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Regional Representation for the Middle East Activities of the OIE RR ME 2012 - 2013 12 conference of the OIE Regional Commission Amman – Jordan 23 – 26 September 2013 Ghazi YEHIA Regional Representative

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Activities of the OIE RR ME 2012 - 2013

12 conference of the OIE Regional Commission Amman – Jordan 23 – 26 September 2013 Ghazi YEHIA

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Objectives:

• To reinforce Veterinary Services capacities to control and manage animal diseases, notably trans-boundary diseases.

• The RR is also involved in harmonizing regulation to the regional trade of animal and animal products, improving animal diseases information system, strengthening collaboration with regional and international organisations, holding conferences and seminars that will help to target specific issues related to animal and public health, promoting the establishment of a network of regional reference laboratories and coordinating their activities.

• Collaboration is also reinforced with other organisations, especially FAO, WHO and AU-IBAR.

• In 2012/2013 the RR was working on the organization of the 12th Regional Conference for the Middle East to be held in Amman Jordan 23-26 September 2013 .

• The FMD control pathway in the region was also a main pillar in the activities this year . Two subgroup meetings were organised in Beirut and Dubai, and a plan of action has been described in compliance with the recommendations of the global conference on FMD in Bangkok.

• Inter-regional Seminar on RVF and trade mitigation, jointly with the Eastern African SRR has been held in Mombasa and a sub regional meeting on LSD in Larnaca, both to discuss special sanitary events that challenges the region.

• The RR also addressed assistance to countries requesting twinning process with parent OIE reference laboratories.

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HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE RR

• THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICES MOVED IN JUNE 2012 TO A NEW BUILDING OWNED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN LEBANON.

• THE PERSONNEL OF THE RR IS ACTUALLY REDUCED DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF BOTH DR P.PRIMOT AND THE I.T. HANY IMAM.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

• THE ARRIVAL OF PROF. VINCENZO CAPORALE AS SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION WAS AN ADDED VALUE TO ITS ACTIVITIES.

PROF. CAPORALE HAS PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN THE PLANNING OF MAJOR PROGRAMMES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE REGION.

• DR JOSEPH DOMENECH ALSO WAS WITH GREAT HELP TO THE RR WORK ESPECIALLY IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2 FMD MEETINGS IN BEIRUT AND DUBAI AND THE LSD ONE IN LARNACA.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME REPORT

• Plan of action based on Animal Health Situation

• Countries of the region were aware of the endemic situation of many countries in the region related to major diseases and raised several suggestions to coordinate the surveillance and control of these diseases.

• The priority diseases identified in the region were:

FMD: A project plan for the control of FMD in the Asian countries of the Middle East has been established and presented to the RC meeting in Dubai 26 of April 2012. It includes a first phase the organization of meetings for evaluation of countries PCP stages, and surveillance and diagnostic capabilities of their national laboratories.

The project aims to assist countries to reach an intermediate target of applying to OIE for official endorsement of their surveillance programs.

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Coordination time table ME POOL 1

• 1- 2012: 18 December : Beirut Stages assessment – FMD control roadmap • 3- 2014: February : Beirut • Progress evaluation of national surveillance program

Stages assessment – Hot spots risk mitigation • 4- 2014: May/June : Paris/Cairo Progress evaluation of implementation results • 5- 2015: January : Beirut Stages assessment – Regional harmonization –trade control • 6- 2015: April : Bahrain ME regional conference on FMD – Application for official recognition

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Coordination time table ME POOL 2

• 1- 2013: 8 April : Dubai (UAE)

Stages assessment – FMD control roadmap

• 2- 2014: April: Doha-Qatar

• Progress evaluation of national surveillance program

Stages assessment – Hot spots risk mitigation

• 3- 2014: May/June : Paris

Progress evaluation of implementation results

• 4- 2015: April : Dubai (UAE)

Stages assessment – Regional harmonization –trade control

• 5- 2015: April : Bahrain

ME regional conference on FMD – Application for official recognition

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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME REPORT (CNT)

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR): The disease is present in several parts of the region. It is important that countries at risk deploy control measures, such as precautions at the border, quarantine, movement controls within the country, and reinforced vaccination, to contain /prevent the introduction of the disease. The OIE RR for the Middle East will closely follow the national plans for surveillance of this disease and two sub regional meetings on PPR will be organized early 2014 in Beirut and Doha to review a common strategy. Brucellosis the OIE RR continues to organize technical assistance and capacity building for the surveillance and control of Brucellosis in the region. The accreditation of Pendik laboratory in Turkey, and the twinning process for Brucellosis in UAE are two important steps in this regard.

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Bluetongue: The introduction of a new BT serotypes has to be addressed by Veterinary Authorities by adapting the measures according to the epidemiological situation (e.g. vaccination, stamping out, quarantine).

• As a first step, Lebanon and Tunisia collaborated successfully with the reference laboratory in Theramo on this issue. A regional strategy for the control of BT will be a priority in 2014.

Equine diseases: The re-emergence of glanders in the region urged the OIE RR to organize a regional conference on Glanders in Dubai April 2012 where recommendations on a regional action has been proposed and a multiple actions for the surveillance of equine diseases and the control of the horse movement will be considered in the year to come. Training course on diagnostic of the 5 major equine diseases in collaboration with Palermo, to be launched soon.

Inter regional conference on movement of horses and quarantine procedures is to be hosted by UAE back to back with the Dubai world cup in march 2014.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME REPORT (CNT)

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African Horse Sickness

• A questionnaire was sent to member countries to apply for official recognition of historically free status from African Horse Sickness. The followings obtained the FS: .

• Africa: Algeria, Tunisia.

• Middle East: Cyprus, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Turkey.

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Rift Valley Fever

This disease, with zoonotic aspects, is a major importance in

the region and causes restrictions on trade on animals and animal products to the Middle East countries.

• An interregional seminar to discuss updates of the prevalence of RVF in the region and in the neighbourhood has been organized jointly with the SRR of East Africa in Mombasa-Kenya, November 2012.

• A follow up of the recommendations of this seminar will be approached regionally with the assistance of relevant organizations under the umbrella of GF-TADs.

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Strengthening Veterinary Services

• The OIE RC and RR will continue to work towards strengthening the technical

capacities, management, legislation and the overall good governance of VS of the member countries. A serie of focal points seminars in the fields of Animal Welfare, Animal Production food Safety, Aquatic Animal Diseases, Veterinary Medicinal Products , Wildlife were and will be organised , in 2012/2013.

• The regional representation is providing assistance to members to request gap analysis and follow-up missions to complement the findings of the PVS reports already accomplished in all countries of the middle east.

• In this regard, • Jordan and Yemen have applied for gaps analysis, • Iraq is requesting a PVS mission, • Iran is requesting laboratories evaluation mission • Lebanon/Italy signed a collaboration agreement .

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Improving national laboratories capabilities

• In the Middle East, there is a lack of OIE Reference Laboratories. There are many endemic diseases in the region and Reference Laboratories would be of good support to surveillance activities.

• IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ON-GOING OIE TWINNING PROJECTS WORLDWIDE, PROJECTS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN COUNTRIES OF THE REGION COVERING MAJOR DISEASES PREVAILING IN THE REGION BESIDE ISSUES OF GREAT CONCERNS SUCH AS FOOD SAFETY AND ANIMAL WELFARE. THE RR IS FOLLOWING ALL REQUESTS IN THIS SUBJECT IN 2012/2013.

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Country candidate Subject Parent laboratory Actions taken

UAE Brucellosis FLI Jena-Germany

in process

Yemen RVF OVI/SA To be started

Lebanon Bluetongue Theramo Final phase

Oman Rabies OVI/SA To be confirmed

KSA FMD Pirbright pending

Syria and Lebanon Food Safety Theramo cc To be launched

Kuwait PPR CIRAD In request

Yemen Bees diseases Germany In request

Iran FMD Evaluation To be confirmed

Qatar CCPP/Risk Analysis Italy To be confirmed

Jordan Education(JUST-RVC) UK To be started

Assistance to member countries in the twinning process

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Assistance to member countries

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PROPOSALS FOR 2014.

• RISK ANALYSIS PLANS: TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A CYCLE OF WORKSHOPS ON RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A RISK ANALYSIS OR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT IN EACH REGIONAL COUNTRY.

• EQUINE DISEASES: A TRAINING COURSE ON 5 EQUINE DISEASES (AHS, EIA,EVA, DOURINE AND GLANDERS) DIAGNOSTIC METHODS WILL BE ORGANISED IN PALERMO (SICILY) FOR 20 DAYS AND FOR 10 PARTICIPANTS. THE INDIVIDUAL COST IS ESTIMATED FOR 4500 EUROS. AFTER REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS ONLINE, THE DATE WILL BE CONFIRMED.

• CAMEL DISEASES WILL ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL STRATEGY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THE STRATEGY WILL CONSIST ON IDENTIFICATION OF THE DISEASES PREVAILING IN THE REGION WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE COLLABORATING CENTRE IN THERAMO ( ITALY) AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL LAB ON THESE DISEASES IN A GCC COUNTRY WILL BE MORE THAN NEEDED. THE RR WILL PROPOSE HOLDING A REGIONAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE. QATAR IS PROPOSED TO HOST THIS CONFERENCE IN 2014.

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Animal Welfare Strategy

• In order to reach the objective of a Regional Animal Welfare Strategy, it was suggested that the Regional Commission has discussions on the different components of a plan to address animal welfare needs in the Region. Such plan could include the issuance of a national legislation for the animal welfare, supporting animal welfare Focal Points, the involvement of religious authorities, the establishment of an animal welfare working group and a board or congress for the animal welfare including the Delegates of the region and representative from the NGOs, private sector, donors, and other stakeholders, among others activities.

• A regional working group has been formed and is working to set a regional strategy to be presented and discussed during a regional meeting/12 conference .

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ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE REPRESENTATION (RR) IN 2012/ 2013

Activity Date and Venue

Regional Conference on Glanders

Dubai, UAE, 23-25 April 2012

GF-TADs RSC for the ME,

Dubai, UAE, 26 April 2012

Inter-regional conference on RVF

Mombasa, 13-15 Nov 2012

OIE focal points seminar on animal welfare

Beirut 4-6 Dec 2012

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ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE REPRESENTATION (RR) IN 2012/ 2013

Activity Date and Venue

Sub regional FMD PCP for East Mediterranean

Beirut 18 December 2012

Sub regional OIE meeting on LSD and other vector borne diseases.

Larnaca 28 February 2013

Sub regional FMD progressive pathway for GCC + Yemen

Dubai 8 April 2013

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ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE REPRESENTATION (RR) IN 2013

Activity Date and Venue Venue

Focal Point Seminar on Aquatic Animal Diseases

13-15 August 2013, Byblos (Lebanon),

Regional Conference 12th

Amman (Jordan), 23-26 September 2013

Focal Point Seminar on Veterinary Medicinal Products

Algiers (Algeria), 1-4 October 2013

Focal Point Seminar on Wildlife

Gaborone, 13-15 November 2013

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Provisions for 2014

Activity Date and Venue

Focal Point Seminar on Animal Production Food Safety

Abu Dhabi, January 2014

Sub Regional meeting on PPR and FMD

Beirut, February 2014

Inter regional seminar on horse movement

Dubai, March 2014

Sub Regional meeting on PPR and FMD

Doha, February 2014

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Translated Documents

(OIE)مطبوعات منظمة الصحة الحيوانية

2013للعام هنا إضغط

الفهرس

Periodicals الدورية النشرات

03 المعايير الدولية International Standards

12 النشرات الدورية Periodicals

26 مجالت أخرى Other periodicals

29 الفنية الدراسات Technical series

33 أبحاث ذات الموضوع الواحد Thematic Publications

44 دراسات Proceedings

63 مقاالت قيد التحضير Forthcoming titles

79-65 األسعار والتوزيع والشراء List and prices

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Website – English/Arabic

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CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

• 2012/2013 VIEWED MORE INVOLVEMENT OF MEMBER COUNTRIES IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION. THE RC BUREAU FELT MORE CONCERNED TO FIND FUNDING SUPPORT FROM POTENTIAL REGIONAL DONORS TO IMPLEMENT SEVERAL PROJECTS MENTIONED IN THE ACTION PLAN, MAINLY:

• THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF FMD PLAN IS IN PROGRESS IN THE REGION WITH A AN INTERMEDIATE GOAL TO APPLY FOR OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF CONTROL PROGRAMS BEFORE 2017.

• OTHER PROJECTS COVERING SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF MAJOR ANIMAL DISEASES IN THE REGION NAMELY RVF, BRUCELLOSIS, PPR, EQUINE AND CAMEL DISEASES HAVE BEEN TACKLED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RR FOR THIS YEAR AND THE YEARS TO COME.

• The OIE RR will also continue to work towards strengthening the technical capacities, management, legislation and the overall good governance of Veterinary Services of the Member Countries, it will continue to support and assist delegates and focal points in their different field activities.

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