Foot-and-mouth disease roadmap meetings are organized under the umbrella of the FAO/OIE Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs), by its FMD Working Group, with the technical support from the European Commission for the control of FMD (EuFMD). Participants include Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs)/OIE Delegates and national laboratory and epidemiology focal points (experts) engaged in FMD control programmes, FAO regional and national representatives, OIE Regional and Sub-Regional representatives, representatives from regional bodies and from the OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory Network for FMD.  

To date, two FMD roadmap meetings for the West Africa region have been held (in 2016 and in 2019). During the most recent meeting (final report available here), a Regional Advisory Group was elected for a three-year term consisting of CVOs/OIE Delegates (or their representatives) of Ghana (Chair), Mali, and Guinea Bissau, and the RESEPI (Ghana) and RESOLAB (Ghana) coordinators. 

West Africa belongs to the FMDV Pool 5 (map here). Foot–and mouth disease is endemic in all continental countries of West Africa and four different FMD virus serotypes circulate: O, A, SAT 1 and SAT 2.