This report presents an overview of the ASF events with ongoing outbreaks notified through the OIE’s Early Warning System (IN:Immediate notifications and FUR:Follow-up reports) by its Members. This information is publicly available1 . A classification of the affected population (by backyard and … [Read more...]

Forecasting threats to the food chain affecting food security in countries and regions [Read more] … [Read more...]

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an epizootic disease. Even in regions where the RVF virus is always present, outbreaks do not necessarily occur. Several years can separate outbreaks, with no evidence of disease in the interim [Read more] … [Read more...]

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting pigs. Highly contagious, it is associated with a virus from the genus Asfivirus of the Asfaviridae family (Dixon, 2005) ... [Read More] … [Read more...]

In the view of the experts participating in this risk assessment, Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Niger currently poses a medium risk (a mean score of 5.75 on a scale of 0 to 10) to human health, and a medium–high risk (a mean score of 6.5) to animal health. The experts take the view that RVF is … [Read more...]