ROME — The Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) commitment to fight emerging disease threats in "hotspot" regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The funding, totalling more than $20 million, will support the ongoing U.S.-FAO partnership against H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and a widening focus on potential emerging pandemic threats.
The U.S. assistance will help strengthen preparedness and response to HPAI in Southeast Asia and bolster laboratory and surveillance capacities in hotspot areas.
The majority of the funding will support activities. . .