Animal Industry.
The Philippine remains one of the three countries in Southeast Asia which to date has not had any detected HPAI cases. The presence of the disease in neighboring countries and the high rate of spread of the disease following an initial infection necessitated the continued vigilance and training of staff working in animal health and disease.
A high awareness of the disease by the veterinary staff and management of outbreak response strategies in order to be capable of identifying signs of the disease and how to respond if and when the virus gets into the country is critical.
The technical assistance forms part of the EC's international commitment to combat avian influenza and prepare for a possible human pandemic within the context of the Better Training for Safer Food program's focus areas of food and feed safety, animal health and animal welfare. Thus, the EC has stepped up preventive measures in response to the threat of animal diseases such as the HPAI caused y the virus strain H5N1.
Before Cebu, a similar activity was held in Angeles City for the participants coming from Regions I, II, III, IV and V. A final workshop is slated in Cagayan de Oro on September 22 until 26 for participants from Regions X, XI XII and the CARAGA and ARMM Regions. (PIA-Cebu/FCR) [top]
PIA Press Release
2008/09/15
EC holds avian influenza prevention workshop in Cebu
Cebu City (15 September) -- International experts on avian influenza prevention are in Cebu City to conduct the five-day training workshop on the prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Philippines from September 15 to 19.
Dr. David John Hadrill and Andrew Almond, international experts on avian influenza prevention have been commissioned by the European Commission (EC) to conduct the training course in the country where Cebu is the venue for the Visayas workshop.
A total of 20 representatives that are Regional Avian Influenza coordinators, provincial and city veterinarians from Regions 6,7,8 and 9 comprised the participants of the activity.
This is the first training activity on avian influenza prevention that is funded by the EC where three workshops are slated, each in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The workshops are organized in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture particularly the Bureau of Animal Industry.
The Philippine remains one of the three countries in Southeast Asia which to date has not had any detected HPAI cases. The presence of the disease in neighboring countries and the high rate of spread of the disease following an initial infection necessitated the continued vigilance and training of staff working in animal health and disease.
A high awareness of the disease by the veterinary staff and management of outbreak response strategies in order to be capable of identifying signs of the disease and how to respond if and when the virus gets into the country is critical.
The technical assistance forms part of the EC's international commitment to combat avian influenza and prepare for a possible human pandemic within the context of the Better Training for Safer Food program's focus areas of food and feed safety, animal health and animal welfare. Thus, the EC has stepped up preventive measures in response to the threat of animal diseases such as the HPAI caused y the virus strain H5N1.
Before Cebu, a similar activity was held in Angeles City for the participants coming from Regions I, II, III, IV and V. A final workshop is slated in Cagayan de Oro on September 22 until 26 for participants from Regions X, XI XII and the CARAGA and ARMM Regions. (PIA-Cebu/FCR) [top]