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Recent viral zoonotic epidemics have been attributed partially to the negative impact of human activities on ecosystem biodiversity. These encompass agriculture and specifically conventional agrochemistry-based...

Levels of hunger in 2021 remain alarmingly high, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according...

This is the first issue of the Scientific and Technical Review that focuses on Foresight and the broad range of external factors that are likely to affect, and be affected by, Veterinary Services, both...

Growth in the livestock sector is associated with heightened risk for epidemic diseases. The increasing spillover of new diseases from wildlife is being driven by wide-scale anthropogenic changes allowing for more...

Obesity is a global ticking time-bomb with huge potential negative economic and health impacts, especially for the poor. As of 2016, an estimated 44 percent of adults (more than 2 billion)...

WFP is facing a highly demanding and increasingly complex operating environment. COVID-19 cases have surpassed 25 million and food insecurity is increasing globally, compounding additional...

This visual shows the number of confirmed cases and deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in locations with Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs).

Daily number of new reported cases of COVID-19 by country worldwide from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

The INFORM Epidemic Risk Index assesses the risk of countries to epidemic outbreak, which would exceed the national capacity to respond to the crisis