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INSIDEGREP technical consultation 2002 African swine fever again threatens Ghana's pig industry FAO EMPRES LIVESTOCK EXPERT CONSULTATION Training course on emerging animal health issues identification and analysis FMD in the United Kingdom - Royal Society enquiry on infectious diseases in livestock CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND COLLABORATING CENTRES FAO/OIE World Reference Laboratory for FMD, Pirbright, UK The future of RADISCON phase two |
GREP TECHNICAL CONSULTATION 2002
A meeting of the steering committee of the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) was held in Rome from 30 September to 2 October 2002. The GREP Secretary reported to the meeting that in the two years since the last meeting rinder-pest had been con-firmed and reported to the Organisation mondiale de la santé animale (OIE - also known as the World Organization for Animal Health) only in two farms near Karachi in Sindh Province of Pakistan (the most recent in October 2000) and in African buffaloes in Meru National Park in central Kenya in early-to-mid 2001. The absence of rinderpest from recent emergencies and disasters is remarkable and presents a very different situation from the one that existed less than a decade ago. It is evident that significant progress has been made in the past two years. AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN GHANAAfter more than three years of absence, African swine fever unfortunately reappeared in the Northern Region of Ghana in September 2002. As of December 2002, an estimated 7 061 pigs had been reported dead as a result of the disease, while an estimated 1 743 had been slaughtered and consumed by their owners. The outbreak in the Zabzugu district was probably introduced from Togo, where an outbreak is said to have occurred in Bassare, a town situated about 30 km from the Ghana-Togo border. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FAO-EMPRES EXPERT CONSULTATIONThe Sixth Expert Consultation on the Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal Diseases (EMPRES)-Livestock Programme was held in Rome from 2 to 4 October 2002. Its theme, "Implementing EMPRES in an environment of weakening public veterinary services", was chosen in view of the current situation in which outbreaks of transboundary animal diseases have increased and have become difficult to control because of weakened public veterinary services, especially in developing countries. The issue covers the period July to December 2002. |
