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The Norwegian Veterinary Institute arranged a workshop at the Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) in Lilongwe in Malawi October 9.-11. The workshop was part of the Norad funded project "One Health - control of zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance in the milk value chain in Malawi and Ethiopia", which researcher at the Veterinary Institute Hannah Joan Jørgensen leads.

On 21-22 September, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute hosted a meeting between the top directors of the Nordic and Baltic Veterinary Institutes. As usual, experiences around emergency preparedness and current illnesses were discussed. In light of the current geopolitical situation, particular emphasis was placed on the organisation of security work.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) participates in the EU-funded PANDASIA project that investigates how infectious diseases are transmitted between animals, humans and environment and how potential pandemics emerge. The findings will be used to enhance health literacy in different target groups in Thailand and Europe.

As a partner with NORAD's Knowledge Bank, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute wishes to contribute to projects that NORAD wants to establish abroad. A group from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute visited Morogoro in Tanzania 10.-13. October, including the veterinary faculty at the Sokoine University (SUA), to explore the possibilities for future cooperation.

Thursday 6th of October, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute notified the Norwegian Food Safety Authority of a new confirmed case of CWD on Hardangervidda, in a hunted female wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Both lymph node and brain tissues tested positive.

In this video, we visualize our mission to identify and prevent threats to animal and human health. - The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is crucial for what we do for animal health in Norway, says Geir Pollestad, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, in the video. 

-The most important measure to protect people against rabies, is to vaccinate the dogs, says researcher at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) Hannah Joan Jørgensen in this video. NVI marks World Rabies Day today 28. September 2022 together with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya, where Jørgensen participates in a campaign to vaccinate dogs against rabies.

Based on submitted samples, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute notified the Norwegian Food Safety Authority when a semi-domestic reindeer slaughtered in Norway, Børgefjell national park, tested positive for CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease). The suspicion has now been disproved.

As the publication of the results for the regular Research Council of Norway (RCN) calls 2022 reaches its end, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute has secured funding for coordinating seven new projects, and has therefore good reasons to be happy with the new possibilities ahead.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) and WorldFish coordinated recently a training program in aquatic animal health at the WorldFish center at Abbassa in Egypt. The program aimed at building the competence of participants to improve fish health management through diagnostics and research activities in the framework of One Health.