Background and Rational:

Emerging and re-emerging diseases in animals are the diseases that appearing in an animal population for the first time or the disease that existing previously but rapidly increasing in particular geographic locations.  In the past ten years, the tropical emerging and re-emerging diseases are important to both human and animal health, the diseases have significant impacts not only in public health but also in economic losses. For example, the significant impacts of emerging and re-emerging diseases in animals are 1) animal production; the animal diseases cause high morbidity and mortality and effect to human food production and food security 2) public health; some zoonotic animal diseases effect to human health security and have pandemic potential, e.g Avian Influenza, SARS, Nipah, West Nile, etc.

Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University has the activities related to researches and education on animal diseases especially emerging and re-emerging diseases in animals such as Avian Influenza H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 which are considered as emerging zoonotic diseases.  The staffs at the faculty of Veterinary Sciences and the Research Unit in Emerging and Re-emerging Disease in Animals are well recognized at national and international levels.  The staffs have experiences on working and providing knowledge on the disease researches, educations, and policy advocacy.  Training program in Tropical Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases in Animals; Surveillance and Diagnosis will be one of the activities that successfully conducted by the faculty of Veterinary Science, since this implementing agency have expertise staffs, broad facilities, advance equipment and suitable downtown location for the training.

Duration:  November 12 - December 3, 2012

Closing Date for Application:  July 30, 2012

Number of Participants    25 persons

Invited Countries: 

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, China, CARICOMMember Countries, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, FEALAC Member Countries, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, OAS Member Countries, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, PIF Member Countries (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Cook Island, Solomon Island, Marshall Island, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu), Republic of Seychelles, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Vietnam, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia and Thailand

Objectives

• to provide the knowledge on the surveillance and diagnosis of tropical emerging and re-emerging diseases in animals
• To train and conduct effective diseases surveillance and outbreaks investigation on the tropical emerging and re-emerging diseases in animals.

Course Contents

1. Course Outline   

Institution:

Executing / Implementing Agency

Implementing Agency: 
    Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University,
    Henri-Dunant Road, Pratumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
    Tel : 662-218-9577-9, Fax : 662-217-9577
Contact Person :
    Associate Professor Dr. Alongkorn Amonsin
    Head Department of Veterinary Public Health
    Director of Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases in Animals, Research
    Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University
    Email : [email protected] 
Collaborative Organizations
    Department of Live Stock Development Animal Disease Control Division