Presentation made during the international meeting titled “Maintaining global freedom from rinderpest” held in FAO-HQ from 20 to 22 January 2016. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

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Components of the Global Plan of Actions forComponents of the Global Plan of Actions for
RinderpestRinderpest
Paul RossiterPaul Rossiter
FAO Rinderpest Secretariat,FAO Rinderpest Secretariat,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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The Global Plan of Action for rinderpest
is also the
Global Preparedness Plan for rinderpest
is also the
International Preparedness Plan for rinderpest

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What is in the Global Plan of Action for
Rinderpest?
Preparedness at three levels
1.International preparedness plans
FAO and OIE
1.Regional preparedness plans
Africa: AU-IBAR
Others?
•National preparedness plans
OIE website:

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What is in the Global Plan of Action for
Rinderpest? BUT IN PRACTISE
Preparedness at three levels
1.National preparedness plans
OIE website:
1.Regional preparedness plans
Africa: AU-IBAR
Others?
1.International preparedness plans
FAO and OIE

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– Clear vision of what must be done
– Clear responsibilities
– Clear operational SOPs
– Resources
– Advice
– Expertise
– Should it be triggered automatically? if so – how?
– How will it coordinate and function between all three
levels?
– What do countries want?
What should be
the components
of a GPA for
rinderpest?

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Operational
arrangements
–Responsibilities and command structures
–Consultative Committee
–Control centres

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Vaccine strategic reserves
Must be sufficient
Must be high quality and fully trusted
Must be immediately accessible when needed
Everyone must understand the trigger for release
Yours thoughts on all these issues are welcome

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Diagnostics
Which diagnostic tests are available and could be used?
Which diagnostic tests are recommended and should be
used?
Non-infectious tests
Where should they be used?
Reference centres? In-country?
What will the results from certain tests mean?
No ambiguity

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Plans and planning
•Action plans
– No need to think – just do
• A,B,C etc.
•Resources
– Human, Material, Financial
•Other actors
•Training

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Resources
Must be arranged in advance
Must be available immediately
Everything must be thought through and
included in the plan
Funds are important …. As well as the tools
Trained and skilled manpower

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SOPs
•Immediate steps to take if rinderpest is
suspected
•Confirmation of a laboratory confirmed case
of rinderpest
•Culling and disposal of carcasses,
decontamination
•Vaccination
•Surveillance
•etc

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Information
• FAO
 Website
 Hard copy
 Leaflets/brochures/posters
Apps
Video
• OIE

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FAO Animal Health Manuals and Guides,
some with IAEA, with WRLR, and with AU-IBAR

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Resource materials for managing
risk
•OIE Terrestrial Code
– Chapter 1.4 Animal health surveillance
– Chapter 4.13 General recommendations on
disinfection and disinsection
– Chapter 5.8 International transfer and laboratory
containment of animal pathogens
– Chapter 8.14 Infection with rinderpest virus
•Website – Animal Health in the World
– Disease Emergency preparedness

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• Do we need people that know rinderpest?
• Need a list (getting shorter by the year) of
people who have seen and worked with
rinderpest and can advise what to do
• Do we need people (not just reference labs) that
can carry out diagnostics
• Do we need people trained in vaccine delivery
(continuing PPR vaccination will be very useful
for this)
Expertise

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Training and
awareness raising
• Never letting the animal health profession forget
rinderpest
• Maintaining a critical knowledge about rinderpest
• Ensuring trained surveillance and diagnostics
• Strengthening livestock owner – animal health
interaction at the front line

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Simulation exercises
• National
• Regional
• Global
• They have to be budgeted for and can be
expensive

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Guidelines on recovering
rinderpest freedom
•Already done
– OIE Code

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Global Plan of Action
Where are we
We must have it

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Global Plan of Action
Where are we
We must have it
We need support

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Thank you