By the results of the international conference “CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN ONE HEALTH APPROACH”, which was held in June 11-15, 2018 in Ternopil, a Resolution concerning the most relevant issues was prepared. The Resolution was sent to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection. The content of the document is available for review.

African swine fever has been spreading in Central and Eastern Europe since 2014 taking on dramatic proportions. In Ukraine, the ASF acquired the nation-wide challenge which requires scientifically grounded measures aimed at preventing the spread of this disease and support from the European community.

“One of the main reasons for the situation is the unavailability of an independent reference laboratory on ASF”, said the director of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Associate Member of the NAAS Serhiy Nychyk during his talk at the European Parliament conference “African Swine Fever – soon all over Europe?” that was held on June 19, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.

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