What’s in the news?

• The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched the Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiative to address animal pandemics in a holistic manner. 
• This initiative aims at enhancing the country’s preparedness and response to animal pandemics, with a focus on zoonotic diseases that pose a threat to both animal and human health. 
• It will also help to improve veterinary services and infrastructure, disease surveillance capabilities and awareness among farmers through community outreach. 
• The ministry has also launched World Bank-funded Animal Health System Support for One Health, which aims at creating an ecosystem for a better animal health management system covering five states.

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