Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
Components of the Global Plan of Actions for Components of the Global Plan of Actions for RinderpestRinderpest
Paul RossiterPaul RossiterFAO Rinderpest Secretariat,FAO Rinderpest Secretariat,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
The Global Plan of Action for rinderpestis also the
Global Preparedness Plan for rinderpest
is also the
International Preparedness Plan for rinderpest
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
What is in the Global Plan of Action for Rinderpest?Preparedness at three levels 1.International preparedness plans
FAO and OIE
2.Regional preparedness plansAfrica: AU-IBAR Others?
•National preparedness plansOIE website:
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
What is in the Global Plan of Action for Rinderpest? BUT IN PRACTISEPreparedness at three levels 1.National preparedness plans
OIE website:
2.Regional preparedness plansAfrica: AU-IBAR Others?
3.International preparedness plansFAO and OIE
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– Clear vision of what must be done– Clear responsibilities – Clear operational SOPs– Resources– Advice– Expertise– Should it be triggered automatically? if so – how?– How will it coordinate and function between all three
levels?– What do countries want?
What should be the components
of a GPA for rinderpest?
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Operational arrangements
–Responsibilities and command structures–Consultative Committee–Control centres
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Vaccine strategic reserves
Must be sufficientMust be high quality and fully trustedMust be immediately accessible when neededEveryone must understand the trigger for release
Yours thoughts on all these issues are welcome
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DiagnosticsWhich diagnostic tests are available and could be used?Which diagnostic tests are recommended and should be used?
Non-infectious testsWhere should they be used?
Reference centres? In-country? What will the results from certain tests mean?
No ambiguity
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Plans and planning •Action plans
– No need to think – just do• A,B,C etc.
•Resources– Human, Material, Financial
•Other actors•Training
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ResourcesMust be arranged in advanceMust be available immediatelyEverything must be thought through and included in the planFunds are important …. As well as the toolsTrained and skilled manpower
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SOPs•Immediate steps to take if rinderpest is suspected•Confirmation of a laboratory confirmed case of rinderpest•Culling and disposal of carcasses, decontamination•Vaccination•Surveillance•etc
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Information
• FAO Website Hard copy Leaflets/brochures/posters
Apps Video
• OIE• National plans
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FAO Animal Health Manuals and Guides, some with IAEA, with WRLR, and with AU-IBAR
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
Resource materials for managing risk•OIE Terrestrial Code
– Chapter 1.4 Animal health surveillance– Chapter 4.13 General recommendations on disinfection
and disinsection– Chapter 5.8 International transfer and laboratory
containment of animal pathogens– Chapter 8.14 Infection with rinderpest virus
•Website – Animal Health in the World– Disease Emergency preparedness
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• Do we need people that know rinderpest?• Need a list (getting shorter by the year) of
people who have seen and worked with rinderpest and can advise what to do
• Do we need people (not just reference labs) that can carry out diagnostics
• Do we need people trained in vaccine delivery (continuing PPR vaccination will be very useful for this)
Expertise
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
Training and awareness raising
• Never letting the animal health profession forget rinderpest
• Maintaining a critical knowledge about rinderpest• Ensuring trained surveillance and diagnostics• Strengthening livestock owner – animal health
interaction at the front line
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Simulation exercises• National• Regional• Global
• They have to be budgeted for and can be expensive
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Guidelines on recovering rinderpest freedom
•Already done– OIE Code
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Global Plan of ActionWhere are we
We must have it
Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy
Global Plan of ActionWhere are we
We must have itWe need support
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Thank you
