Developing national emergency prevention systems for transboundary animal diseases (FAO animal production and health paper - 137)













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Developing national emergency prevention systems for transboundary animal diseases

FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH PAPER

137

Report of the FAO Expert Consultation on Development of the Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES) (Livestock Diseases Programme) and Review of the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP)

Rome, Italy, 14-16 July 1997

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1. Introduction

1.1. Introduction
1.2. Opening address

2. Summary

2.1. Developing national EMPRES
2.2. Review of the GREP activities in Africa
2.3. Review of the GREP activities in Asia
2.4. Managing the transition from vaccination to sustainable and verifiable freedom from rinderpest

3. Recommendations

3.1. EMPRES thematic issues
3.2. Disease information systems for EMPRES
3.3. Progress towards rinderpest eradication in Africa
3.4. Progress towards rinderpest eradication in Asia
3.5. Managing the transition from vaccination to sustainable and verifiable freedom from rinderpest
3.6. Performance indicators
3.7. Rinderpest diagnosis, vaccines and surveillance
3.8. EMPRES resource needs
3.9. EMPRES Expert Consultation of 1998

4. Proceedings

4.1. Developing the EMPRES programme

4.1.1. Follow up to the World Food Summit Commitment
4.1.2. Impact of epidemic diseases on food security and trade
4.1.3. The EMPRES global network
4.1.4. EMPRES transboundary animal disease information system
4.1.5. Objectives of EMPRES at the national level
4.1.6. EMPRES functions at the global level
4.1.7. EMPRES functions at the regional level
4.1.8. EMPRES functions at the national level
4.1.9. The role of the farming communities in EMPRES functions
4.1.10. Developing EMPRES units within national veterinary services
4.1.11. Donor support to national and regional EMPRES initiatives

4.2. Developing the GREP

4.2.1. The Blueprint for Africa: progress towards eradication
4.2.2. The Blueprint for Asia: progress towards eradication
4.2.3. When to stop vaccinating
4.2.4. How to stop vaccinating
4.2.5. How to validate a rinderpest disease-free status when vaccination ends
4.2.6. How to validate a rinderpest infection-free status when vaccination ends
4.2.7. Performance indicators
4.2.8. Emergency preparedness
4.2.9. Risk analysis
4.2.10. Sanitary Cordons

Appendix 1. Agenda for the expert consultation

Appendix 2. Report on the implementation of the recommendations of the 1996 EMPRES-livestock expert consultation

Appendix 3. The implications for EMPRES of the Rome declaration on world food security and the world food summit plan of action

Appendix 4. Development of EMPRES at the national level. The Concept

Appendix 5. Suggested 'clusters' of countries

Appendix 6. List of experts and FAO secretariat