The Sub-regional Coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Barbados with the French Agricultural Research Centre for Development (CIRAD) organize an activity of the Project TCP/RLA/3306 (D): “Technical assistance for surveillance of Influenza A H1N1/2009 virus and other Influenza viruses in swine populations in the Caribbean region”. CIRAD Guadeloupe will be hosting a Workshop on the diagnosis of Influenza A H1N1/2009 virus and other viral respiratory diseases of swine in Petit Bourg, from 31st January to 3rd February 2012.

This FAO/CIRAD Co-funded workshop is a follow-up to the “Field Surveillance, Epidemiology and Risk Communication Workshop for Swine Influenza viruses in the Caribbean Region”, which was held in Port-of-Spain,...