Mombasa, Kenya.

Introduction
Animal trypanosomosis (AT) continues to be a major constraint to animal health and food security in most African countries. “Controlling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal Trypanosomosis” (COMBAT www.combat-project.eu) is a five-year project funded by the European Commission (EC) in the framework of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. COMBAT is coordinated by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), and it directly involves 21 institutions and 13 African countries affected by AT. The work package 5 (WP5 - Progressive control pathway (PCP) guidelines and national strategies) is led by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and within WP5 a major activity is to raise awareness on the PCP for AT by holding a continental workshop for priority affected countries.
The workshop, supported by the COMBAT project, is organised jointly by the African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and FAO as a collaborative activity within the framework of the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT) and the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC).
Objective of the Workshop
To promote the mainstreaming of the PCP into national strategies and policies against AT in Africa.
Specific Objectives
(i) To present the general principles of the PCP-AAT;
(ii) To discuss the economic burden of AT;
(iii) To discuss the draft PCP Guidelines;
(iv) To discuss a continental strategy;
(v) To discuss case studies from enzootic countries.
Participants
Sixty-five (65) participants. Comprised of 20 Member States (2 participants per endemic country: (1) the Chief veterinary officer (CVO)/Director of the Veterinary Services, and (2) the person/focal point in charge of AT within the Veterinary Services/competent Ministry; Regional Economic Communities (RECs); FAO, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); and Development partners.