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GF-TADs for Europe Steering Committee meeting EU Rabies Projects: Progress report AFSCA - Brussels – January 8-9, 2013
GF-TADs for Europe Steering Committee meeting
EU Rabies Projects:
Progress report
AFSCA - Brussels – January 8-9, 2013
1992 2000 Europe – sylvatic rabies distribution
1992 2009 Europe – sylvatic rabies distribution
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Rabies in the EU Member States
• Oral vaccination (ORV) in 13 MS:
• News in 2013:
• Austria discontinued ORV
• Italy and Estonia declared freedom
• Greece introducing ORV
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Rabies in the EU Member States
• Rabies situation in MS in 2013:
•15 MS: No indigenous rabies cases no ORV
•5 MS: No cases but preventive ORV in place
•3 MS: Few cases due to reintroduction from borders, preventive ORV in place
•5 MS: Rabies endemic in part or whole territory
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Rabies in the EU Member States
• Funding to MS:
•75% since 2010 – continuing
•About 21 million € allocated to activities in Member States for 2013
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Veterinary fund expenditure for rabies
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• Reintroductions of rabies through borders
• Wildlife reservoir – Does not respect borders
action also in bordering countries needed
External EU rabies projects
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Rabies Projects outside the EU
Veterinary fund (only for protection of Member States)
Enlargement (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance)
Kaliningrad eradication plan
Western Balkans projects (rabies+CSF)
ORV zones along the NE borders
Turkey rabies projects
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• Russia – Kaliningrad
– Cooperation started in 2007
– Since 2009 direct funding
– Bi-annual campaigns started since 2010
Recent results:
No cases in regions of Poland and Lithuania in 2013 bordering Kaliningrad
Continuous drop of detected cases in Kaliningrad
Rabies – Areas bordering the EU
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• Russia – Kaliningrad
– Current grant expiring in mid-2014
– To consider the need for possible extension
Rabies – Areas bordering the EU
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Neighbouring countries on the NE of EU:
EU finances vaccination along the borders:
100% funding for vaccines and distribution
Financed through the programmes of the neighbouring Member States Requires bilateral agreements between countries
Rabies – Areas bordering the EU
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Neighbouring countries on the NE of EU:
2013:
Russia: areas bordering s. Finland
Belarus: areas bordering Lithuania & Latvia
Ukraine: areas bordering Poland
For 2014 willing to expand to:
Other risk border areas of the RF (Pskov region)
Areas of Belarus bordering Poland
Rabies – Areas bordering the EU
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia Russian Federation
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania Hungary
Slovakia
Finland Vaccination zones in NE neighbours
Western Balkans IPA projects
• ~11 M€ annually foreseen for rabies
• 7 National Projects: • Oral vaccination • Awareness campaigns • Technical assistance
• 1 Multi-beneficiary Project: • Coordination – Trans-country network • Details in presentation for CSF
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV Spring 2010
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV Autumn 2010
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV Spring 2011
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV Autumn 2010
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Albania
ORV Spring 2012
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Kosovo Monte-negro
FYR Macedonia
Albania
ORV Spring 2014
Western Balkans Rabies - Evolution
• State of play:
• 6 countries started and continue ORV
• Albania to start soon
• Significant reduction of cases
Western Balkans Rabies - Evolution
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Serbia
Croatia
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
FYR Macedonia
Western Balkans Rabies - Evolution
Western Balkans Rabies
• Future:
• Continue IPA support for ORV till eradication
• Reinforce passive surveillance
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