The Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health (CMC-AH) provides rapid response assistance for animal disease emergencies globally. It is a joint effort between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The CMC-AH deploys expert teams to help countries assess and respond to outbreaks of diseases like foot-and-mouth, African swine fever, and Rift Valley fever. It has responded to 59 emergencies in 39 countries since 2006. The CMC-AH also works to strengthen countries' preparedness through training and helps coordinate longer-term control programs after emergencies.
Fao lessons learned from HPAI outbreaks in Asia 2005 - 2011Harm Kiezebrink
FAO has published a report on lessons learned from from the fight against highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia between 2005 and 2011.
Since the emergence of H5N1 HPAI in 2003, the disease situation has evolved considerably. At the peak of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in 2006, 63 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa were affected by the disease; it has now been eliminated from most of these countries. H5N1 is currently entrenched in a number of countries in Asia and the disease is endemic in China, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Bangladesh and large parts of eastern India. A number of countries in Asia, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal, also experience regular outbreaks.
The period 2004 to 2008 saw a steady decline in disease outbreaks in poultry. While there has been an apparent increase in outbreak numbers since 2009, the 2011/2012 HPAI season saw a significant decline in poultry outbreaks. The last newly-infected country was Bhutan; this outbreak took place in February 2010. However, the disease is known to be under-reported and there is increasing evidence that H5N1 HPAI has become endemic in some of the smaller countries in Asia that have relatively undeveloped poultry industries; such countries include Cambodia and Nepal. It is estimated that the disease has resulted in the loss of over 400 million domestic poultry and has caused economic losses of over US$20 billion.
The information, generated from isolation and genetic and antigenic characterization of a large number of viruses in Asia and other parts of the world, coupled with the information on disease outbreaks, has improved our understanding of the virus’s evolution and the implications for its spread, infectivity and suitability for use in the development of vaccines. The current trends in evolution present a number of concerns, which include the emergence of second-, third- and fourth-order clades, demonstrating rapid evolution and rapid replacement of virus strains in some endemic regions, and the emergence of antigenic diversity, including changes in receptor binding capacity and the ability to break through existing vaccine strains.
Fao lessons learned from HPAI outbreaks in Asia 2005 - 2011Harm Kiezebrink
FAO has published a report on lessons learned from from the fight against highly pathogenic avian influenza in Asia between 2005 and 2011.
Since the emergence of H5N1 HPAI in 2003, the disease situation has evolved considerably. At the peak of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in 2006, 63 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa were affected by the disease; it has now been eliminated from most of these countries. H5N1 is currently entrenched in a number of countries in Asia and the disease is endemic in China, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Bangladesh and large parts of eastern India. A number of countries in Asia, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal, also experience regular outbreaks.
The period 2004 to 2008 saw a steady decline in disease outbreaks in poultry. While there has been an apparent increase in outbreak numbers since 2009, the 2011/2012 HPAI season saw a significant decline in poultry outbreaks. The last newly-infected country was Bhutan; this outbreak took place in February 2010. However, the disease is known to be under-reported and there is increasing evidence that H5N1 HPAI has become endemic in some of the smaller countries in Asia that have relatively undeveloped poultry industries; such countries include Cambodia and Nepal. It is estimated that the disease has resulted in the loss of over 400 million domestic poultry and has caused economic losses of over US$20 billion.
The information, generated from isolation and genetic and antigenic characterization of a large number of viruses in Asia and other parts of the world, coupled with the information on disease outbreaks, has improved our understanding of the virus’s evolution and the implications for its spread, infectivity and suitability for use in the development of vaccines. The current trends in evolution present a number of concerns, which include the emergence of second-, third- and fourth-order clades, demonstrating rapid evolution and rapid replacement of virus strains in some endemic regions, and the emergence of antigenic diversity, including changes in receptor binding capacity and the ability to break through existing vaccine strains.
Presented by Sothyra Tum (FAO) to the Progress Meeting on Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the South East Asian Region, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2011.
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Dr. Berhe Tekola - Director - Animal Production and Health - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Ongoing disease control programmes in indiaBhoj Raj Singh
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries sectors play an important role in the national economy and in the socio-economic development of the country. Livestock sector alone contributes 4.11% towards overall National GDP and 25.6% of total Agriculture GDP. The biggest impediment to growth of this sector, however, is the large-scale prevalence of diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS), Brucellosis, Black Quarter (BQ) in cattle, Enterotoxaemia, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) & Sheep-Goat Pox in sheep and goats and Swine Fever in pigs, which drastically affect the productivity of animals. The presence of this disease not only deters the domestic economy but also foreign investment in the livestock sector. Although India have been free from disease like Rinderpest, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), presence of other economically important disease still threaten the very roots of livestock sector. This presentation describes various control programs that have been introduced by the Government of India, nationwide for controlling the infectious diseases of animals that have been or should be targeted for eradication or elimination, direct and indirect benefits from control programs, drawback issues and opportunities for the future.
Diseases do not respect boundaries Once diseases spread beyond a localized region, their expansion becomes exponential and difficult to contain. Early detection and containment by effective disease surveillance networks are critical to arresting pandemics in their early stages. Cross-country disease surveillance networks are a mechanism that encompass human resources deployment, rapid communication, and transparent collaboration for early detection and response to emerging diseases and pandemics.
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa: An overviewILRI
Presentation by Theo Knight-Jones at the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States stakeholders’ exchange meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13–15 February 2023
Presented by Sothyra Tum (FAO) to the Progress Meeting on Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the South East Asian Region, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2011.
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Dr. Berhe Tekola - Director - Animal Production and Health - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Ongoing disease control programmes in indiaBhoj Raj Singh
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries sectors play an important role in the national economy and in the socio-economic development of the country. Livestock sector alone contributes 4.11% towards overall National GDP and 25.6% of total Agriculture GDP. The biggest impediment to growth of this sector, however, is the large-scale prevalence of diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS), Brucellosis, Black Quarter (BQ) in cattle, Enterotoxaemia, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) & Sheep-Goat Pox in sheep and goats and Swine Fever in pigs, which drastically affect the productivity of animals. The presence of this disease not only deters the domestic economy but also foreign investment in the livestock sector. Although India have been free from disease like Rinderpest, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), presence of other economically important disease still threaten the very roots of livestock sector. This presentation describes various control programs that have been introduced by the Government of India, nationwide for controlling the infectious diseases of animals that have been or should be targeted for eradication or elimination, direct and indirect benefits from control programs, drawback issues and opportunities for the future.
Diseases do not respect boundaries Once diseases spread beyond a localized region, their expansion becomes exponential and difficult to contain. Early detection and containment by effective disease surveillance networks are critical to arresting pandemics in their early stages. Cross-country disease surveillance networks are a mechanism that encompass human resources deployment, rapid communication, and transparent collaboration for early detection and response to emerging diseases and pandemics.
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa: An overviewILRI
Presentation by Theo Knight-Jones at the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States stakeholders’ exchange meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13–15 February 2023
CMC-AH Activity Report_October 2010- September 2012
1. The Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health (CMC-AH) is a primary facility
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) for animal disease emergency
response. A combined effort of FAO’s Animal Health and Emergency
Operations Services within the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal
Disease Operations (ECTAD), the CMC-AH unites FAO’s extensive technical
and operational expertise with that of OIE, the World Health
Organization (WHO) and other international, national and local partners.
With the support of its generous donors, the CMC-AH provides technical and
operational assistance to help affected governments assess situations on the
ground and develop immediate solutions to help prevent or stop disease
spread. CMC-AH efforts also represent the first step toward broader
assistance. Working to facilitate the transition from immediate, emergency
assistance to longer-term support both in the field and at FAO headquarters,
the CMC-AH initiates resource mobilization and project proposal formulation
efforts for affected countries and regions.
ACTIVITY REPORT
October 2010 – September 2012
2. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2012
ACTIVITY REPORT
October 2010 – September 2012
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ACTIVITY REPORT
October 2010 --
September 2012
Pakistan
Newcastle disease
8–17 July 2012
West Bank and Gaza Strip
foot-and-mouth disease
13–23 May 2012
Libya
foot-and-mouth disease
1–6 May 2012
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
peste des petits ruminants
22 April–1 May 2012
India
highly pathogenic avian
influenza
9–16 January 2012
United Republic of Tanzania,
African swine fever
13–22 November 2011
Viet Nam
unknown shrimp disease
11– 19 July 2011
Uganda
Ebola
6–11 June 2011
Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea
foot-and-mouth disease
26 February– 8 March 2011
Mauritania
Rift Valley fever
7–17 January 2011
Republic of Azerbaijan
rabies
10– 21 December 2010
Mongolia
foot-and-mouth disease
4–12 December 2010
Bangladesh
anthrax
23 October– 3 November 2010
United Republic of Tanzania
peste des petits ruminants
5–11 September 2010
Map of missions
Uganda
Ebola
6 – 11 June 2011
Objectives:
epidemiologic
investigation, regional
strategy development
and preparedness
training
Team: emergency animal
disease management
expert, laboratory
expert, wildlife expert,
operations officer
Republic of
Azerbaijan
Rabies
10 – 21 December 2010
Objectives: assessment,
response and control
strategies
Team: disease control
expert specialized in rabies
Pakistan
Newcastle disease (ND)
8 – 17 July 2012
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and control strategies
Team: ND expert,
biosecurity and poultry
husbandry expert,
operations officer
United Republic of
Tanzania
Peste des petits
ruminants (PPR)
5 – 11 September 2010
Objectives: assessment
and response
Team: laboratory expert,
epidemiology expert,
disease control expert
Democratic
Republic of the
Congo (DRC)
Peste des petits
ruminants (PPR)
22 April – 1 May 2012
Objectives:
epidemiologic
investigation,
assessment and control
strategies
Team: PPR control expert,
emergency operations
expert, regional
emergency operations
expert
Libya
Foot-and-mouth disease
SAT2 (FMD SAT2)
1 – 6 May 2012
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and control strategies
Team: disease expert,
epidemiology and risk
assessment expert, FMD
expert, operations officer
Bangladesh
Anthrax
23 October –
3 November 2010
Objectives: assessment,
response and
communication
Team: bacterial disease
expert, anthrax expert,
operations officer, risk
communications expert
Viet Nam
Unknown shrimp
disease
11 – 19 July 2011
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and response
Team: aquatic animal
health expert, aquatic
epidemiology expert,
shrimp aquaculture expert,
operations officer
Mongolia
Foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD)
4 – 12 December 2010
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and response
Team: emergency animal
disease response expert,
FMD expert, epidemiology
expert, operations officer
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD)
26 February –
8 March 2011
Objectives: assessment,
laboratory review and
control strategy
Team: FMD control
expert, FMD laboratory
expert, operations
officer, veterinary
policy officer
Mauritania
Rift Valley fever (RVF)
7 – 17 January 2011
Objectives:
epidemiologic
investigation,
assessment and control
strategies
Team: vector-borne
diseases epidemiology
expert, diagnostic
techniques expert,
epidemiology and risk
management expert,
laboratory network
expert
India
Highly pathogenic
avian influenza
(HPAI)
9 – 16 January 2012
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and response
Team: disease expert,
disease control and HPAI
expert, wildlife expert,
epidemiology experts,
operations officer,
programme coordinator
African swine fever (ASF)
13 – 22 November 2011
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and response
Team: disease control
expert, epidemiology expert,
emergency animal disease
response expert
Transboundary
animal disease
Zoonosis
(disease transmissible
between animals
and humans)
The West Bank
and Gaza Strip
Foot-and-mouth disease
SAT2 (FMD SAT2)
14 – 23 May 2012
Objectives: epidemiologic
investigation, assessment
and control strategies
Team: epidemiology expert,
FMD expert
14. DONOR SUPPORT
The CMC-AH and its operations are currently made possible by funding from
various generous donors including the Governments of Australia, Canada, the
French Republic, the United States of America, and from FAO’s Special Fund for
Emergency Rehabilitation Activities.
CONTACT
Crisis Management Centre–Animal Health
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Room C644
E-mail: cmc-ah@fao.org
Web site: www.fao.org/emergencies/programmes/cmc-ah
15. The Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health (CMC-AH) is a primary facility
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) for animal disease emergency
response. A combined effort of FAO’s Animal Health and Emergency
Operations Services within the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal
Disease Operations (ECTAD), the CMC-AH unites FAO’s extensive technical
and operational expertise with that of OIE, the World Health
Organization (WHO) and other international, national and local partners.
With the support of its generous donors, the CMC-AH provides technical and
operational assistance to help affected governments assess situations on the
ground and develop immediate solutions to help prevent or stop disease
spread. CMC-AH efforts also represent the first step toward broader
assistance. Working to facilitate the transition from immediate, emergency
assistance to longer-term support both in the field and at FAO headquarters,
the CMC-AH initiates resource mobilization and project proposal formulation
efforts for affected countries and regions.
ACTIVITY REPORT
October 2010 – September 2012