The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (OCVO) has seconded four staff to work overseas – one at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Samoa and three at the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) headquarters in France.
The secondments build on the Australian Government’s efforts to support animal health with our near neighbours and globally, including through the provision of technical expertise to assist Indonesia in their response to the foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease outbreaks, and capacity building in Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea.