fao’s commitment to maintaining global rinderpest freedom

Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest International Meeting • 20-22 January 2016 • Rome, Italy

FAO’s Commitment to maintaining Global FAO’s Commitment to maintaining Global Rinderpest FreedomRinderpest Freedom

Samia MetwallyAnimal health officer (Virology)Animal health officer (Virology)Animal Production and Health DivisionAnimal Production and Health DivisionRinderpest co-secretariatRinderpest co-secretariatFAO of the United NationsFAO of the United Nations


Content

• Global rinderpest eradication program• Current issues

• Post-eradication to maintain freedom


EradicationCollaboration between all partners

Member Countries

FAOGREP

OIEOIE PathwayValidate Dossiers

Submission of Dossiers

Assist activity implementations

RECs

Financial support by multiple donors


Last outbreaks of rinderpest in Asia, Europe and Middle East

Europe– Italy (Roma !!) 1949

Asia – Japan 1924– China 1956– Bangladesh 1958– Vietnam 1977– Mongolia 1992– India 1995– Pakistan 2000

Middle East– Saudi Arabia 1997– Iraq and Turkey 1996


2011 Declaration of Rinderpest Global Freedom


There is no longer room to doubt that Rinderpest has been eradicated from the world

Rinderpest virus is currently kept

in many laboratories in many countries


2011: Priorities of Post-Eradication1. approval of a minimum number of facilities for holding rinderpest virus and vaccine

2. develop a rinderpest virus sequestration policy

3. destroy rinderpest-virus containing material or store it in a minimum number of approved facilities

4. awareness raising and ensure secure handling of rinderpest virus-containing material

5. essential research projects- approved by FAO and OIE

6. adequate surveillance systems, national preparedness and non-infectious diagnostic tests

7. international preparedness plan

8. Joint advisory committee (JAC)


June 2012: Established FAO-OIE Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee and Rinderpest Secretariat


Moratorium on Rinderpest Virus

o FAO/OIE press releases: ‘call for countries to comply with moratorium on research using live virus’ (July 2012)

o FAO/OIE Press release: ‘Moratorium on using live rinderpest virus lifted for approved research’ (July 2013)


Established FAO-OIE rinderpest holding facilities


FAO Project (USA- funded 2015-16)

Objective 1: Increased coordination of rinderpest post-eradication activities and raising awareness

Objective 2: Increased sequestration and destruction of rinderpest virus

Objective 3: Disease surveillance systems at national, regional and global levels


- Raise public awareness for three target audiences• Livestock holders, wildlife handlers and community leaders• Governments (veterinary authorities and lab personnel)• Academia

• Regional community outreach- Africa and Asia

Communication and AdvocacyKeeping Rinderpest on the Radar Screen


Regional Community outreach• Regional Meeting for Africa, Sharm al Sheikh, Egypt 5-6 August

– 9 countries attended plus RHFs and international organizations, AU-IBAR– The five countries keeping the virus agreed to destroy or sequester their virus– All countries agree to work with FAO to raise awareness for rinderpest– Countries pledged to destroy and sequestrate the virus before 2018– Focal points for virus destruction and raising awareness– One country was reluctant to transfer their virus (now onboard)– New countries reported to keep vaccine stock


Facilitate and Encourage Virus Destruction and Sequestration

Facilitate virus sequestration and destruction Analyze questionnaire data (vaccine and wild-type virus) Develop Disease spread model – demonstrate the impact

Support to countries holding rinderpest virus:flexible support optionsExpert team missions; Africa and AsiaProcurement of laboratory consumables and equipment to enable destroying stocksTransfer of virus to the established FAO-OIE holding facilities

Equipment procured to support the FAO-OIE RHFs


FAO Support Virus Transfer/Destruction/ Facility Decontamination

• SOPs on virus destruction, shipping, lab decontamination• Facilitate shipping and freight cost• Provide biosafety/biosecurity training on site• Deploy experts team for assistance• Provide equipment (i.e.) biosafety cabinet and/or portable

autoclave

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Countries destroyed or sequestered their virus stock in 2015

– Botswana: • Two shipments of vaccine virus seed to to Botswana to FAO-OIE RHF at

AU-PANVAC- long process 8 months to complete

– Australia: • Destroyed their stock last month

– Sudan: • Final arrangements to ship their stock to AU-PANVAC


Disease surveillance systems at national, regional and global levels

Detect and report any emergence of rinderpestInclude rinderpest in the differential diagnosis

and rule out with look alike diseasesDisease recognition


Areas that need support…• Continue virus destruction and sequestration efforts USD160,000

• Post Rinderpest eradication outreach and education USD60,000

• International Preparedness Plan – Funding to support a consultant on its development USD30,000– Convene a stakeholders’ consultation on emergency funding USD50,000– Conduct national simulation exercises in high-risk regions USD 120,000

• Vaccine production, regional vaccine banks– Develop a policy and strategy for providing vaccine in the case of an outbreak (type,

doses, geographic locations, mechanism of activation and delivery, etc) USD20,000– Secure funding for vaccine stockpile USD 1 Million

• Manage and deploy a non-infectious diagnostic tool USD200,000

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