Second Regional Meeting of the Veterinary Epidemio-Surveillance Network (REPIVET) - Porto, Portugal 23 July 2010

The chiefs of the veterinary epidemiology units within the REMESA member countries, or their officially nominated representatives, together with experts from FAO-ECTAD-NA and OIE-SRO-NA, participated in this meeting in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Portugal. The meeting was chaired by Morocco and Portugal (REPIVET co-presidents).

The first session was dedicated to provide an overview of the I REPIVET meeting held in Rabat and the II REMESA Action Plan presented in Saragossa. A situation update of the REPIVET activities developed since Rabat’s meeting, as well as a draft proposal of the REPIVET‘s working programme for the second semester of 2010, were also presented and discussed. The second session was dedicated to share member countries veterinary epidemio-surveillance experiences throughout technical presentations.

The organization of the next REPIVET Regional meeting was also discussed and the development of the meeting recommendations was undertaken during the last session.