OpinionWriting in Ittefaq, Professor Md Bahanur Rahman and Dr RS Mahmud Hasan say the plan for four veterinary surgeons per upazila and one veterinarian per union needs data-based workforce planning and a special civil service recruitment.
FAO and IGAD urge countries to step up surveillance and pre-position vaccines, with Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda at highest risk between October and January.
LivestockState Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salahuddin Tuku called on scientists at the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute to meet the livestock sector's entire vaccine demand from domestic production. He said hatching eggs have been exported to Nigeria.
EnvironmentThe Animals for Biodiversity and Health guide, launched at the UN biodiversity summit in Yerevan, links animal welfare to zoonotic disease and antimicrobial resistance and cites Bangladesh's One Health framework.
LivestockIndia's National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics has extended its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation to 28 tests covering lumpy skin disease, PPR, African swine fever, brucellosis and antimicrobial resistance.
HealthThe World Health Organization has launched a five-year strategy for its Berlin pandemic intelligence hub, aiming to help every country detect emerging health threats within 24 hours by 2030 through AI-assisted monitoring, pathogen sequencing and One Health surveillance.
FisheriesAt an Ehime University symposium on chemical risks from medicine, farming, aquaculture and livestock, Dhaka University researchers presented work on nanoparticle feed for pangas and antibiotic pollution in water; the two universities will sign an MoU.
Mycetoma enters through thorn pricks and small cuts in the fields and slowly destroys tissue and bone, yet India has no national surveillance for it; researchers want it brought into the country's One Health mission.
HealthWest Bengal's health department has ordered district committees of doctors, vets, forest and environment officials, led by the district magistrate, to tackle zoonotic diseases such as Nipah, Ebola, bird flu and anthrax.
HealthThe Bangladesh Institute of Planners says drainage, waste, density, open space, keeping water out of building sites and a One Health approach should sit beside treatment and mosquito control to cut public health risks.
HealthComparing nearly 27,000 pet dogs, 59 hunting dogs and more than 260 wild canids, Penn State researchers found wildlife carried more parasites and detected a tapeworm that can infect people, using a DNA-based test.
LivestockDr Didi Claassen of the South African Veterinary Association says dogs and cats remain the main human risk, but jackals and mongooses infect cattle, and farmers in high-risk areas can add rabies vaccine to herd programmes.
HealthPeople who work with animals face a higher risk of rabies, writes Professor Md Ahsanul Haque of CVASU's One Health Institute; pre-exposure vaccination, protective gear, washing wounds at once and vaccinating dogs are the defence.
