2nd East African Roadmap Meeting on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Progressive Control Pathway (FMD-PCP)
Kigali, Rwanda,
The second Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Progressive Control Pathway (PCP) Roadmap Meeting for Eastern Africa took place at UMUBANO Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda from 20 to 22 October 2014. The meeting was organized within the framework of the FAO and OIE Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) with technical support from the FMD European Secretariat (EuFMD) and in collaboration with the government of Rwanda.
Representatives from 11 countries and participants representing IGAD, AU-IBAR, AU-PANVAC,OIE, BVI2, MERIALand FAO attendedthe meeting.The meeting was officially opened byDr. Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, Director General of Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)f ollowing remarks from Dr.Theogen Rutagwenda, OIE Delegate for Rwanda and Mr.Attaher Maiga, FAO Representative in Rwanda.