The IAEA Bulletin June (2020) Issue was released covering infectious diseases and how nuclear science and technology provides substantial benefits. In this edition of the IAEA Bulletin, you will learn about infectious diseases more generally (page 4) and how countries work with the IAEA to build their capacity to deal with them (page 18).
In Sierra Leone, for example, specialists are drawing on IAEA expertise to test whether bats are infected with the Ebola virus (page 20). In Latin America and the Caribbean, IAEA support is helping countries deal with malaria, dengue and Zika as well as the mosquitoes that spread these devastating illnesses (page 22).
By controlling animal diseases, we can help to protect livestock, communities and entire economies. Nuclear science has already helped countries such as Bulgaria (page 26) and Viet Nam (page 25) to strengthen food security and trade.
Thanks to a vaccination campaign involving nuclear-derived techniques, foot-and-mouth disease is now under control in Morocco (page 28). Advances in irradiated animal vaccines are also making a difference in Ethiopia (page 30).
During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the IAEA became part of the WHO-led COVID-19 United Nations Crisis Management Team. The IAEA’s efforts have also been supported through contributions by countries, as well as from the private sector, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
The IAEA is committed to doing everything possible to help the world respond to major challenges to human and animal health, using nuclear science and technology, in the coming years.
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