USAID supports the implementation of a national project of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), aimed at enhancing the capacity of the animal health sector to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats, thereby contributing to national and global health security. This project also aims to help beneficiary governments meet the obligations of the International Health Regulations (IHR), 2005.
HOW DOES THIS PROJECT WORK?
The project collaborates with government entities, academia, and civil society to, with a focus on animal health, improve capacities for surveillance, laboratory diagnosis, prevention, and early warning of zoonotic and transboundary diseases, as well as monitoring antimicrobial resistance. It also promotes the adoption of disease prevention and control measures and the responsible use of antimicrobials in animal production systems and supports the pursuit of political commitment and resource allocation to enable early warning, control, and prevention of zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance, under the One Health approach.
