FAO launches workshop on syndromic surveillance systems in Jordan

FAO launches workshop on syndromic surveillance systems in Jordan

AMMAN — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD), on Tuesday launched a three-day national workshop titled “Syndromic Surveillance Systems for early detection and control of Foot-and-Mouth and Similar Transboundary animal diseases”. 

Hosted in Amman, the workshop will be conducted by a mission from the EuFMD, and the Swiss consultancy firm SAFOSO in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture.

Agriculture Minister Khalid Hneifat, veterinarians from the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Health and Epidemiological Monitoring and representatives of the Livestock Breeders Association attended the event