The first FMD roadmap meeting for the SADC Member States was held from 11-13 September 2017, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The objectives of the meeting were sharing of information on FMD circulating virus and assessing the progress on FMD control in the region. The meeting deliberated on the challenges facing the livestock sector in Southern Africa, and assessed the status of FMD control in each country, based on the FAO/OIE progressive Control pathway for FMD approach.

It was jointly organized by FAO and OIE – under the framework of the FAO/OIE Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs). The meeting was attended by Chief Veterinary Officers, Heads of Veterinary Epidemiology, and laboratory experts from 12 SADC Member States, and representatives from international and regional bodies, international reference laboratories and development partners.