FAO with funding from USAID, @GHSA conducts an After-Action-Review of Sierra Leone's Integrated Animal Disease Surveillance and Reporting System; capturing lessons learnt and recommendations for future improvements. FAO Newsroom UN in Sierra Leone @FAOAnimalHealth USAID West Africa

"A growing human population, ever-encroaching development & globalised travel & trade have accelerated disease emergence. We’re entering a new pandemic era...Once we accept that human activity is what led to this, we may finally be empowered to escape it." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is such a neat piece of research tracking the exact location of #VanGogh’s Last Painting. But what is most amazing to us working in landscape & agriculture is how the tree roots remain unchanged in all those years. Nature’s stability is truly amazing! nytimes.com/2020/07/28/art…

Important proof of concept of yield potential by Asseng et al: we know vertical farming works well in horticulture, but this result for a basic staple crop is really neat. No need to feed the entire world this way, but it shows how much land can be saved for nature & CO2-fixation

Very happy to see our paper out at last with my amazing colleagues UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research ZSL Science Imperial College London - we provide a clear link between the way we degrade our landscape and the hazard from future disease spillovers from animals nature.com/articles/s4158…

COVID-19: from wildlife market to wild financial market - Interested in our One Health research? Register now for our Annual Science Meeting - October 29 - Virtual Meeting - Live from Amsterdam this time! us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=05868… #ilovevirology #onehealth

@LapoMughiniGras from RIVM Utrecht University kicks off the COST BurdenEU workshop on the foodborne #BurdenOfDisease at #WCPH2020. How does the science guide policy?

In many places around the 🌍, rural women can’t: ♦️ farm ♦️ get loans ♦️ raise livestock ♦️ own land or animals But if they did, #ruralwomen could make all the difference in the fight against hunger and poverty. Let’s make sure they have the opportunity.

It is estimated that at least 60% of all human diseases are zoonotic, meaning that they can be transferred between #animals & #humans. We must also consider the #environment in the spread of these diseases & how it can be a reservoir for disease. #OneHealth #OneHealthDay #Health

🐝Bees are our tiny #FoodHeroes. Without them most of the food we eat wouldn't exist.🐝 ⚠️But bees are in danger. Beekeepers around the world are working to protect them. 👩‍🌾🐝To all those unsung heroes we say, 🙏THANK YOU!

Our #NewYearResolution: 🍒🍓 🍈🍐 🍏🍑🥬 🍌🍇🍉 🥝🍆🍓🥕 🥭🍈🥒🍎🍍 🥬🍍🍐🍌🍇🍉🍒🍇 🍅🥕🍋🍅🥭🍈🥒 🥬🍇🍉🍒🍅 🥭🍈🥒 🍅🍋 🍉 2021 is Intl Year of Fruits & Vegetables! #IYFV2021

Maintaining #biodiversity means: 🐛Healthy ecosystems 🧑‍🌾Resilient rural livelihoods 🥕Nutritious food Our future of food depends on it.

Important research about reverse zoonoses:

Is contributing to rabies eradication part of your goals for the new year? By vaccinating your dog, you’re reducing the risk of rabies spreading further. 🐶 💉 Do your part, don’t hesitate and vaccinate so #rabiesendshere!

Celebrating all of the wonderful, talented and successful #women who are part of the #OneHealthEJP #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #internationalwomensday2021 #OneHealth #StrongerTogether #Health

We need to break down the barriers so more women & girls can go into science & agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization's Chief Scientist, Ismahane Elouafi's message is clear: without women in science, we cannot have food security for all. We need you! 👩‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬 #IWD2021

#COVID19 has revealed our increasingly broken relationship with nature. Today over 70% of emerging infectious diseases & almost all recent pandemics originated in livestock & wildlife. We have an opportunity to do things differently. Watch to learn more 👇

.Food and Agriculture Organization promotes the One Health approach by: 👩‍🌾🐓🌿 Protecting human, animal & plant health 💧🌲 Conserving natural resources 🥣 Ensuring food security 🌡️ Advancing climate change adaptation & mitigation efforts Read more: bit.ly/32lWkiQ

This year’s 🦠 #birdflu 🦠 season has seen significant mortality in wild birds. “The situation is unusual and alarming for #animalhealth,” OIE expert Dr Keith Hamilton tells us. #Watch his full breakdown of the impact of the disease on wildlife and biodiversity. #OneHealth