Second Workshop of the Central Asian Animal Health Network (CAAHN)

Participating countries:

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan

Background: FAO, through its regional office for Europe and Central Asia and in collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) launched in November 2019 the Central Asia Animal Health Network (CAAHN).

Regional animal health networks offer a framework for building strong technical capacity, competency, leadership and a critical mass of regionally networked specialists. The Central Asian Animal Health Network (CAAHN) will join forces to: 1) facilitate information exchange and experience; 2) standardize laboratory, field prevention/control, operating, communication and other procedures; 3) harmonize policies and approaches in accordance with international standards; 4) identify gaps, weaknesses and priorities; and 5) fulfill these gaps, e.g. by providing training, capacity building. Perhaps most importantly, CAAHN is meant to act as an umbrella to streamline, coordinate and avoid overlapping of all initiatives and projects (by international agencies and countries) related to animal health and One Health in Central Asia.

The second meeting of the network will take place in a hybrid format that allows both face-to-face and virtual participation.

Language: English with simultaneous translation to Russian

Objectives:

• Discuss and evaluate the activities conducted by countries and partners since CAAHN establishment;
• Epidemiology and Laboratory Network’s prioritization of actions for the next two years;
• Identify common challenges and gaps based on Surveillance Evaluation Tool, Laboratory Mapping Tool, Brucellosis missions’ assessments;
• Discuss the sustainability of the Network;
• Provide recommendations.

Participants:

• Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan
• Representatives from FAO, OIE, World Health Organization (WHO), European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD), plus global and regional partners.

Three participants per country (Chief Veterinary Officer plus the epidemiology and laboratory focal points).