GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for the 18th OIE America’s Conference

Florianopolis, Brazil Nov 30th, 2006Sebastião Costa Guedes

GIEFA Chairman

Hemispheric Conference for the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Houston, TX., March 2004 with sponsorship of the PAHO and USDA.

FAO,IDB,IICA,OIE,OIRSA,WB,WHO,WTO participants .

“Houston Declaration”. GIEFA Group (12 members/6 COHEFA’s regions

+4 members Par, Bol, Equa and Venez. from public and private sectors).

Plan of Action for 5 years: 2006-2010.

Plan GIEFA

US$48.323.000 for five year project, it means US$ 9.665.000 /year (original budget);

These resources should be complementary to nationals FMD eradication projects;

Resources come from donors or sponsors as well from solicited loans;

Donors or sponsors can choice theirs partners to receive and to manage the funds;

Possible resources public or private from FMD free areas(PL 480 USA).

Plan GIEFA

GIEFA will be responsible to analyze the regional plans, the schedule of activities and the chronogram of investments to give his approval to the donors.

The follow-up of the investments and tasks can be made by GIEFA too, if desirable by the donors.

Objective and Final Goal Of PHEFA.

Eradication of the FMD, untill the year 2010;

Preventing the disease from entering free areas in the Continent;

Strenghtening the zoosanitary infraestructure of the countries in the region;

Integration Public and Private.

GIEFA ACTIONS PLAN Harmonize control/eradication actions, by:

– Strengthening local level structures;– Integrating livestock owners, industry and public sector;– Creating Joint multinational programs on risk border

areas– Strengthening of regional institutions; – Laboratory Improvement – High security lab at

PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO; – Prevention and Epidemiological Surveillance.

GIEFA’s Priority ZonesVenezuela

Ecuador

River Amazonas banks+unknown risk zones northern BrasilBorder Brasil-

Bolivia

Chaco:ARG-BOL-PAR

Border Brasil-Paraguai

THE BEST MOMENT FOR THE ERADICATION OF FMD IS NOW !

The outbreaks had drastic reduction;Problem persists in very delimited

critical areas;There is strong motivation for the

private sector to cooperate due the great losses with the last outbreaks.

FMD EVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH AMERICA (1976-2005)

year outbreaks

1976 160871980 114601985 49171995 18462001 43672003 782004 962005 86

Colombia: 8- 0 - 2 - 1- 0

Ecuador: 108 - 6 - 42 - 23 - 7

Peru: 0 - 0 - 0 - 26 - 0

Bolívia: 88 - 9 - 19 - 0 - 0

Venezuela: 9 - 52 - 34 - 13 - 7

Guyanas: Free

Brasil: 0 - 0 - 0 - 39 -1

Paraguay: 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0

Uruguay: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

Chile:Free Argentina: 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 2

* Untill October 2006

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASEOUTBREAKS in SOUTH AMERICA 2002-

2006*

FMD OUTBREAKS SOUTH AMERICA, 2005-2006

FMD OUTBREAKS, PER ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT

Focos de Fiebre Aftosa Sud Américapor Unidad Adminisrativa. 2005

9 to 15 (2)3 to 9 (2)2 (6)1 (4)0 (228)

2006

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDSFMD Programs

South America, 1990-2005 (US$)

FMD Regionalization, South America, March, 2006After May 06,OIE gave aproval for south of Pará

Free without vaccinationFree with vaccination No libreStatus temporally suspended*

*Brazil: PR,SP,MG,GO,BA,RJ,ES,SE,MS,MT,TO,DFArgentina: North of Paralel 42

GIEFA : Last Actions 2006

March- meeting in S.Paulo with meat exporters and cattlemen’s leadership of Mercosul.

Proposal- US$ 5 /Ton exported bovine meat to support the 5years plan(US$ 48,323 tsd).

Reactions to the Proposal

Argentina and Brazil in principle were in favour, but they asked for more details about the plans for each region.

Argentina had legal restrictions to export at that moment. Now the situation is better, but not normal.

GIEFA: NEW BUDGET TOTAL FOR THE 5 YEARS OF THE PLAN

Region Budget (thousands)Chaco – Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay (International funds only for Bolivia and Paraguay)

US$ 2,992

Amazon River– Brazil (only Brazilians funds)

US$ 3,953

Brazil/Bolivia Border area (International funds only for Bolivia)

US$ 7,534

Brazil/ Paraguay Border area(International funds only for Paraguay)

US$ 10,380

Ecuador (International funds) US$ 9,661Venezuela – not budgeted so far...(only Venezuelan funds)Total US$ 34,520

GIEFA: FOLLOWING ACTIONS

The new budget will be discussed with the private sector of the region.

(International resources will be received only to assist the regions or countries in need of our continent: Bolivia, Equador and Paraguay).

Venezuela will be visited and invited to integrate the plan.

GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

They prefer to have freedom to choice theirs partners for the donation or sponsorship;

They are not in accordance with the management of the resources only by the governments or international institutions;

They agree that the institutions should be payed by theirs services but with a previous negociation.

Building alliances for an America free of

Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD)

GIEFA