Submitter: Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), based in Irbid, Jordan.
Subcontractor: Same as above.
Priority area: Food and agriculture.
Participating/beneficiary countries: 7 countries (Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, State of Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey).
PGTF input: US$ 30,000.
Other inputs: US$ 30,000.
Number: INT/18/K01.
Duration: 2019.
Approval: 41st Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 22 September 2017).
Completion: Final report submitted on 6 August 2019.
Impact: A workshop about Rift Valley Fever was organized on 9-11 June 2019 in Irbid, Jordan with the participation of more than 30 scientists from participating countries, which drew attention to the emergence of the viral disease, its devastating impact on livestock, its spread from Africa to the Arab Peninsula (Yemen and Saudi Arabia), and its potentiality of spreading to other countries. A special session was devoted to the diagnostic capacities, sampling, transportation of samples, storage of samples, biosafety and risk reduction.
Contact: |
Contact person: Prof. Nabil Q.Hailat, Professor of Pathology and Public Health
Address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box (3030), Irbid 22110-Jordan
Telephone: +962-2-7201000 ext. 22026 and 22016
Fax: +962-2-7095117; +962-2-7095123
Email: hailatn @ just.edu.jo |
Final Report: