FAO | Emergency Prevention System for Animal Health (EMPRES-AH)
Preventing transboundary and high impact animal diseases
Every day, diseases threaten the lives of animals and the people who rely on them.
Recent increases in the number of outbreaks of transboundary animal diseases and emerging health related threats have raised public awareness of their potential impact on public health as well as on livelihoods, food security, national economies and global markets. These outbreaks have underlined the need to address such threats with a comprehensive and coordinated One Health approach.
Early warning, early detection and early response are essential to prevent disease spread, enhance production, ensure safe trade and in the case of zoonotic diseases, protect human health and avoid a human pandemic.
Threats from transboundary animal diseases are often related to unsustainable agricultural intensification, the movement of infected livestock and animal products within and across countries, the large-scale global movement of people, and the effects of climate change.
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