PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – West Africa: FAO, human, livestock

Anthrax — Benin
Five countries in West Africa including Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger and Ghana are in a full subregional meeting about anthrax, commonly called la fievre charbonneuse (black fever), a disease affecting both humans and animals.
At this 2-day meeting that ends today [29 Sep 2015] in Lome [Togo], attended by the representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO], and by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Organisation for Animal