FAO has been designated by the OIE delegates to the 15th OIE Regional Conference for the Americas as Technical Secretariat of the Continental Plan for Classical Swine Fever Eradication in the Americas.
15th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas Cartagena (Colombia), 7-10 March 2000 Recommendation No. 7 Continental Plan for Classical Swine Fever Eradication in the Americas Considering The document giving the basis for a continental eradication programme for classical swine fever (CSF), as presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), resulting from the specialist meeting on this subject held in Santiago (Chile) in October 1999, The high social impact that this disease has in vast sectors of animal production on the continent (in smallholdings, family production, etc.) as well as the economic losses occurring in the industrial production sector, which harm national and/or international trade in animals and animal products, The OIE Regional Commission for the Americas recommends that : 1. The document presented by FAO to this 15th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas be considered as a preliminary proposal to be improved upon by the suggestions of countries of the region to be received within a delay of 60 days in order to make the necessary adjustments. 2. FAO be confirmed as Technical Secretariat of the Continental Plan with the responsibility of collecting the suggestions from member countries in view of the elaboration of a final document, which will be submitted to the countries no later than 60 days after reception of the suggestions. |
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A meeting of the Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Consultative Group will be held at FAO headquarters in Rome from 24 to 26 October 2000.
The meeting will review the progress made in CBPP control in Africa and will establish recommendations for future strategies in countries where the disease is endemic.
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The EMPRES Rift Valley fever video is now available in French. It was translated and produced in the framework of a regional Technical Cooperation Programme project (TCP/RAF/8931) which is setting up a Rift Valley fever early warning system in Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
A booklet on the disease and a poster have also been produced and will be distributed to the countries participating in the project.