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VPH News (Year 2, No. 4, May 2008)

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Hemispheric Conference on the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Houston, Texas, USA, 3 -4 March 2004)
The objectives of the conference were to increase awareness and generate support among the public and private sectors to enable the final stages of FMD eradication from the Western Hemisphere. Delegates from countries of the Americas and other Regions representing public and private sectors, international organizations for technical and financial cooperation, scientists, trade representatives, and consumers participated. A major health and agriculture policy document, the Houston Declaration, resulted from the meeting.
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Guide for Social Communication and Risk Communication in Animal Health

Product Types and/or Keywords:
Product Types (register under only one):
Situation Reports, Country Profiles, Forms, Guidelines and Manuals, Health Profiles and Data, Statistical Databases, Other Databases
Keywords (no limit, or key in Product type/s in keyword field for cross-referencing): Surveillance features Foot and Mouth Disease, Annual status reports, Incidence/Mortality/Fatality, Epidemic alert and response, Incidence and disease registries, Outbreaks, Resistance surveillance, Laboratories, Epidemiological surveillance systems, Geographic information systems, Maps, Groups affected, Risk factors/behaviors, Quality control, Quality assurance, Monitoring and Evaluation

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PANAFTOSA (Unit Headquarters)

 
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social communication guide
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Hemispheric Conference (Houston, 2004)

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Health Surveillance & Disease Prevention & Control   —   Veterinary Public Health:   Anthrax - Avian Influenza - Food Safety - Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Rabies - RIMSA - West Nile Virus - Zoonoses/Animal Health - Virtual Library in Veterinary Public Health (VHL) -
Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease PANAFTOSA (avian influenza, rabies, other zoonoses) - News: Veterinary Public Health -
Communicable Diseases - Health Analysis & Statistics - Chronic Diseases