http://www.fao.org/ag/AGAInfo//programmes/en/empres/news_160916b.html 1st West Africa FMD Roadmap Meeting presentation by Liberya

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1st West Africa FMD Roadmap Meeting
Name of the Speaker: Joseph R.N.
ANDERSON
Title, Director/ Veterinary Services
Organization: Ministry of Agriculture/
Republic of LIBERIA

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Liberia at a Glance
• population: 4.5 Million
• Five regions
• Fifteen counties Po
• 133 administrative districts. 54
Operational Agricultural districts
• Total expenditure on health as a % of
gross domestic product: 1.6% (2015-16)
• General government expenditure on
Agriculture is below the 10% as agreed
in the Maputu Abuja submission)

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Background on the history of FMD Pool 5 (West Africa), 2012-2016
Country
FMD history
FMDV serotypes, reported to OIE in
2012-2015
**(1st semester)
Last outbreak
reported/serotype
Comment (genotyping
would be useful for this
region)
Benin A, O, SAT 1, SAT 2
June 2014/not sampled;
May 2015/O
Follow-up needed
Burkina Faso
DISEASE PRESENT
SEROTYPES NOT REPORTED
2013/not available Follow-up needed
Cape Verde NO DATA AVAILABLE Not available Follow-up needed
Cote D’Ivoire
2012, 2015/A, NOT SAMPLED
2013/ serotypes not reported
Jun 2013/Not typed
Gambia NO DATA AVAILABLE 2012/O
Ghana
2012-2015**/SEROTYPES NOT
REPORTED
2014/not available
Follow-up needed
(see notes)
Guinea Bissau
2012-2013/Disease absent
2014/serotypes not reported
2015/Disease suspected
No data available
Follow-up needed
Guinea
2012-2013/Disease absent;
2014/SEROTYPES NOT REPORTED;
2015/DISEASE ABSENT
2014/not available
• Please provide up-to-date information from your country to complement this tables.
If no additional information, please don’t include slides 3 and 4 in your ppt

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Component 2:
Activities to strengthen the veterinary services
Animal Health and Surveillance
1-2 slides
2016 – 18 Strategic Priorities
 vulnerability risk mapping
 Joint MOA-MOH assessment of PoEs IHR core capacity
 Strengthen Quarantine facilities in 4 major ground points
 Strengthen animal health surveillance system:
 Establish Epi Surveillance unit
 eSurveillance system for animal health
 Develop/adopt guidelines and SOPs
 Ensure operational support for county livestock
 Procure sample collection kits
 Strengthen MOA coordination structures at all levels
 Strengthen national epidemic preparedness and response capacity and capabilities

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Summary of Strategic Interventions-2

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Summary of Strategic Interventions - 3
1. Governance, Legal, Financing and Coordination:
o Strengthen one health coordination structures at all levels
o Advocate for sustainable financing
o Amend/revise animal disease and veterinary law,
quarantine and animal trade and movement regulations
2. Human Resources Capacity
o Strengthen human resource capacity for animal health
through short course and advance trainings (Masters)
o Recruiting and/or training of Subject Matter Specialists –
microbiologist, epidemiologist, virologist, histopathologist
3. Live Stock
o Increase production and market at least by 40%
o Increase animal feed production
o Construction of feed mill
o Establish vet management outlets (Drugs and supplies)
o Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT)

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Synergies to control other TADs
1 slide

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• Reactivate the veterinary laboratory to full functionality
• Build capacity in field veterinary service and disease surveillance
 Strengthen capacity for animal health through short
course and advance trainings (Masters) in:
o Virology
o Public Health
o Microbiology
o One Health
o Epidemiology
o Wildlife Management
Gaps and request for support

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Gaps and request for support
 Strengthen the border control system,
including quarantining of live animals,
including better assessment of Imported
animal products and products of animal origin
 Develop an enabling regulatory framework
and fill the regulatory gaps, in particular for
food safety, veterinary drugs, border inspection

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Summary
Include five main FMD-related activities for its control in your
country/region:
1. Development of a National Plan
2. Development of a Risk base Strategy Plan
3. Development of a Risk assessment Plan
4. TADs disease surveillance and sampling
5. Strengthen national epidemic preparedness
and response capacity and capabilities
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!