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PROGRESSREPORT2010

World Organisation for Animal HealthSUB-REGIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

Gaborone • Botswana

Angola | Botswana | Democratic Republic of Congo | Lesotho | Madagascar | Malawi | MauritiusMozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Tanzania | Zambia | Zimbabwe

OIE Focal points for notification of aquatic diseases during a training course on WAHIS implementation in Gaborone, Botswana (September)

Visit of OIE Delegates to the BMC export abattoir in Lobatse, Botswana (March)

The OIE Delegate from Lesotho receives the certificate of country-freedom from FMD. Paris, France (May)

OIE Focal point for wildlife from Eritrea during a field visit in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania (March)

Giraffe, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Botswana (January)

Prof. Dr. Gerry Swan during the meeting of Deans of Veterinary Schools and Faculties in Pretoria, South Africa (July)

OIE Focal points for aquatic animal diseases during a visit to an offshore oyster farm in Walvisbay, Namibia (June)

Kate Glynn addressing a meeting on the emerging pandemic threats programme. WHO-AFRO, Brazzaville, Congo (June)

Trout aquaculture at the DIFS of Rhodes University in Grahams-town, South Africa (August)

COVER PICTURES

OIE SRR SA | Progress Report 2010

Acronyms :

AAHRI Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute [Thailand]AAHS Aquatic Animal Health ServicesACP Africa,Caribbean,Pacific[EDF]ADSL AsymmetricDigitalSubscriberLineAFB AmericanFoulbroodAFD AgenceFrançaisedeDéveloppement[France]AfDB AfricanDevelopmentBankAFRO AfricaRegionalHeadquarters[WHO]AHID AnimalHealthInformationDepartment[OIE]ANMV AgenceNationaleduMédicamentVétérinaire[ANSES]ANSES AgenceNationaledeSécuritéSanitaire(formerlyAFSSA)[France]APHIS AnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService[USDA]ARC (Global)AllianceforRabiesControlARC Agricultural Research Council [South Africa]AU African UnionBMC BotswanaMeatCommissionBNVL BotswanaNationalVeterinaryLaboratoryBSC BiologicalStandardsCommission[OIE]BTOR BacktoOfficeReportBTSF BetterTrainingforSaferFood(programme)[DGSANCO]BVI BotswanaVaccineInstituteCAADP ComprehensiveAfricaAgricultureDevelopmentProgramme[AU]CAR Central African RepublicCBPP ContagiousBovinePleuro-PneumoniaCCHF Crimean-CongoHemorrhagicFeverCCPP ContagiousCaprinePleuro-PneumoniaCCTV closed – circuit televisionCCWHC CanadianCooperativeWildlifeHealthCentreCDC CentresforDiseasepreventionandControl[US]CEEAC CommunautéEconomiquedesEtatsdel’AfriqueCentraleCESME Centro Studi Malattie Esotiche [IZS]COMESA CommonMarketofEasternandSouthernAfricaCRVOI Centrederechercheetdeveillesurlesmaladiesémergentesdansl’OcéanIndienCTTBD CentreforTicksandTick-BorneDiseases[AU]CV Curriculum VitaeCVL CentralVeterinaryLaboratoryCVO ChiefVeterinaryOfficerDAFF DepartmentofAgricultureForestryandFisheries[SouthAfrica]DG-SANCO HealthandConsumerDirectorateGeneral[EC]DIFS DepartmentofIchtyologyandFisheriesScience[RU]DRC DemocraticRepublicofCongoEAC EastAfricanCommunityEC European Commission [EU]ECOWAS EconomicCommunityofWestAfricanStatesECTAD EmergencyCentreforTADs[FAO]EDF EuropeanDevelopmentFund[EC]EISC EpidemiologyandInformaticsSub-Committee[LTC]EISMV EcoleInter-étatsdeSciencesetMédicineVétérinairesEPT EmergingPandemicThreats[USAID]EU European UnionEUR EuroEUS epizooticulcerativesyndromeFANR Food,AgricultureandNaturalResourcesdirectorate[SADC]FANRPAN Food,AgricultureandNaturalResourcesPolicyAnalysisNetworkFAO FoodandAgriculturalOrganizationoftheUnitedNationsFI FisheriesDepartment[FAO]FIFA FédérationInternationaledeFootballAssociationFIGIS FisheriesGlobalInformationSystem[FAO]FMD FootandMouthDiseaseGALVmed GlobalAllianceforLivestockVeterinaryMedicinesGF-TAD GlobalFrameworkfortheprogressivecontrolofTADs[FAO&OIE]HACCP HazardAnalysis&CriticalControlPointsIBAR Inter-africanBureauforAnimalRessources[AU]ICP International Cooperation PartnersIFAH InternationalFederationforAnimalHealthIGAD Inter-GovernmentalAuthorityonDevelopmentIRCM IntegratedRegionalCoordinationMechanism[AU-IBAR]ISS IstitutoSuperioredeSanita[Italy]IZS IstitutoZooprofilatticoSperimentaledell’AbruzzoedelMolise[Italy]LDSC LaboratoryDiagnosisSub-Committee[LTC]LIMS LivestockInformationManagementSystem[SADC]LITS LivestockInformationandTraceabilitySystem[Botswana]LoA LetterofAgreementLTC LivestockTechnicalCommittee[SADC]


MAEE MinistèredesAffairesEtrangèresetEuropéennes[France]MFMR MinistryofFisheriesandMarineResources[Namibia]MITC MeatInspectionTrainingCentre[UB]MoU Memorandum of UnderstandingNEPAD NewPartnershipforAfrica’sDevelopment[AU]NVI NorwegianVeterinaryInstituteNVRI NigeriaVeterinaryResearchInstituteOIE WorldOrganisationforAnimalHealthOVI OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute[ARC]PANVAC PanAfricanVeterinaryVaccineCenter[AU]PCP ProgressiveControlPathway[FMD]PPR Peste des Petits RuminantsPVS PerformanceofVeterinaryServices[OIE]RAD RegionalActivitiesDepartment[OIE]RAHC Regional Animal Health CentreREC Regional Economic CommunitiesRIP RegionalIndicativeProgramme[EDF]RR Regional Representation [OIE]RR-AF RRforAfricaRU RhodesUniversity[SouthAfrica]RVF RiftvalleyfeverSA Southern AfricaSAA SouthAfricanAirwaysSAAHA South African Animal health AssociationSACIDS SouthernAfricanCentreforInfectiousDiseasesSurveillanceSADC SouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunitySADCAVEE SADCAssociationofVEESARNISSA SustainableAquacultureResourceNetworksinSubSaharanAfricaSASVEPM SouthernAfricanSocietyforVeterinaryEpidemiologyandPreventiveMedicineSAT SouthAfricaType[FMD]SAVC SouthAfricanVeterinaryCouncilSAX South African ExpressSCAD ScientificCommissionforAnimalDiseases[OIE]SEARG Southern and Eastern Africa Rabies GroupSPS [Agreementontheapplicationof]SanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures[WTO]SRR Sub-RegionalRepresentation[OIE]SRR-SA SRRforSouthernAfricaSTDF StandardsandTradeDevelopmentFacility[WTO]t ton(metric)TAD TransboundaryAnimalDisease(s)TAHC Terrestrial Animal Health CodeTBD TobedecidedTFCA TransfrontierConservationArea(s)UB UniversityofBotswanaUEMOA UnionEconomiqueetMonétaireOuest-AfricaineUNDP UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgrammeUNZA UniversityofZambiaUP UniversityofPretoria[SouthAfrica]US UnitedStates(ofAmerica)USAID UnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelopmentUSD UnitedStatesDollarUSDA UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgricultureVEE FlemishSocietyforVeterinaryEpidemiologyandEconomyVEE veterinaryeducationalestablishmentsVICH InternationalCooperationonHarmonisationoftechnicalrequirementsforregistrationofVeterinary productsVLA VeterinaryLaboratoriesAgency[UK]VOIP Voice over Internet ProtocolVS VeterinaryServicesVSB VeterinaryStatutoryBodyWAHID WorldAnimalHealthInformationDatabase[OIE]WAHIS WorldAnimalHealthInformationSystem[OIE]WCS WildlifeConservationSocietyWFC WorldFishCentreWHO WorldHealthOrganization,WNF WestNileFeverWTO WorldTradeOrganisationWVA WorldVeterinaryAssociationZA SouthAfrica(Republicof)


CONTENT

INTRODUCTION 1

GEOGRAPHICALCOVERAGEOFTHEREPRESENTATION 2

DISEASESITUATIONREPORT 5

TECHNICALISSUES 9

GOODGOVERNANCEOFVETERINARYSERVICES 9CAPACITY BUILDING 10ASSISTANCE WITH REGARD TO DISEASE STATUS 14INTERVENTIONS ON OIE CONTRIBUTIONS 15TRANSPARENCY ON DISEASES NOTIFICATION 15TWINNING AND REFERENCE LABORATORIES 17ISSUES OF GROWING IMPORTANCE IN THE REGION 20MEETINGS & CONFERENCES 22

ADMINISTRATIVEREPORT 25

STAFF 26OFFICIAL VISITS 31AGREEMENTS & HOSTING 32COMMISSIONED CONSULTANCIES 32GF-TAD & REGIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER 32

REGIONALCOMMISSIONFORAFRICAACTIVITIES 33

FINANCIALREPORT 34

CONCLUSIONSAND2011OUTLOOK 35


INTRODUCTION

The OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa (SRR-SA) was set up in 2005, in Gaborone,Botswana.TheSRR-SAcovers15countriesofSADC,ofwhichtheSecretariatisalsobasedinGaborone.

ThelatestMemberState,theSeychelles,re-joinedSADCinthecourseof2008,andjoinedtheOIEin2010.

Theyear2010,aswasthecase in2008and2009,wasaveryactiveandbusyone,notonly intermsofdiseaseoutbreaksinthesub-regionbutalsointermsofcapacity-buildinginterventionsbytheOIESRR-SA(fivemajorcapacity-buildingeventsorganised).

TheorganisationoftheNamibiaseminaronaquaticanimaldiseasesamidstthepressureoftheFIFAFootballWorldCupinSouthAfricahasbeenagenuinetourdeforce,forwhichouradministrativeandfinancialassistantMphoMantsho,inparticular,iscongratulated.

Fortunatelyenough the teamwas laterconsiderably strengthenedwith theappointmentofaDeputy-Representative,Dr.NeoMapitse,inAugust2010.

WhileOIEandFAOsignedatwo-wayagreementtowardstheestablishmentoftheRegionalAnimalHealthCentreforSouthernAfricain2009,thesigningofaformaltripartiteagreementbetweenFAO,OIEandAU-IBARfortheRegionalAnimalHealthCentreisstillawaited,whileatthesametimethefinancialprospectsoftheFAOpartner(ECTAD)lookincreasinglyworrisome.

ThisreportisproudlydedicatedtothelateDrAbdoulayeBounaNiang, who sadly passed away in November 2010. As OIERegional Representative for Africa and Past President of the OIE, DrNiangwashighly inspirational inallouractivitieshereattheOIE Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa. We willgreatlymisshisoutstandingleadershipandguidanceonhowtomoveforwardtheOIEAfricaAgenda.

May the Lord almighty rest his soul in peace. Amen.


GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF THE REPRESENTATION

TheSub-RegionalRepresentationcovers15countriesoftheSouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity(SADC),ofwhichtheExecutiveSecretariatisalsobasedinGaborone,Botswana.

(*) Note that the Seychelles have re-joined the SADC in the course of 2008, and joined the OIE in May 2010.


In termsof terrestrialanimals, theSADChostsaround70millionheadsofcattle (primarily in theUnitedRepublicofTanzania),100millionsmallruminantsand230millionpoultry,thebulkofwhichisproducedintheRepublicofSouthAfrica(source:SADC).

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Intermsofaquaticanimals,theFAOstatisticsprovideinsightintotheaquaculture1productiontypesandvolumesofSADCMemberStates(source:FAOFIGIS,2008).

1Aquaculture is understood to mean the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. For statistical purposes, aquatic organisms which are harvested by an individual of corporate body which has owned them throughout their rearing period contribute to aquaculture while aquatic organisms which are exploitable by public as a common property resource, with or without appropriate licences, are the harvest of fisheries

Member States Cattle Sheep Goats Pigs Equines PoultryAngola 4.025 0.108 4.359 2.547 0.025 15.991Botswana 2.674 0.250 1.773 0.005 0.409 0.656DRC 0.756 0.901 4.028 0.962 NA 19.828Lesotho 0.706 0.979 0.780 0.075 0.439 0.369Madagascar 9.687 0.703 1.249 1.273 NA 24.771Malawi 0.834 0.179 2.491 1.437 NA 17.438Mauritius 0.006 0.001 0.023 0.016 0.004 0.969Mozambique 1.060 0.136 4.748 1.354 0.042 19.257Namibia 2.336 2.955 2.087 0.047 0.167 0.894South Africa 13.500 26.575 5.000 1.837 0.471 50.792Swaziland 0.600 0.017 0.348 0.029 0.012 1.767Tanzania 18.145 3.946 13.054 0.975 0.310 35.947Zambia 2.273 0.120 1.069 0.343 0.003 28.000Zimbabwe 2.755 0.388 3.250 0.174 0.422 15.000SADC Region 69.357 37.258 44.259 11.074 2.304 231.679

Member States fresh and brackish waterSADC Quantity (t) Value (USD)Angola 190 480000Botswana - -DRC 2970 7435000Lesotho 91 633000Madagascar 2830 5816000Malawi 1700 3504000Mauritius 61 304000Mozambique 90 225000Namibia 15 28000Seychelles - -South Africa 1213 4148000Swaziland - -Tanzania 15 46000Zambia 5640 16313000Zimbabwe 2450 5145000SADC Region 17 265 44 078 000

Member States marine aquacultureSADC Quantity (t) Value (USD)Angola - -DRC - -Madagascar 6751 33750000Mauritius 185 1204000Mozambique 602 3612000Namibia 13 137000Seychelles 289 2236000South Africa 2002 36866000Tanzania - -SADC Region 9 842 77 805 000


OIE Delegates from the SADC Member States as per December 31st, 2010.

Country Position Institution Name SurnameAngola DirectorGeneraloftheInstitute

ofVeterinaryServices(ISV)MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelopment

José Antonio

Botswana DirectorAnimalHealth MinistryofAgriculture Kgosietsile Phillemon-MotsuDem.R.Congo DirectorDepartmentofAnimal

Production and HealthMinistryofAgriculture,FisheriesandAnimalHusbandry

HonoréR. N’LembaMabela

Lesotho DirectorofLivestockServices MinistryofAgricultureandFoodSecurity

Marosi Molomo

Madagascar DirectoroftheAnimalHealthandPhytosanitaryDepartment

MinistryofAgriculture,AnimalHusbandryandFisheries

Lalaonirina

Malawi DeputyDirectorDepartmentofAnimalHealthandLivestockDevelopment

MinistryofAgriculture PatrickB. Chikungwa

Mauritius DirectorofAnimalHusbandry MinistryofRuralDevelopment

Deodass Meenowa

Mozambique DirectoroftheNationalDirectorateofVeterinaryServices

MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelopment

FlorênciaM. Cipriano

Namibia ChiefVeterinaryOfficer MinistryofAgriculture,WaterandForestry

Albertina Shilongo

Seychelles PrincipalVeterinaryOfficer MinistryofEnvironment,NaturalResources&Transport

Jimmy Melanie

South Africa ChiefDirectorPartnerships DepartmentofAgriculture,ForestryandFisheries

BothleM. Modisane

Swaziland PermanentSecretary MinistryofAgricultureand Cooperatives

RolandX. Dlamini

Tanzania DirectorofVeterinaryServices MinistryofLivestockDevelopmentandFisheries

WinC.H. Mleche

Zambia Ag.DirectorofVeterinaryServices

MinistryofAgricultureand Cooperatives

MotoP.C. Mangani(retired)

Zimbabwe PrincipalDirectorDivisionofLivestockandVet.Services

MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelopment

StuartK. Hargreaves


Country Disease Species Month Notification to OIE ResolvedSouth Africa AFB Honeybees April2009 Yes EndemicLesotho Anthrax Sheep November Yes NoTanzania ASF Pigs December Yes NoMauritius CCPP Goats Oct2009 Yes YesBotswana EUS Finfish November Yes YesZambia FMDO Cattle November Yes NoNamibia FMDSAT1 Cattle April Yes YesSouth Africa FMDSAT1 Cattle, goats, pigs August Yes NoSouth Africa FMDSAT1 Cattle, goats, pigs Sept2009 Yes YesAngola FMDSAT2 Cattle June2009 Yes NoBotswana FMDSAT2 Cattle, goats, pigs August Yes YesZimbabwe FMDSAT2 Cattle June Yes NoMozambique FMDSAT2/3 Cattle, sheep September Yes NoBotswana RVF Cattle, goats, sheep June Yes YesNamibia RVF Sheep May Yes NoSouth Africa RVF Cattle,sheep(hum.) February Yes YesSouth Africa RVF Cattle, sheep Oct2009 Yes YesZimbabwe RVF - - No -Madagascar Varroosis Honeybees February Yes YesMadagascar WestNile Birds May Yes Yes

DISEASE SITUATION REPORT

TheprimaryobjectiveoftheOIEistopreventthespreadofanimaldiseasesintheworld,hencethepurposeofestablishingtheWorldAnimalHealthinformationSystem(WAHIS).TheSub-RegionalRepresentation

stronglyemphasisestimelyandaccuratenotificationobligationsofOIEMemberCountriesandadvocatesjudicioususeofavailablescientificanimalhealthinformationfordecisionmakingfordiseasepreventionandcontainment.

Non-officialinformatione.g.frommassmediaonanimaldiseaseoutbreaksorabnormalepidemiologicaleventsisfollowedupforverificationwiththenationalveterinaryauthoritiesconcernedthroughaso-called“rumour”file.

Official notifications and informal reports on OIE listed diseases : new outbreaks recorded in 2010.Sources : WAHID and OIE SRR-SA.


FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD)Namibia.AFMDoutbreakwasreportedonthe14thofAprilbasedonclinicaldiagnosisonImpalilaislandintheZambeziriver,aFMDendemicregionofCaprivi,i.e.azonewheretherearefree-roamingwildAfricanbuffaloes,long-termreservoirsofSATFMDvirus.ThepreciseserotypeoftheFMDviruswasSAT1possiblyfromcontactwithbuffalo.Abufferzoneof70-80kmradiuswasestablishedaroundtheisland,inwhichatotalof120,000cattlewerevaccinatedusinganinactivatedtrivalentvaccineagainstserotypesSAT1,2and3offootandmouthdisease.SincetheoutbreakoccurredintheinfectedzoneithadnoeffectonthestatusoftheFMDfreezonewherevaccinationisnotpractisedinNamibia.Theeventhasbeenresolvedsincethe6thAugust.

Zimbabwe. Four(4)outbreakshavebeenreportedinMatabelelandSouth(onsetMay28th)closetotheborderwithBotswana.Animalsaresuspectedtohavebeenincontactwithpreviouslyinfec-tedanimalsduringapreviousoutbreakthatoccurredinSeptember2009atafeedlot inthearea.OtheroutbreakshavebeenreportedbyunofficialsourcesbutinendemicareasofZimbabwe.Botswana.AnoutbreakofSAT-2FMDwasfirstobservedonJuly26th,andlaterconfirmedon3AugustinadefinedzoneinLesoma,KasaneinChobeDistrict.ThisreoccurrenceofFMDwasoutsidetheOIErecognized“FMDfreezonewherevaccinationisnotpracticed”;henceitdidnotaffectthediseasestatusofFMDfreezones.Thisisavaccinationzonewherescheduledvaccinationsareundertakenthreetimesayearusingatrivalentvaccinewithapparentsatisfactorycoverage.349cattlewerevaccinatedinresponsetothisoutbreak.

South Africa. ThefouroutbreaksofSAT-1FMDinMpumalangathatstartedinSeptember2009wereclosedonMay2010.Atotalof764casesofwhich4werefromgoatsand3swinewererecordedfromasusceptibleanimalpopulationof9,793.Thediseasewasinaruralsettlementadjacenttotheinfectedzone,KrugerNationalPark. Thesourcewassuspectedtobecontactwithwild species.Vaccinationcovered27,000cattleand1,309goatsbySeptember2009.

Anotheroutbreak involving19dairycattle fromaclosedherdofabout80wasconfirmedon the13thofAugustat Ba-Phalaborwa in LimpopoProvince.AswithNamibiaandBotswana,all theseoutbreaksoccurredinzonesthatdidnotchangetheFMDfreestatusofthecountry.Angola.TheSAT-2FMDoutbreakthatwasfirstreportedinJune2009withafollowupinJuly2010remainsunresolved. Vaccination status and other surveillancedatawere not available though the areawasreported difficult to access. A country follow up wasmade with the diseases notification focal pointregardingupdates.

VARROOSIS OF HONEY BEES Madagascar.Thedisease(exotictotheisland)wasreportedonthe11thofFebruaryinthevicinityofthecapitalAntananarivoanddeclaredresolvedonMarch26th,2010.Varroosisisoneofthemostdestructivediseaseofhoneybees, inflictingdamageandhighereconomiccosts thanallother knownapiculturaldiseases.Broodandadultsbeesareimpaired.ColoniesinfestedbyV.destructordevelopaparasiticmitesyndromeandultimatelycollapseifleftuntreated.

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)Africanswinefever(ASF)wasreportedfromTanzaniaonthe8thofDecember2010onpigsinafree-rangesystemsuspectedtobeintroducedbyillegalmovementofpigs.Theoutbreakisstillcontinuing.

RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF)South Africa.TheRVFoutbreaksincattleandsheepintheNorthernCapeProvincewereinitiallyreportedasare-occurrencealthoughtheoutbreakoccurredveryfarfromtheprevious(traditional)outbreakareasintheeastofthecountry.TheoutbreakswereinitiallylimitedtoareassurroundingtheOrangeRiver.Theinfection in animals has since spread to other provinces being; North-West, Free State, EasternCape,WesternCape,NorthernCape,andGautengandLimpopoProvincesgivingatotalof140,135casesand8,660deathsfrom507outbreaks.Considerablerainfallcreatedconditionsfavourableforbreedingofthemosquitovectorsovermuchofthecountry,andpreliminarymolecularepidemiologicalfindingssuggestthattheoutbreakinvolvesspreadofoneof2genotypesoftheviruswhichhaveemergedlocallyoverthepastfewyears.

The RVF outbreak has occurred in areas where Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is welldocumentedandconsideringtheoverlappingclinicalandclinico-pathologicalfeaturesitisclearlycriticaltoconsiderthisinthedifferentialdiagnosisandmanagementofpatients,especiallyregardinginfectioncontrolissues.CCHFwasconfirmedin2patients.


As from July 2010, the epidemic started winding down possibly due to the effects of the low wintertemperatures.Asof10May, theGovernmentofSouthAfricahas reported186confirmedcasesofRVFinhumans,including18deaths,inFreeStateProvince,EasternCapeProvince,NorthernCapeProvince,Western Cape, and North West Province. Those infected have been people working with livestock,suggestingthatmosquito-bornetransmissionisnotamajorfactorintransmissionofinfectioninthisoutbreak In Namibia,12outbreakswerereportedclosetotheborder(Mariental)withtheNorthWestProvinceofSouthAfrica.Totalof69casesand35deathsfromasusceptiblepopulationof8,240animalswerenotedfrombothsmallholderandcommercialsheepflocks.Thediagnosiswasconfirmedshortlyfromthestartdateof theevent on real timePCRby theCentral Veterinary Laboratory. Unofficial reports of humancaseshavebeennotedaffectingatleastthreefarmerswithonefromaccidentalinjectionwithaliveRVFvaccine.ExportsofmuttonfromNamibiatoSouthAfricahavehardlybeenaffected.

Botswana.OnJune28th,Botswanabecamethe3rdcountryinSouthernAfricatoreportanoutbreakofRVFinanimals.Itisnotentirelysurprisingthatthecasesareoccurringjustacrosstheborder(Ramotswa) fromtheNorthWestProvinceofSouthAfrica,wheretherehavebeencasesduringtherecentoutbreak.Newcaseswerenotrecordedovertheremainingpartofthewinterperiod.

Surveillanceandlaboratorydiagnosticscontinuedandresultsoffollowupsampleswerestillpending.13,669cattle,24,544goatsand2,603sheepwerevaccinatedinresponsetotheoutbreakwithaninactivatedRVFvaccine.

Zimbabwe.DuringthelastLivestock Technical Committeemeeting,anoutbreakofRVFinZimbabwe(2009)wasreportedtotheMembers.ThiseventwashowevernotreportedtotheOIE.

WEST NILE FEVER (WNF)Madagascar.WNFwasreportedonthe21stofMay2010,morethaneightmonthsafterwhatappearstobeasamplingexercise.Indeed,itwouldappearthatthediscoverywasmadeduringascreeningexercisebythelaboratoryoftheCRVOI(Centre de recherche et de veille sur les maladies émergentes dans l’Océan Indien), in SainteClotilde, on Réunion (French territory).No formal outbreaks (6)were reportedas theaffectedbirds(chickens?)aresaidtobesub-clinicallyinfected.Likewise,therearenoreportsofhumanorequinecases.Previously,WestNilevirus infectionsof lemurshavebeenreported inMadagascar,anindicationthatthediseasemaybeendemic.TheWestNileVirushasbeenisolatedfromhumanblood,birds(parrotsandegrets)andfrombloodmealsofseveralmosquitospecies,includingCulexandAnophelesspp.Between1975and1990theInstitutPasteurdeMadagascarshowedthatthisarboviruswasmostabundantinMadagascar,whereithadanendemiccirculation.Therehasbeennofurtherstudysincethattime.Inordertoevaluatethelevelofcirculation,theseroprevalenceofanti-WestNileantibodiesinchildrenthatareunder15yearsofagewasmeasuredontwodifferentcollectionsofsera.ThesecollectionscamefrompopulationstudiesrealisedrespectivelyintheregionofAmbositraintheHighlandsin1996andinthecityofMahajangaonthenorthwestcoastin1999.Theseroprevalenceswere2.1%and10.6%respectively,theseresultsindicatethatthecirculationofthisvirusisstillsignificant

AMERICAN FOULBROOD OF HONEY BEES (AFB)South Africa.AmericanFoulbroodofHoneyBees(AFB)inSouthAfricaisconsideredendemicasfrom30thofApril 2010. Itsdistribution remainsunclearbutnevertheless thediseasehascrossed thecapensis linewhich separatesAfrican fromCapebeecolonies,as thediseasehasbeen reported in theNorth-WestProvince,northofthecapensisline.

Zambia and Swaziland havereported(butnottoOIE)thatforthetimebeingtheyarefreefromthediseaseasaresultofsurveillanceexercisescarriedoutoverthelastfewmonths.

CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEURO-PNEUMONIA (CCPP) Mauritius.Anoutbreakwhichwasconfirmedforthefirsttimeduringthelastquarterof2009wasdeclaredresolvedby15thMay2010.

PESTE PETITS DES RUMINANTS (PPR)ReportsofPPRoutbreaksinnorthernTanzania borderingKenyawereconfirmedbyactivesurveillanceattheendof2008whichindicatedpresenceofPPRantibodiesin44.0%of1,500smallruminantbloodstested.PPRviruswasisolatedandcharacterizedfromtissuesandbloodsamples.ThiswasofficiallyreportedtotheOIEonthe27thofJanuary2009.TheTanzaniaGovernment,incollaborationwithprivateveterinaryservicesandwiththehelpofFAOmanagedtoconductmassvaccinationstostopthediseasespreadingintonewareas.Afterarelativelyquitesituationin2009andthefirsthalfof2010,newoutbreaksarecurrentlybeeninvestigatedsouthofthecentralrailwaylineinMorogororegionanindicationthatPPRisthreateningtobe


introduced to neighboring counties of Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. PPR is an emerging trans-boundaryanimaldiseaseintheSADCregionwithmortalityratesashighas80%.Thediseasehasasignificantimpactonhouseholds’foodsecurityandthelivelihoodsofruralinhabitantsengagedinsheepandgoatproductionandthereforeshouldbepreventedandorcontrolledatallcosts.

ANTHRAXOnNovember6th,theKingdomofLesothoreportedareoccurrenceofanthraxinsheepinadefinedzonewithinthecountry.Theaffectedflockiscommunallygrazedandhadnewintroductionsofsheepinthepreviousmonth.Bacteriologicalexaminationwasusedtomakeadiagnosis.

EPIZOOTIC ULCERATIVE SYNDROME (EUS)Botswana confirmedthediagnosisandreoccurrenceofEpizooticUlcerativeSyndrome(EUS)inwildfinfishonthe17thNovember2010.TheclinicaldiseasewasfirstseeninAugust2010infreshwaterriversystemsoftheOkavangoDelta.


TECHNICALISSUES

GOODGOVERNANCEOFVETERINARYSERVICES

CAPACITYBUILDING

ASSISTANCEWITHREGARDTODISEASESTATUS

INTERVENTIONSONOIECONTRIBUTIONS

TRANSPARENCYONDISEASESNOTIFICATION

TWINNINGANDREFERENCELABORATORIES

ISSUESOFGROWINGIMPORTANCEINTHEREGION

MEETINGS&CONFERENCES


GOOD GOVERNANCE OF VETERINARY SERVICES

The training seminar (information seminar) for newlyappointedOIEDelegates (post-2007)wasanopportunity

tore-iteratetheprinciplesofgoodgovernanceofveterinaryservices (refer to next section on capacity building), inparticular through the sessions on “Rights & obligations ofOIEMemberCountries&OIEDelegates”and“Thequalityofveterinaryservices”.

The PVS evaluation of the Veterinary Services of Botswanastarted on March 28th and included the participation ofDr. BonaventureMtei, theOIE Sub-Regional Representativefor Southern Africa as observer. The team was led by Dr.Eric Fermet-Quinet, an independent veterinary consultant,assisted by Dr Tomoko Ishibashi, the Deputy OIE RegionalRepresentative forAsiaandDr Julia Punderson FromUSDA-APHIS.

ThelatestMemberoftheOIEandMemberStateofSADC,theSeychellesrecentlyappliedforaPVSevaluation,whichwillbeconductedshortly.OnlyAngolaandSouthAfricaremaintoapplyforaPVS-evaluation.

Meanwhile, the OIE office has also recommended severalregional and international experts for further PVS, gap-analysisandPVSofAquaticAnimalHealthServices (AAHS).OnDecember15th,theRepublicofMozambiquewasthefirstcountryinSADCtoofficiallyapplyforaPVSevaluationofitsAquaticAnimalHealthServices(competentauthority).

Intermsofgap-analysis,Madagascar,Mozambique,Namibia,TanzaniaandZambiahavealreadyundergone this secondphase process, while the D.R.C. and Malawi have sent inofficialapplications.

Intermsofveterinary legislationreview(s),onlyMadagascarhasbenefited froma (pilot)mission so far,while theD.R.C.,MalawiandZambiahavesentinofficialapplications.

TheEUfundedVeterinaryGovernanceforAfricaproject, tobe implementedbyAU-IBARandbyOIE, the latter througha€3.0millionContributionAgreement,hasbeenapprovedby theEuropeanCommissiononDecember22nd. The totalcostoftheprojectis€30millionandtheprojectisexpectedtocommenceinthecourseof2011.SeepressreleaseontheIntraACP2010AnnualActionPlanon:

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/piebalgs/multimedia/pdf/ip_20101222_intra_acp.pdf

• 13 countries applied for PVS

• 12 PVS missions conducted

• 07 countries applied for gap-analysis missions

• 05 gap-analysis missions conducted


CAPACITY BUILDING

Twenty-five(25)recentlyappointedOIEDelegatesfromAfricanOIEmembercountriesmetinGaborone,BotswanafromMarch9-12th

foraregionalinformationseminartoimprovetheirknowledgeoftheOIE and it’s activities. The seminar was facilitated by experts fromwithinandoutsidetheOIEandwascomplementedbyfieldvisitstothebeefandbeefproductsexportingestablishmentBotswanaMeatCommission (BMC), Mokolodi Nature Reserve and the BotswanaVaccineInstitute(BVI).Themeetingcoveredthetraditionalmandatesaswell as the newmandates introduced in the 4th Strategic Planandthenewlyadopted5thStrategicPlan,suchasanimalwelfare,legislation,communication,veterinaryeducationetc.

More information : http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/en_index_annex49.html

Within the framework of theOIE’s ongoing trainingof focal points,ajointseminarforwildlifefocalpointsfromEnglishspeakingAfricancountries and Middle Eastern countries, was organised in Arusha,Tanzania, from the 16th to the 19th of March. This seminar wasorganised by the OIE Sub-Regional Representation for SouthernAfrica inGaborone, Botswana, in close collaborationwith theOIERegionalRepresentationforAfricainBamako,Mali,theOIERegionalRepresentation for the Middle-East in Beirut, Lebanon, the OIEHeadquartersinParis,France,theOIECollaboratingCentreonTraininginIntegratedLivestockandWildlifeHealthandManagement,basedat theDepartmentofVeterinaryTropicalDiseasesof theFacultyofVeterinaryScience,Pretoria,SouthAfricaandtheOIECollaboratingCentreonWildlifeDiseaseSurveillanceandMonitoring,Epidemiologyand Management, based at the Canadian Cooperative WildlifeHealthCentre(CCWHC).InlinewiththeOIE’soverallmandates,thistrainingseminardealtwithprovidingOIEsubjectmatterFocalPointsonwildlifewiththenecessaryinformation,updatesandskillstobetterassume their responsibilities and obligations towards their nationalOIEDelegates in their respectivecountriesand thus strengthen theinteraction with the OIE, and particularly to ensure the adequatenotificationonwildlifediseasestotheOIE.Theseminarwasinteractive,in part facilitated by both OIE Collaborating Centres from SouthAfricaandCanada,andintegratedsmallworkinggroupsessionsonpracticalexamples.Duringtheweek,avisittoTarangireNationalParkwasorganised.Itwastheopportunitytohighlightsomeoftheaspectsthat have been discussed during this training seminar, and could be usedintheplanningofnationalsurveillanceprogrammes.

Moreinformation:http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/en_index_annex51.html

In the course of the month of November, the Training Manual on SurveillanceonWildlifeDiseases,producedbytheOIECollaboratingCentre on wildlife disease surveillance in Canada (CanadianCooperativeWildlifeHealthCentre)andsuccessfullyapplied in thevariousOIEcapacity-buildingexercisesinthepasttwoyears(includingArusha,March2010andBamako,July2010)hasbeentranslatedintoFrench by a translator-veterinarian, Dr. Carole Goulet, contractedby theSub-RegionalRepresentation, thuscontributing to the futurepublication, in 2011, under OIE auspices, of the said Manual in the threeofficiallanguagesoftheOIE;thisisexpectedtogreatlybenefitfuturecapacity-buildingeffortsinthisfieldofveterinaryscience.

Eighty (80) specialists and focal points on aquatic animal diseasesfrom36Africancountries,alongwith representatives from the FAO(Rome),OIE (Paris), EC (Brussels), SARNISSA (Stirling),NVI (Oslo)andAAHRI(Bangkok)metinthecoastaltownofSwakopmundinNamibiafromJune15thto19thforaregionaltrainingseminartoimprovetheir

• Training of newly appointed

OIE Delegates

• Training of OIE focal points

for wildlife


for aquatic animal diseases


for aquatic animal diseases

on WAHIS implementation

• Training of OIE focal

points for reporting of

animal diseases on WAHIS

implementation


for veterinary drugs and

biologicals

• Veterinary Educational

Establishments in Southern

and Eastern Africa


knowledgeoftheOIEandit’sactivities,ingeneraltermsandmorespecificallyasregardsaquaticanimaldiseases, i.e. diseases of amphibians, crustaceans, fish andmollusks. The seminarwas funded by theEuropeanCommission(DGSANCO)andtheGovernmentofNamibiaandwascomplementedbyfieldvisitstoproducersandprocessorsofaquaticproducts,suchas(farmed)fish,shellfishandoystersinSwakopmundandneighbouringWalvisbay.Themeetingcoveredtheoverallmandates includingnotificationthroughWAHIS,general trade issuesandtheAquaticAnimalHealthStandardsCommission(representedbyDr.Ricardo Enriquez)and theAquaticCodeandManualproducedannually. External speakersprovidedinputs on inlandandmarine aquatic production sectors in theworld and inAfrica, the challenges ofillegal,unregisteredandunregulatedfisheries,internationalandregionalstakeholdersworkingonaquatichealth issues, and import, export andcertificationof aquaticproducts. Sevencountries (including thehostcountry)weregivenanopportunitytopresentthechallengestheyfaceinmeetingOIEinternationalstandards,whilecasestudieswerepresentedby internationalexpertsonkoiherpesvirus,abalonevirusmortality,whitespotdiseaseinshrimps,epizooticulcerativesyndromein(fin)fishandfransicellainfectionsintilapia.


Inadditiontothiscapacity-buildingprogramme,theOIEheadquartersalsosupportedtheFAOtrainingworkshoponriskanalysisandhealth informationsystem inaquaculture(incollaborationwiththeWorldFishCentre),whichtookplaceinLusaka,Zambiafrom28thJune–2ndJuly,2010andwasattendedbyDrLarryHammell(Professor,DepartmentofHealthManagement,andDirector,AVC-CentreforAquaticHealthSciences,AtlanticVeterinaryCollege,UniversityofPrinceEdwardIsland,Charlottetown,Canada)onbehalfoftheOIE.TherewasnodirectinvolvementoftheOIESRRofficeinGaborone.ThereportsoftheOIERegionalTrainingSeminarsforOIEDelegates(Gaborone)andOIEfocalpointsforwildlife(Arusha)andaquaticanimaldiseases(Swakopmund)havebeenfinalizedandforwardedbye-mailandonaCD-romtotheparticipantsandstakeholders.Theyhavebeenprintedin200copieseachandwillbeforwardedtofocalpointsandrelevantstakeholdersatthebeginningof2011.Thereportsarealsoavailableonlinefordownload:

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/mandates/en_scientific_information.html

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/fr/mandates/fr_scientific_information.html (French versions)

TheOIESub-RegionalRepresentationforSouthernAfricafacilitatedaworkshoporganisedbytheDeanoftheFacultyofVeterinaryScienceoftheUniversityofPretoriainOnderstepoort,SouthAfrica,from19thto23rdofJuly2010.Thisworkshop,thefirstmeetingofDeansofVeterinarySchoolsandFacultiesinsouthernand eastern Africa, was a spin-off of the seminar organised by the OIE Sub-Regional RepresentationforSouthernAfrica inArusha,Tanzania inSeptember2009andtheOIEGlobalConferenceonEvolvingVeterinaryEducation foraSaferWorld,held inParis, inOctober2009.Thepurposeof thismeetingwastomakeprogresson the recommendationsof the two2009OIE seminarsandconferences,at leastasfar as this region is concerned. The aimwas to translate the recommendations into concrete actionsbyestablishinganetwork/forumforcollaborationandharmonisationofveterinaryeducationwithintheregiontoaddresscurrentandfuturechallengesinthesupplyanddemandforveterinariansandveterinaryparaprofessionals.AninitialfocusonSADCMemberStateswaslaterenlargedtoincludeUgandaandKenyatogaugetheinterestoftheacademiainthesetwocountriestoenterthisprocesstowardsharmonisationandmodernisationoftheveterinarycurriculum.OnlyKenyaattended.TheUniversityofPretoria(UP)hastakentheleadtoworkwiththeotherveterinaryschoolsandfaculties,aswellasVeterinaryStatutoryBodies(VSBs,wheretheyexist)inEasternandSouthernAfricatodevelopastrategyforaction.Unfortunately,whileUPmanagedtoget8outofthe9invitedDeansaroundthetable(DRC,Kenya,Madagascar,Mozambique,SouthAfrica,Tanzania,Zambia,Zimbabwe),itfailedtoinvitetherepresentativesoftheVSB’sintheregion(duetoconflictingdateswithotherVSBmeetings)tothelastdayoftheworkshop.OnlytherepresentativeofSAVCinSouthAfricaattended.ItisnowforeseenthattheoutcomesofthisfirstDean’smeetingwillbediscussedataseparatemeetingof registrarsorchairpersonsofVSB’s later thisyear,possiblywithin theagreedbudgetearmarkedundertheapprovedLoAwithOIE.ThebudgetarysupportfromtheOIEforthiseventisEUR25,000.

Seventeen(17)OIEFocalPointsforAquaticAnimalDiseasesand16OIEFocalPointsforAnimalDiseaseNotificationtookpartinaback-to-backtrainingcourseontheimplementationoftheOIEWorldAnimalHealthInformationSystem(WAHIS)fromAugust31stuntilSeptember3rdattheOIESub-RegionalRepresentationforSouthernAfricainGaborone,Botswana.Thepurposeofthetrainingcoursewasontheonehandtofamiliarizethefocalpointsonaquaticanimaldiseases(selectedamongstthemainaquacultureproducingcountriesinAfrica)withthebasicfeaturesoftheOIE’sonlinereportingsystemasitpertainstoaquatic


knowledgeoftheOIEandit’sactivities,ingeneraltermsandmorespecificallyasregardsaquaticanimaldiseases, i.e. diseases of amphibians, crustaceans, fish andmollusks. The seminarwas funded by theEuropeanCommission(DGSANCO)andtheGovernmentofNamibiaandwascomplementedbyfieldvisitstoproducersandprocessorsofaquaticproducts,suchas(farmed)fish,shellfishandoystersinSwakopmundandneighbouringWalvisbay.Themeetingcoveredtheoverallmandates includingnotificationthroughWAHIS,general trade issuesandtheAquaticAnimalHealthStandardsCommission(representedbyDr.Ricardo Enriquez)and theAquaticCodeandManualproducedannually. External speakersprovidedinputs on inlandandmarine aquatic production sectors in theworld and inAfrica, the challenges ofillegal,unregisteredandunregulatedfisheries,internationalandregionalstakeholdersworkingonaquatichealth issues, and import, export andcertificationof aquaticproducts. Sevencountries (including thehostcountry)weregivenanopportunitytopresentthechallengestheyfaceinmeetingOIEinternationalstandards,whilecasestudieswerepresentedby internationalexpertsonkoiherpesvirus,abalonevirusmortality,whitespotdiseaseinshrimps,epizooticulcerativesyndromein(fin)fishandfransicellainfectionsintilapia.


Inadditiontothiscapacity-buildingprogramme,theOIEheadquartersalsosupportedtheFAOtrainingworkshoponriskanalysisandhealth informationsystem inaquaculture(incollaborationwiththeWorldFishCentre),whichtookplaceinLusaka,Zambiafrom28thJune–2ndJuly,2010andwasattendedbyDrLarryHammell(Professor,DepartmentofHealthManagement,andDirector,AVC-CentreforAquaticHealthSciences,AtlanticVeterinaryCollege,UniversityofPrinceEdwardIsland,Charlottetown,Canada)onbehalfoftheOIE.TherewasnodirectinvolvementoftheOIESRRofficeinGaborone.ThereportsoftheOIERegionalTrainingSeminarsforOIEDelegates(Gaborone)andOIEfocalpointsforwildlife(Arusha)andaquaticanimaldiseases(Swakopmund)havebeenfinalizedandforwardedbye-mailandonaCD-romtotheparticipantsandstakeholders.Theyhavebeenprintedin200copieseachandwillbeforwardedtofocalpointsandrelevantstakeholdersatthebeginningof2011.Thereportsarealsoavailableonlinefordownload:

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/mandates/en_scientific_information.html

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/fr/mandates/fr_scientific_information.html (French versions)

TheOIESub-RegionalRepresentationforSouthernAfricafacilitatedaworkshoporganisedbytheDeanoftheFacultyofVeterinaryScienceoftheUniversityofPretoriainOnderstepoort,SouthAfrica,from19thto23rdofJuly2010.Thisworkshop,thefirstmeetingofDeansofVeterinarySchoolsandFacultiesinsouthernand eastern Africa, was a spin-off of the seminar organised by the OIE Sub-Regional RepresentationforSouthernAfrica inArusha,Tanzania inSeptember2009andtheOIEGlobalConferenceonEvolvingVeterinaryEducation foraSaferWorld,held inParis, inOctober2009.Thepurposeof thismeetingwastomakeprogresson the recommendationsof the two2009OIE seminarsandconferences,at leastasfar as this region is concerned. The aimwas to translate the recommendations into concrete actionsbyestablishinganetwork/forumforcollaborationandharmonisationofveterinaryeducationwithintheregiontoaddresscurrentandfuturechallengesinthesupplyanddemandforveterinariansandveterinaryparaprofessionals.AninitialfocusonSADCMemberStateswaslaterenlargedtoincludeUgandaandKenyatogaugetheinterestoftheacademiainthesetwocountriestoenterthisprocesstowardsharmonisationandmodernisationoftheveterinarycurriculum.OnlyKenyaattended.TheUniversityofPretoria(UP)hastakentheleadtoworkwiththeotherveterinaryschoolsandfaculties,aswellasVeterinaryStatutoryBodies(VSBs,wheretheyexist)inEasternandSouthernAfricatodevelopastrategyforaction.Unfortunately,whileUPmanagedtoget8outofthe9invitedDeansaroundthetable(DRC,Kenya,Madagascar,Mozambique,SouthAfrica,Tanzania,Zambia,Zimbabwe),itfailedtoinvitetherepresentativesoftheVSB’sintheregion(duetoconflictingdateswithotherVSBmeetings)tothelastdayoftheworkshop.OnlytherepresentativeofSAVCinSouthAfricaattended.ItisnowforeseenthattheoutcomesofthisfirstDean’smeetingwillbediscussedataseparatemeetingof registrarsorchairpersonsofVSB’s later thisyear,possiblywithin theagreedbudgetearmarkedundertheapprovedLoAwithOIE.ThebudgetarysupportfromtheOIEforthiseventisEUR25,000.

Seventeen(17)OIEFocalPointsforAquaticAnimalDiseasesand16OIEFocalPointsforAnimalDiseaseNotificationtookpartinaback-to-backtrainingcourseontheimplementationoftheOIE World Animal Health Information System(WAHIS)fromAugust31stuntilSeptember3rdattheOIESub-RegionalRepresentationforSouthernAfricainGaborone,Botswana.Thepurposeofthetrainingcoursewasontheonehandtofamiliarizethefocalpointsonaquaticanimaldiseases(selectedamongstthemainaquacultureproducingcountriesinAfrica)withthebasicfeaturesoftheOIE’sonlinereportingsystemasitpertainstoaquatic


animaldiseases,i.e.diseasesoffinfish,molluscs,crustaceansandamphibians.Forfocalpointsonanimaldiseasereportingontheotherhand,thetrainingcoursewasanopportunitytopresentnewandadvancedfeaturesofWAHIS,suchasWAHIS-Wild,forthereportingofwildlifediseasesorinfectionsencounteredinwildlifespecies.More information : http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/en_index_annex68.html

The first pan-african training seminar for OIE focalpoints for veterinary products was held fromNovember 23rd to 26th , 2010 in Johannesburg,SouthAfrica.TheseminarunitedOIEfocalpointsfrom43Africancountries,closetothirtyspeakersand13AfricanparticipantsinvitedbytheNGOGALVmed.The opening session was officiated by Dr. PieterMulder,Deputy-MinisterofAgriculture,ForestryandFisheries.ThetrainingcoursewasbudgetedfromtheDGSANCOBetter Training for Safer Food inAfricaprogramme, with additional support provided bytheGovernmentofSouthAfricaandGALVmedforanamountofEUR250,000.

The 4-day organisation of seminar, coordinatedby the French National Veterinary Drugs AgencyANVM (ANSES), anOIECollaboratingCentre, canbesummarisedasfollows:The first sessions were centered on OIE and itsstandards,aspublished in itsCodesandManuals.After a comprehensive presentation of OIE, its positionwithintheWTOframeworkanditsmandateof development of international standards, roles anddutiesof the focalpointswerepresented,aswellastheactivitiesofseveralCollaboratingCentresandReferenceLaboratoriestobeconcludedwitha comprehensive description of the international standardsasregardsveterinaryproducts.

All major stakeholders working in this field wererepresented: (i) two normative structures relatingto veterinary products at international level: VICH(for the registration of veterinary products) andCodex Alimentarius (in particular for residues andthe antibiotic resistance...), (ii) several structuresof a regional scope (the European MedicineAgencyandPANVACforthecertificationofanimalvaccines, economic regional communities, such asUEMOAandSADC,aswellastheSouthernandEastern African Veterinary Drug Regulatory AffairsConference(SEAVDRAC).

Thereafter,thefloorwasgiventonumerousprivateentities in order to present their activities, vision and prospects in the field of veterinary products (IFAHInternational Federation forAnimalHealth ,world-widescope,theBotswanaVaccineInstitute,SAAHA,AfriVet andOnderstepoort Biological Products, allthree in South Africa, VetAgro of Tanzania, AfriMed of TunisiaandtheMaliCouncilofVeterinarySurgeons.The NGO GALVmed, the Global Alliance forLivestock VeterinaryMedicines , which co-fundedthe seminar, organised a break-out session overone afternoon, working with a selected numberof participants. The discussion focused mainlyon opportunities to establish a system of mutualrecognition of marketing authorisations delivered

forveterinaryvaccines,withaparticulardiscussiononthepartPANVACcouldplayinsuchasystem.

Covering the consecutive ‘life stages’ of a drug,a great number of very detailed topics werecoveredbyparticularlypracticalpresentationson:theprocessofmarketingauthorisations(includingminor species registration mechanisms in verysmallmarkets), the quality-assurance ofmarketedveterinarymedicinalproducts, thedistributionanduse within the legal framework of the veterinaryprofession, including the role of veterinary para-professionals, the sequence of inspections from manufacturing to wholesale and retail, regulationanduse.

A specific topic an anti-microbial resistance wasalso presented. The OIE Reference Laboratoryfor thecontrolof veterinarymedicinalproducts inSub-SaharanAfricapresentedtheoutcomesofaninvestigation intothequalityof2selecteddrugs inapproximately 10 countries demonstrating that inbetween40and60%oftheproductstestedlackinconformity.

Two field visits shed some light on the practicalapplicationofOIEstandards:ontheonehand,thelaboratoriesoftheOnderstepoortVeterinaryInstituteclose to Pretoria (OIE Reference Laboratory for 7animal diseases) for rabies diagnosis and residuesin foodstuffs. On the other hand the productionplant of the pharmaceutical company VIRBAC inJohannesburg.

Participantswerethereafterinvitedtoproceedwithdiscussionsonseveraltopics inworkinggroups.Forastart,theywereaskedtolistveterinarymedicinalproducts that are covered by legislation andregulations in their respective countries, and to identifythevariouspeopleandinstitutionsimplicatedin the management of veterinary medicinalproducts, including their duties and responsibilities in thissector.Whatfollowedwasanin-depthreflectiononpriorityneedstoimplementpolicieswithregardtoveterinarymedicinalproducts,aswellasareflectionon ways to improve the participation of membercountries in the development of the OIE standards and the compliance with those internationalstandards. Lastly, theOIE solicited feed-back fromthe participants on their needs and expectations as regardstheOIE.


Intermsofcommunicationandaccesstousefulinformation,afewweb-siteswerepresentedthroughanonlinedemonstration(OIEmainwebsite,OIEAfricawebsite,thetwoOIECollaboratingCentresofEISMVinDakarandANSESinFougères).

ThisseminarisregardedasthefirststepinalongprocessofstrengtheningofcapacitiesofthosewhoareinchargeofapplyingOIEstandardsinthefieldofveterinaryproducts,andwillbeusedasabasistobuildacontinuouseducationprogramme,whichshouldbeinplacewithinthenexttwoyears.


ASSISTANCE IN RELATION TO DISEASE STATUS

RequestsforrecognitionofFMDfreedomhadbeensubmittedbyLesothoandSwazilandin2009.FMDhasneveroccurredinLesothoinmoderntimesandthecountryissurroundedbytheRepublicofSouth

AfricawhichalreadybenefitsfromFMDfreestatus.Lesothosubmittedadossierforfirst-timerecognitionasFMDfreecountryinOctober2009.

Swaziland submittedadossier for recoveryofprevious FMD free status (suspended in 2002) to theOIEScientificCommissionforAnimalDiseases(SCAD)inAugust2009.

Bothcountrieswere indeeddeclared freeof FMD inMay2010during the78thOIEWorldAssembly. Inaddition,Botswana’szone4awasalsodeclaredFMDfreewithoutvaccination.

Map of SADC Member Countries’ OIE status with regard to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) :

= Free on a nation-wide basis

= Free on a zonal basis

= No OIE recognition


INTERVENTIONS ON OIE CONTRIBUTIONS

ThreecountriesintheSADCregionhaveaccumulatedconsiderablearrearsintheircontributionstotheOIE. Theseare theDemocratic RepublicofCongo,Malawiand Zimbabwe. Effortsareunderway to

convince these countries to alleviate at least part of these arrears to avoid losing their right of voting in forthcomingOIEWorldAssembly.

TheSeychellesjoinedtheOIEonMay5th,2010.Wearepleasedtowelcomethe176thMembercountry,therebymatchingthenumberofSADCMemberStatesthattheOIEofficeinGaboroneiscovering(15).TheOIEDelegateof the Seychelles isDr. JimmyMelanie, Principal VeterinaryOfficer of theMinistry ofAgriculture&MarineResources,basedinVictoria(MahéIsland).

TRANSPARENCY ON DISEASE NOTIFICATION

TheSub-RegionalRepresentationactivelyinsistsonthenotificationrequirementsofOIEmembercountriesandwillcontactOIEdelegateswhenrumoursofimportantnewoutbreaksorepidemiologicaleventsare

notfollowedbyofficialnotificationstoOIEinareasonablelapseoftime.Theissueofnotificationisalsopartofanycountryvisitconducted.Thefollowingscreen-shotcombinesthereportingstatusofSADCmembercountriesfor2008,2009and2010(asrecordedonJanuary12th,2011).

Countrieshave30daystosubmittheirsix-monthlyreports(i.e.byJanuary31st,2011)andtwomonthsfortheannualreport(i.e.byFebruary 28th, 2011). Despite these generous deadlines, somecountrieshavenotyetsubmittedtheirsix-monthlyreportforthefirst6months,i.e.Angola,Seychelles,SouthAfrica,Tanzania,ZambiaandZimbabwe

In termsof immediatenotifications,9outof the15OIEmembercountries reporteda totalof 14epidemiologicalevents, relatedto533outbreaks inthecourseof2010(recordedonJanuary12,2011).Mostoftheseoutbreaks(502)arerelatedtoRiftValleyFeveroutbreaks(inmostcases,489,reportedfromSouthAfrica),aswellasFMD(18).MostFMDoutbreaksweretypedasSAT-2.

WAHID © Reporting summary on January 12, 2011

REPORTING RATE 2007

• 6-month reports 82%

• annual reports 64%

REPORTING RATE 2008



REPORTING RATE 2009



REPORTING RATE 2010 (TO DATE)


• annual reports N/A


Seven(7)outbreaksarestillactiveatthispointintime.Theaveragenumberoffollow-upreportssubmittedis2to3(2.6)withamaximumof17(SouthAfrica).Alleventsreportedin2009arenowclosedand/orresolved(AFBhasbeendeclaredendemic).

The OIE Africa website has been overhauled by the ProgrammeOfficer inordertosimplifythemanagementofthewebsiteandatthesametimeprovideamorehomogenouslay-outtosurfersusingdifferentbrowsersandscreen-resolutions,byusingafixedwidthof1,000pixels:www.rr-africa.oie.int

EventsreportedtotheOIEfromtheSADCregionarealsopostedontheOIERegionalRepresentationforAfricawebsite.

The Programme Officer participated in the SADCSub-Committee meeting on Epidemiology andInformatics which took place at the MaharajaConference Centre in Gaborone from March 2nd to 4th.TheProgrammeOfficerpresentedatopicon2recentlyreportedbeediseasesandhowtheyaffecthoney, fruitandvegetableproduction inSouthernAfrica.ThemeetingresolvedtorecommendtheuseofWAHISimmediatenotificationsforSADCmemberstates, in the absence of a regional immediate notification system(LIMSonlycaters for scheduledreporting).Inadditionitwasnotedthatonly5SADCmemberstatesareactuallyusingtheLIMSsoftwaresolution for diseases reporting to SADC. The maintechnicaltopicofthemeetingwasrabies.

The Programme Officer also participated inthe SADC Joint Laboratory & Diagnostics Sub-Committee (LDSC)with theSADCEpidemiology&InformaticsSub-Committee(EISC)onthe27thand28th of July 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa. TheseSub-Committees (two of the four SC of the LTC)consist of designated representatives of national veterinarydiagnosticslaboratoriesanddesignatedrepresentatives of national epidemiological units fromthe15SADCMemberStates(lessMadagascar,suspended),aswellastheOIEreferencelaboratories(OVI Onderstepoort, Pretoria and BVI Broadhurst,Gaborone) and technical agencies such as OIEandFAO,butalsoAU-IBAR,AU-CTTBD,SACIDS,etc.

TheP.O.madeapresentationontheOIE’scontributionto the strengthening of disease surveillance in southernAfricainwhichhereportedontheanalysisofPVSreports(undertheIRCMprogrammeofAU-IBAR) from countries in Southern Africa, zeroing inonthescoresobtainedforlaboratorydiagnosisandepidemiological surveillance. Important resolutionstakenduring the lastOIEGeneral Session, likely tobe of importance to African countries and ended by making a short presentation on the EmergingPandemicThreatsprogrammeandspecificallytheIDENTIFY sub-project and what it could mean forSADCmemberstateswithintheCongobasinregionandoutside.

Clarification has been brought to the ambiguousdeclarationofFMDinZimbabwe.AccordingtotheimmediatenotificationreceivedinearlyJune2010,thecountrymentionedthedateoflastoccurrencetobethe17thSeptember2009,whileotherreportsstatedthatnooutbreakshadbeenreportedsince2008. The immediate notification was eventuallypostedonthe11thofJune.AnotherclarificationwassoughtfromtheofficialsregardingtheoutbreaksofFMDnotreportedtotheOIE.Theofficialpositionwasthat theyoccurred inendemicreasandthereforedidnotwarrant immediatenotificationbut routinereportingthroughotherWAHISbasedreports.

InearlyOctober, theofficecameacrossa reportproduced by Dr. Dermot Cassidy of AECOM,producedonbehalf of theUSAID SouthernAfricaGlobal Competitiveness Hub, dealing with thepotentialforregionaltradeoflivestockandlivestockproductsintheSADCregion.Thisdocumentwastobe submitted to the STDF Secretariatof theWorldTrade Organisation (WTO) shortly afterwards. Intable 13 on page 25, the author concludes thatTanzania is the only country in the SADC regionwhich has no control measures in place againstFMD (with the exception of Mauritius which hasa negligible cattle population). This conclusion isbased on the information posted on the WAHIDwebsite and illustrates how important it is toproducecomprehensiveannualreportstotheOIE.WehavenodoubtthatTanzaniadoeshavecontrolmeasures against FMD in place, but informationprovided to the OIE is incomplete and may thusleadtopotentiallydamagingtradeeffectsand/ormissed opportunities. The TanzanianOIE Delegatewascontactedonthe8thofNovember2010andthe problemwas addressed shortly after with thecooperation of the OIE national focal point for disease notification and the OIE Animal healthInformationDepartment.

Immediate notifications (14)

• FMD (6)

• RVF (3)

• Anthrax (1)

• ASF (1)

• EUS (1)

• Varroosis (1)

• WNF (1)


TheDelegateofTanzaniawasalsorequestedtoestablishwhethertheoutbreakofFMDreportedbyZambiaat its borderwith Tanzaniaaffected Tanzania inanyway. Zimbabwewasalso requested toconsidernotifyingtheoutbreakofFMDthatwasreportedbyunofficialsources.Zimbabwe`spositionwasthattheoutbreakareawasconsideredendemic,thereforedidnotrequirenotification.AngolawasalsorequestedtoupdatetheirFMDnotificationwithafollowupwhichtheyrespondedpositively.

Botswana,Namibia,andZambiawererequestedtoupdatetheirEUSstatusontheWAHIS/WAHIDsystem.Botswanarespondedbysubmittinganimmediatenotification.

BrochuresonPPR,beediseasesand infectious salmonanemiawere(re)produced in1,000copies (500French,500English)anddistributedtovariousstakeholdersduringOIEandSADCmeetingsandseminars.TheywerealsosharedwiththeOIEofficesinBamako,NairobiandTunis.

2,000brochuresonrabieswere(re)producedintwolanguages(FrenchandEnglish)andweredistributedtovariousstakeholdersinthelastweekofAugust.TheywerealsosharedwiththeOIEofficesinBamako,NairobiandTunis.AllthesebrochuresarebasedonasetofbrochureswhichareavailableonlineontheOIEmainwebsite.

Likewise, 4 stand-upbannerson theVet2011eventwere (re)produced in two languages (FrenchandEnglish)andweresharedwiththeOIEofficesinBamako,NairobiandTunis.

TWINNING AND REFERENCE LABORATORIES

TheregionstillboaststohavethehighestnumberofOIEReferenceLaboratoriesinAfrica.Overall,nine(9)diagnosticfacilitiesforseven(8)diseasesarerecognizedintwo(2)laboratories:

ThedesignationofDrAlisonLubisiasdesignatedexpertforLSD,RVF,BT,SheepandgoatpoxandAHS,aftertheretirementofDr.G.H.“Truuske”GerdesinMarch2009,isnowconfirmed.

Disease Expert Institution CountryFootandmouthdisease DrO.G.Matlho BotswanaVaccineInstitute BotswanaFootandmouthdisease DrR.M.Dwarka OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaLumpySkinDisease DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaRiftValleyFever DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaBluetongue DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaAfricanHorseSickness DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaSheep and goat pox DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaAfricanSwineFever DrAlisonLubisi OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South AfricaRabies DrClaudeSabeta OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute South Africa

Four OIE twinning agreements with southernAfricanlaboratoriesarenowoperational:twowith the BotswanaNVL (avian influenza andNewcastle disease; and Trichinella spp) andone with the South Africa ARC-OVI (avianinfluenzaandNewcastledisease).

• CBPP : BNVL (BW) – CESME (IT) : closed

• NAI : OVI (ZA) – VLA (UK)• NAI : BNVL (BW) – VLA (UK)• Trichinella : BNVL (BW) – ISS (IT)

• Rabies : NVRI (NG) – OVI (ZA)

• EUS : UNZA (ZM) – AAHRI (TH) : submitted


ThetwinningagreementofBNVLwithIZS(Teramo,Italy)onCBPPcametoacloseinDecember2009andthe closing ceremonywas organisedon September 7th, 2010 in thepresenceof all stakeholders. TheBotswanaNationalVeterinaryLaboratoryisnowexpectedtoapplytotheOIEforrecognitionasanOIEReferenceLaboratoryforCBPP.

Another twinningagreementproposalwasofficially submittedonAugust30,2010. Itproposes twinningonthediagnosisofEUSbetweentheOIEReferenceLaboratoryforEUSatKasetsartUniversityinBangkok,Thailand and theMicrobiology Department at the University of Zambia, as recommended during theMaputomeeting(June2008)onaquaticanimaldiseasesandinternationalstandards.

Aspecialcaseisthesouth-southtwinningagreementbetweenARC-OVIinSouthAfricaandNVRIinPlateauState,Nigeria,wherebyOVIistheparentlaboratoryonthediagnosisofrabies(OIEReferenceLaboratory).AsfarasCollaboratingCentersareconcerned,therearenowtwocentersrecognizedbytheOIE,basedattheOnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute(Pretoria)andattheUniversityofPretoriainSouthAfrica:

On February 18th, the Programme Officerattended the annual planning meeting of the OIE Collaborating Centre on Training in Integrated Livestock and Wildlife Health and Management, based at the Department of Veterinary TropicalDiseases of the Faculty of Veterinary Science inPretoria.Thesamecentrewasalsolargelyinvolved(Letter of Agreement) in the technical coursesoffered to participants at the OIE regional training seminar for Focal Points for Wildlife from Englishspeaking African countries and Middle Easterncountries,organisedinArusha,Tanzania,from16thto19thMarch2010.

The Meat Inspection Training Centre (MITC) inLobatse,Botswana,wasintheprocessofapplyingfor recognition as an OIE Collaborating Centre for veterinary public health. The process has beenput on hold until the Centre is integrated into the UniversityofBotswana(UB).

Contactswith theDepartment of ichthyology and fisheries science ofRhodesUniversity intheEasternCape province of South Africa were establishedduring the Maputo seminar on aquatic animal health (June2008),whereDr.QurbanRouhanipresentedthe training programme that the University haddeveloped to trainnationalandprovincialofficialveterinarians on aquatic animal diseases. At thetime, the participants of the seminar recommended that this approach and expertise be made available to other countries of the region.. Contacts wererenewedtwoyears later,duringtheSwakopmundseminar(June2010)andthistimeaninvitationwasextendedtoOIEtocomeandvisittheUniversityanddiscusstheoptionsregardingofficialrecognitionasaOIECollaboratingCentre.Meanwhile,andlargelythanks to the twoOIE seminars, Rhodes University

hasmanagedtoestablish fruitful inter-actionswithothermajor stakeholders in (southern)Africa, suchas. theUniversityofZambia,MakerereUniversity inUgandaandAmanziBiosecurityinSouthAfrica.

On August 17th, Dr P. Bastiaensen . met with allmajor stakeholders in Grahamstown to informthem of the OIE’s programme in Africa and thepossibility that the University be recognized as anOIECollaboratingCentreintheforeseeablefuture.GiventhelevelofexpertiseoftheDepartment,itisunlikely that twinning is anoption, as noneof thecurrently recognized OIE Collaborating Centresin the world could offer more expertise, or moreappropriateexpertisethantheDepartmentalreadyhas.ThesuggestionthereforeisfortheDepartmenttoapplydirectlyforOIECollaboratingCentrestatus,inordertobeabletoenter(asaparentcentre)intotwinningagreementswithothercentresinAfrica.

The proposal is that the Department would teamup with two other institutions : the Department (Ministry) of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)and the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the Universityof Pretoria (UP), therebyestablishing thenecessary links with government and the trainingof veterinarians. The proposed consortium wouldapplyforrecognitionofitsexpertiseonthe“training of veterinarians on aquatic animal diseases in Sub-saharan Africa”, the rationale for the latter being thatnorthAfricaisprobablybetterservicedbytheexpertise available in Egypt (on aquaculture, atleast).

Topic Expert (Lead) Institution CountrySurveillance and Control ofAnimalDiseasesinAfrica

DrAnthony"Tony"Musoke

OnderstepoortVeterinaryInstitute, Agricultural Research Council

South Africa

Training in Integrated LivestockandWildlifeHealth and Management

Prof.J.A.W."Koos"Coetzer

DepartmentofVeterinaryTropicalDiseases,FacultyofVeterinaryScience,UniversityofPretoria

South Africa


Experts are expected to be sourced from South Africaand from the region (inparticularNamibia,Uganda and Zambia). This will enable theDepartment to come upwith a convincing list ofCVs and publications to support their application to theOIE.ItwassuggestedthattheDepartmentfollowthesameapplicationpathwaythatwasfollowedbythenewOIECollaboratingCentreonthetrainingofveterinariansonintegratedwildlife–livestockhealthandmanagementatOnderstepoort,i.e.seekingtheendorsementoftheOIEDelegateforSouthAfrica,submitting a proposal to the OIE as soon as possible andinanycasebeforetheendoftheyear,seekingthe endorsement of the OIE Regional Commission forAfricaat its19thConference inKigali,Rwandain January 2011 and possible recognition by theGeneral Assembly of OIE Delegates at the 79thGeneralSessioninMay2011.

TheSRR/SAwasrepresentedinaSADCFANRFoodSafety 3rd Regional Stakeholder Assembly on SPSMeasuresfromthe7thtothe10thofSeptemberbythe Sub Regional Representative and his Deputy.The two areas of interest were the discussions onthe draft guidelines on regulations of food safetyand registration of veterinary drugs. These draftguidelinesonceadoptedbytheMemberStateswillprovideaharmonisedSADCregionalframeworktoadaptthemtonationalpolicyandlegislation.Themeeting recommended that the draft guidelines for registrationofveterinarydrugsberevisedtofollowaformatrecommendedbytheanimalhealthexpertworkinggroupbasedontheEthiopianmodel.

Theregistrationofveterinarydrugsguidelinesruntheriskofprescribingformeasuresorprotocolsthatarelikelynotsupportedbystructureswithintheregion,such as evaluating the efficacy of the veterinarymedicines.Thedraftguidelinesontheregulationoffood safety followedclosely theCodexguidelinesand the technical committee accepted these draft guidelines with some amendments. Of particularinterest toOIE is that theSADCregion’sapproachto develop regional cooperation mechanism for harmonisation of regulatory framework falls withinthe OIE recommendations and implementation of OIE standards. Reference to the VICH technicalrequirementswillbeofinterest.

USAID launched a multi-component programme“theEmergingPandemicThreatsProgramme(EPT)”intended to address several aspects related to human health threats from emerging potentiallypandemicpathogens.Itismadeupofsixindividual,but closely interconnected projects: PREDICT,PREPARE,PREVENT,RESPOND,IDENTIFY,andDELIVER.The IDENTIFY project, assigned to a joint effort byFAO,OIE andWHO,with a specificmandate “tostrengthen diagnostic capacities across “hot spots” through the development and strengthening of laboratory networks spanning animal and humansectors”.

Dr P. Bastiaensen attended a joint WHO-AFRO– USAID EPT programme meeting in Brazzaville(Congo), on the 16th and 17th of February.Its objectives were to : introduce the USAID EPTProgramme, to identify the potential role of theWHOroleintheEPTProgramme,tostrategizeontheroll-outof the EPT Programme in theAfrica regionand to contextualize the EPT Programme withinWHO existing emerging threats framework(s). Themeeting was attended by representatives fromUSAID, WHO, WHO-AFRO, Wildlife ConservationSociety (PREDICT), Development Associates Inc.(RESPOND),InternationalMedicalCorps(PREPARE)andtheCentresforDiseasepreventionandControl(CDC). TheOIEattendedasobservers since therewasnoformalinvitation.

DrP.Bastiaensenalsoattendedthe launchof theEPTprogrammeinKinshasa(Dem.Rep.Congo),onthe30thofApril2010.Whilethiseventwaspresentedastheofficiallaunchoftheprogrammein(central)Africa, only participants from the donor agency(USAID),theWorldBank,theleadagenciesforthevarious project components mentioned aboveandrepresentativesoftheDemocraticRepublicofCongohadapparentlybeeninvited.TheOIEhadtheopportunitytopresentitsongoingactivities.Thepresentationon IDENTIFYwaspresentedonbehalfof the three organisations by Dr. Ali Yahaya fromWHO-AFRO.Thispresentationwasaccompaniedbyahandoutthathadbeendraftedandendorsedbythethreeorganizations.DrP.BastiaensenpresentedtheOIE’sregionalactivitiesinAfrica.

More information: http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/en_index_annex55.html

DrsP.Bastiaensen,KateGlynnandMs.JenniferLasleyfromOIEHeadquarters,aswellasDrWalterMasigafromtheNairobioffice,alsoattendedtheJune8thto10thjointFAO/OIE/WHOmeetingconcerningtheUSAID IDENTIFYproject for theCongoRegion. Thismeeting was hosted by WHO AFRO in Brazzaville(Republic of Congo) to discuss first year regionalprojectplanningandimplementationofactivitiesintheIDENTIFYworkplan,tocreatelinksbetweentheregional focal points, and to develop a road map forstrengtheningintegratednetworksofveterinaryandhumanhealthlaboratorieswithinandbetweencountriesofthegreaterCongoBasin.

Several areas of challenges and opportunities were highlighted thatwill need to be consistentlytaken into account during the implementationof this project. All partners at headquarter andregional levels expressed strong commitment to the objectives of the project and the tripartite(inter-sectoral) collaboration. While IDENTIFY is amulti-regional,headquarters-ledproject, there isadifferent organizational hierarchyacross the threeorganizations between their regional offices thatresults in differing abilities of headquarters to direct regionalactivities.


The main objective of the meeting, to achieve a common vision of the IDENTIFY project betweenheadquartersandregionalcounterparts,wasachieved,andtheneedtodevelopandstrengtheninter-sectoralpartnershipsatalllevelswasidentifiedasacleargoaloftheseactivities.Itwasalsorecognizedthatthistypeofsustainablecollaborationwouldtaketimetodevelopoverthe5-yearproject.

Aslimitedcollaborationhastakenplaceacrosstheanimalandhumanhealthorganizationsintheregion,extratimeandeffortisneededtoensureandmaintainacommonvisionoftheproject,includingthefactthatthisisonecomponentofaglobalprojectanditisledunderthecommonandequaldirectionofthethreeorganizations. The threeorganisationshelda joint stakeholders`meeting fromNovember2nd to4thinEntebbe,Ugandawiththespecificobjectivetoobtaincountry-levelbuy-inandownershipfortheIDENTIFYprojectandactivitiesintheCongoRiverBasinregion.

This meeting was well attended and the OIE invited OIE Delegates from 14 countries being: Angola,Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia,Equatorial Guinea,Gabon, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Otherinvitedparticipantswere from reference laboratories situatedoutside of theCongo Basin region fromanimalhealthlaboratoriesandtheregionaleconomiccommunities.

TheobjectivesofthemeetingwereachievedandthereferencelaboratorieswerewillingandreadytoassistthepotentialcandidatetwinninglaboratoriesintheCongoBasinforspecifieddiseasesandpathogens.Theactivitiesleadingtoinitiatingtwinningarrangementswillbeundertakenin2011.

ISSUES OF GROWING IMPORTANCE IN THE REGION

ThemainOIE listeddiseasesaffectingSADCMemberStatesare (inalphabeticalorder)Africanhorsesickness(equids),Africanswinefever(suids),contagiousbovinepleura-pneumonia(cattle),epizootic

ulcerative syndrome (fish), foot-and-mouth disease (cattlemostly), Newcastle disease (poultry), rabies(dogs),andRiftvalleyfever(smallruminantsmostly).Severalofthesediseaseshaveconsiderablepublichealthconsequences(Rabiesand,Riftvalleyfever),whileothersaffectinparticularbeefexportingcountries(footandmouthdiseaseandtoalesserextentcontagiousbovinepleuro-pneumonia).Inaddition,diseasescausedbyvectors, inparticulartickbornediseasesareofgreateconomicandfoodsecurityconcern.Beyondpurelydisease-related issues,whichcharacterizethe livestocksector inSouthernAfrica,severalcross-cuttingissuesrenderthispartofAfricaexceptional,inparticular:

a)Wildlifeandconservation:theregionishometothecontinent’smajorconservationareasandgameparks going through a profound restructuring as transfrontier conservation areas (TFCA’s), challengingexistingorpotentialdomesticanimaldiseasestatuswithinandacrosscountries.Thepresenceofwildlife,susceptibletooractingasareservoirformajordiseasesofdomesticatedanimalsiscloselylinkedtothesechallenges, for instance foot-and-mouthdiseaseandAfrican swine fever.Pressure isbuilding toobtainpreferentialtradestatusforcountriesharbouringSAT-typeinfectedwildlife,mainlyAfricanbuffalo,claimingitisimpossibletoeradicatethevirusfromtheecosystemwithouteradicatingthewildlifewithit.

b) Compliance to import requirements of the EU and commodity-based trade: several countries insouthern Africa have managed to meet OIE requirements and therefore enable to export beef and derivedproductstowesternmarkets(US,Europe)andAsia.Atthesametime,theregionis increasinglychallengingOIEstandardsthatpertaintotheinherentsafetyofprocessedmeatsandderivedproducts,irrespectiveof thedisease statusofcountryor zone. The so-calledcommodity-based tradeapproachseekstoextendprinciplesofHACCPandCodexAlimentarius toguaranteesafeandbetter trade.Twomajorpublicationshavere-ignitedthedebatein2010:Qualitative assessment of the commodity risk factor for spread of foot-and-mouth disease associated with international trade in deboned beef (D J Paton, M Sinclair, R Rodríguez) and Foot-and-mouth disease and market access: challenges for the beef industry in southern Africa (I.Scoones,A.Bishi,N.Mapitse,R.Moerane,Mary-LouisePenrith,R.Sibanda,G.Thomson,W.Wolmer).

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/en/library/en_downloads.html


c)AselsewhereinAfrica,southernAfricaisincreasinglyswampedwithveterinarydrugsandbiologicalsfromnon-traditionalsuppliersandcountries,whichrepresentsachallengeintermsofregistrationoftheseproducts.Noregion-wideregistrationprocesscurrentlyexistsandcapacitytoenhanceameredocumentalapproachtoregistrationbyactuallaboratorytestingandresiduecontrolislackinginmostcountries,eveninSouthAfrica.Asaresult,aregionaltrainingseminarwasorganizedbytheOIESub-Regional Representation for Southern AfricainJohannesburg,SouthAfricainNovember2010.Theseminar,fundedbyDG-SANCOandGALVmedunited37Africancountries(focalpointsforveterinaryproducts)andthemajorplayersandstakeholdersatregionalandinternationallevel.

d) Aquaticanimalbiosecurityor thepreventionandcontainmentofaquaticdiseases, isa fairly newconcernintheregion,butisgainingmomentumastheaquacultureandriverinefarmingindustryistakingoff.TherecentintroductionofEpizootic Ulcerative SyndromeintheChobe-Zambeziriverbasin(in2006)hasbeenawake-upcallforveterinaryandothercompetentauthorities(fisheriesandwatersector)alikeandhastriggeredinitiatives,bothintermsofcapacitybuildingforeffectivepolicyandlegislationframeworkstoaddresstheproblem.

This year’s OIE regional training seminar on aquatic animal diseases for OIE focal points, organizedin Swakopmund,Namibia (refer topage 6) revived the interest in the subject. In parallel, theOIE SRRSAhasbeenassociatedwithaproposal for funding through theSTDF facilityof theWTO,ofaproject,focusingonthepublicawarenessaspectsofEUSintheZambeziriversystem(STDF/PG/320-Development and Dissemination of Training Materials for Enhancing Biosecurity in Aquaculture Operations to meet SPS standards in Low Income Economies in the Zambezi River Basin).InitiatoroftheprojectproposalwasIowaStateUniversityintheUS,withsupportoftheNVIinOslo,Norway,FAO-FIinRomeandpossiblyOIE,subjecttoathoroughrevisionoftheprojectcontentslaterthisyear.Indeed,theproposalistobere-submittedin2011.

e)AnimalWelfareis increasinglygainingmomentumgloballyandthis isoneareatheOIESubregionalRepresentation for SouthernAfricawould like to dwell on in the coming years as indicated in the 5thOIEstrategicPlan2011–2015.WeareconvincedthatstrategicplanningdesignedtoleadtowardstheimplementationoftheOIEanimalwelfarestandardsacrossthecontinentcanonlybeeffectiveifbasedonthoroughunderstandingoftheexistingsituation-andinacontinentthesizeofAfrica,therewillbevastlydifferingsituationsamongstandwithinthesub-regionsandevencountries. What is needed is to bring about sustainable changewithin the existing socio-economic and culturalcontextswithoutforcingchange,butenablingandfacilitatingthechange.BriningaboutsocialchangeonanimalwellbeinginAfricaisacomplexprocessthatwillneedtoharnesspositiveenergiesfromrelevantstakeholderstomakedifferencesinentrenched‘statusquo’. Development of policies/strategies, regulations and programmes at national and sub national levelscanhelptotapsuchenergyandchannelitintoconstructiveactivities.OIESubRegionalRepresentationfor Southern Africa will seeking approval and support from higher OIE authorities to engage relevantstakeholdersanddonorsincludingtheOIEDelegatesandtheiranimalwelfarefocalpointstodeveloparegionallycoordinatedanimalwelfareActionforOIEMemberCountriesinSouthernAfrica. Major results expected from this Action will include a prioritized SADC Plan of Action developed toenhanceanimalwelfarewherebyanimalwelfarestructures/systems,policies/strategies,legislationswillbedeveloped;Capacity-buildingenhancedandanimalwelfareinformationeffectivelycommunicated.ThisActionwillenableSADCMemberStatestoadvocatefordedicatedanimalwelfarebudgetsrequiredtorealizesustainablechangesinanimalwellbeingasstipulatedintheOIEstandards.


MEETINGS & CONFERENCES

Throughouttheyear,theOIESub-RegionalRepresentationforSouthernAfricamaintainedclosetieswiththeSADCSecretariatandwasthereforeinvolvedinalltheregionalactionsandinitiativesrelatedwith

theFood,AgricultureandNaturalResources(FANR)Directorate.OIESRRparticipatedactivelyinvariouscoordinationplatformssetupbySADC,anddonorsoflivestockprojectsliketheEUandAfDB,togetherwiththe2partnerorganisations–FAOandAU-IBAR.

TheOIESRR takesadvantageof regionalconferencesandseminarsorganisedbypartneragencies topromotetheOIEanditsmissionsdependingonthesubjectofdiscussion.

Thetablebelowprovidesanoverviewofthemainconferences,seminars,workshopsandothermeetingsinwhichtheSub-RegionalRepresentationparticipatedin2010.Officialback-to-office-reports(BTOR)fromthesemissions,meetingsandconferencesareavailableonrequest.

Missions carried out in 2010

Meetings organised with the support of the SRR during 2010

Country Dates Purpose of the missionNamibia 12.01 13.01 Fact-findingmissiontoSwakopmund[Mantsho]Botswana 24.03 26.03 JointAU-IBAR,FAO,OIE,WHOmissionwithintheframework

oftheIntegratedRegionalCoordinationMechanism(IRCM),focussingonthecapacitiesofSADCforintra-andinter-regionalcoordination[Bastiaensen]

Botswana 29.03 10.04 PVSEvaluationBotswana[Mtei]South Africa 11.05 12.05 FactfindingmissiontoPretoria(DAFFandUniversityofPretoria)

[Bastiaensen]South Africa 16.08 17.08 FactfindingmissiontoGrahamstown(RhodesUniversity)

[Bastiaensen]South Africa 06.09 07.09 FactfindingmissiontoJohannesburg[Mantsho]

Country Dates Purpose of the missionBotswana 09.03 12.03 OIERegionalInformationSeminarforrecentlyappointedOIE

Delegates.Gaborone.Tanzania 16.03 19.03 OIERegionalTrainingCourseforOIEFocalpointsforwildlife

(English).Arusha.Namibia 15.06 18.06 OIERegionalTrainingCourseforOIEFocalpointsforaquatic

animaldiseases.Swakopmund.South Africa 19.07 23.07 FirstmeetingoftheDeansofSchoolsandFacultiesof

VeterinaryMedicineorSciencesinEastandSouthernAfrica.Pretoria.

Botswana 31.08 03.09 OIERegionalTrainingCourseforOIEFocalpointsforaquaticanimaldiseasesandnotificationofanimaldiseases.Gaborone.

South Africa 23.11 26.11 OIERegionalTrainingCourseforOIEFocalpointsforveterinaryproducts.Johannesburg.


Coordination meetings of the RAHC, organised with the support of the SRR during 2010

Meetings attended by SRR staff representing the OIE during 2010

Country Dates Purpose of the missionBotswana 20.01 20.01 8thCoordinationmeetingoftheRegionalAnimalHealthcentre

forSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA)withFAO-ECTADandAU-IBAR.Botswana 11.04 11.04 9thCoordinationmeetingoftheRegionalAnimalHealthcentre

forSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA)withFAO-ECTADandAU-IBAR.Botswana 12.07 12.07 10th Coordination meeting of the Regional Animal Health

centreforSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA)withFAO-ECTADandAU-IBAR.

Botswana 14.09 14.09 11th Coordination meeting of the Regional Animal Health centreforSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA)withFAO-ECTADandAU-IBAR.

Botswana 30.11 30.11 12th Coordination meeting of the Regional Animal Health centreforSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA)withFAO-ECTADandAU-IBAR.

Country Dates Purpose of the missionBotswana 15.02 15.02 SADC–ICPjointtaskforcemeeting,Gaborone.[Bastiaensen]Congo(Rep.) 16.02 17.02 InformaljointWHO-AFRO–USAIDmeetingontheEmerging

PandemicThreatsproject,Brazzaville[Bastiaensen]South Africa 18.02 18.02 Annual planning meeting of the OIE Collaborating Centre

onTraininginIntegratedLivestockandWildlifeHealthandManagement,basedattheDepartmentofVeterinaryTropicalDiseasesoftheFacultyofVeterinaryScienceinPretoria[Bastiaensen]

Botswana 02.03 04.03 SADCSub-committeemeetingonEpidemiologyandInformatics(EISC),Gaborone[Bastiaensen]

Botswana 23.04 24.04 IRCMConsultativeMeeting,organisedbyAU-IBAR.Gaborone[Mtei,Bastiaensen]

Botswana 27.04 30.04 SADCLivestockTechnicalCommitteemeeting,Gaborone[Mtei]

Congo(D.Rep.) 29.04 30.04 LaunchoftheEPTprogrammeinKinshasa[Bastiaensen]Botswana 06.05 06.05 SADC–ICPcoregroupmeeting,Gaborone[Bastiaensen]Congo(Rep.) 07.06 11.06 JointFAO/OIE/WHOmeetingconcerningtheUSAIDIDENTIFY

projectfortheCongoRegion.Brazzaville[Bastiaensen]Mali 06.07 09.07 OIERegionalTrainingCourseforOIEFocalpointsforwildlife

(French).Bamako[Bastiaensen]Botswana 15.07 15.07 SADC–ICPjointtaskforcemeeting/coregroupmeeting,

alongwithrepresentativesofthedoubletroika.Gaborone[Bastiaensen]

South Africa 18.08 20.08 AnnualConferenceoftheSouthernAfricanSocietyforVeterinaryEpidemiologyandPreventiveMedicine(SASVEPM),Lynnwood,Pretoria[Bastiaensen]

Namibia 30.08 03.09 FANRPANConferenceinWindhoek[Mtei]Botswana 07.09 07.09 ClosingmeetingofthetwinningagreementforCBPPbetween

theBotswanaNationalVeterinaryLaboratory(BNVL)inSebele,Gaborone,candidatelaboratory,andtheIstitutoZooprofilatticoSperimentaledell'AbruzzoedelMolise'G.Caporale'(CESME)inTeramo,parentlaboratoryandOIEReferenceLaboratoryforCBPP.Sebele,Gaborone[Mtei,Bastiaensen]

Botswana 07.09 10.09 SADCFANRFoodSafetyCapacityBuildingonResidueControl.ThirdStakeholderRegionalAssembly.Gaborone[Mapitse]

Lesotho 07.10 08.10 SADCSub-CommitteeonVeterinaryPublicHealthandFoodSafetymeeting.Maseru[Mapitse]


South Africa 11.10 15.10 BetterTrainingforSaferFoodtrainingcourseforworkshopfortheOfficialsoftheAUCommission,RegionalEconomicCommunitiesandspecialisedbodies,organisedbytheEUDelegationtotheAfricanUnionCommission(AddisAbaba)andtheAETS-ledConsortium.CapeTown[Mtei,Bastiaensen].

Belgium 22.10 22.10 18thAnnualConferenceoftheFlemishSocietyforVeterinaryEpidemiologyandEconomics(VEE).Paperpresented:Bastiaensen,P.,Planté,Caroline,Knopf,Lea,Njeumi,F.,Kock,R.,Mtei,B.&VallatB."GlobalEradicationofRinderpest.TheFinalAct."Roeselare[Bastiaensen]

Uganda 01.11 04.11 JointFAO–OIE–WHOIDENTIFYstakeholders(laboratories)meeting.Entebbe[Mapitse]

Botswana 03.11 05.11 SADCLivestockTechnicalCommitteemeeting,Gaborone[Mtei,Bastiaensen]

Botswana 30.11 30.11 JointSADC–UniversityofBotswana(UB)andFrenchEmbassytoBotswanaseminaronRegionalresponsestonaturaldisastersandhumanitariancrisesinSouthernAfrica.LibraryAuditorium,UB,Gaborone.[Bastiaensen]

Meetings and conferences of the OIE, attended by staff from the SRR during 2010

Country Dates Purpose of the missionFrance 23.05 28.05 78thOIEGeneralSessionandRegionalCommissionforAfrica

meeting,Paris(Mtei,Bastiaensen]France 26.10 29.10 AnnualmeetingoftheOIERegionalandSub-Regional

Representatives.Paris[all,includingMantsho]Tunisia 07.12 09.12 OIEGlobalConferenceonVeterinaryLegislation.Djerba

[Mapitse,Bastiaensen]


ADMINISTRATIVEISSUES

STAFFOFFICIAL VISITS

AGREEMENTS & HOSTINGCOMMISSIONED CONSULTANCIES

GF-TAD & REGIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER


TheSRR-SAbeganitsactivitiesinJanuary2006,withtheappointmentofaSub-RegionalRepresentativeandaSecretary.In2007,aDeputySub-RegionalRepresentativewasrecruited,butsubsequentlyresigned

forpersonalreasons.AProgrammeOfficerwassecondedtotheOIEbytheFrenchMinistryofForeignandEuropeanAffairs(FranceCooperation)inApril2007.TheteamwasfurtherstrengthenedasfromJune2009withtherecruitmentofafull-timeAdministrativeandFinancialAssistant,andinAugust2010,withanewDeputy-Representative,bringingthenumberofpermanentstaffmembersto5.

TheProgrammeOfficerendedhisassignmentwith the FrenchMinistryof ForeignandEuropeanAffairs(FranceCooperation) in June 2010, but pursues his activities for theOIE as per July 2010with FrenchDevelopmentAgency(AFD)funding.

In terms of office environment, several importantimprovements have been implemented : newupdatedserverWindowsServer2008withadditionalback-up server (entirely funded by OIE SRR),installation of Attix-5 professional back-up systemfor 15 client computers (entirely funded by FAOECTAD),awardinga service renderingcontract toDemographixCommunicationsforthemaintenanceof the OIE Africa website as per September 1stand an overhaul of the internet-access system,following an internal audit of NAKO Solutions, theIT maintenance service provider, including an additionalwirelessaccessmodem(OrangeLiveboxat512K)andaloadbalancerwhichdirectsinternettraffictoeitherofthetwoADSLconnectionshavingthemostbandwidthavailable(OIEandFAOeachhaveoneADSLconnection). Inaddition,afirstaidcabinetisnowalsoavailable.

Serviceprovidercontractsareongoing,partiallyorentirely fundedby theOIE, for (a) officecleaningservices, (b) IT support services (c) VOIP-basedtelephone services and (d) websitemaintenanceservices.In the course of September, the FAO countryoffice, which shares the premises with the OIEand the members of the Regional Animal Health Centre,announcedthat,basedonaUNDPsecurityassessment, itwouldhaveCCTVcameras installedinsidethebuilding.Whilethiswasagreeabletotheother organisations, it turned out that the installation also included replacing the existing access control systembyanotherone,turningtheexistingaccesssystem, installed less thanayearagoat theOIE’sexpense, obsolete. TheOIE Representative filed acomplaint about this lack of coordination to theFAO Sub-Regional Office in Harare, Zimbabweand summoned the Assistant FAO-CountryRepresentative to explain the rationale behind this unilateral decision, which affects all staff. Theproblemremainsunresolvedtodate.

Regardingtheclosureofthe9thEDF-fundedSADC–EUGrantContributionAgreementwithOIE,whichendedonDecember31st,2010,theofficesubmittedaworkplann°3technicalandadministrativereportto the SADC Executive Secretary in the course ofthe month of February 2010. The final report wassubmitted on June 28th, 2010. The disbursementby the SADC regional authorising officer of theremainingbalanceofEUR40,620.68wasmadeonNovember29th,2010.

The primary output of the accompanyingindependent evaluation of the above-mentionedEDF project, conducted in November andDecember 2009 by Ir. Anton Van Engelen, was areport intended for the Director-General of theOIE, the SADC Executive Secretary and theHeadof the Delegation of the European Commissionin Botswana, assessing the degree to which theexpected results and performance indicators listed in the Agreement had been attained, and indicating strengthsandweaknessesofits implementationbytheOIEandopportunitiesforfutureengagements.Thesecondaryoutputof theevaluationwasasetof documents, again intended for the Director-Generalof theOIE, theSADCExecutiveSecretaryand theHeadof theDelegationof the EuropeanCommission in Botswana, assessing the possibleway forward, i.e. thebroadoutlinesofa renewedContribution Agreement, based on a tripartite agreement between the OIE, SADC and the EC,within the framework of the 10th EDF programme(RegionalIndicativeProgrammeforSouthernAfrica,entrustedtotheRegionalAuthorisingOfficeroftheEDFforSADC,theExecutiveSecretary).

To this effect two project proposals for fundingunderthe10thEDFRegionalIndicativeProgramme(RIP)fortheSADCregionweredevelopedandwereapprovedby theOIEDirector-General inFebruary2010.TheseproposalsweresubmittedtoSADCandthe European Commission during the month of March 2010.Deatails of thesedocuments canbeviewedonthefollowinglink:

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/docspdf/en/2009/EDF/Final_Evaluation_Gaborone.pdf

The institutional collaboration with the SADCSecretariat has since deteriorated. Despite allpromises and reassurances, the Secretariat has failed to submit either of the two project identificationfiches to the EC Delegation before the end ofSeptember, the deadline for the round of projectapprovalsbythe10thEuropeanDevelopmentFund(EDF).Hence,anotheryearhasbeenlostandstartup of the project(s), if any, cannot be envisagedbefore2013.


Thelongawaitedframeworkdocumentonlivestockdevelopment,whicharguablywasapre-requisitetoanyapprovalorendorsementofprojectproposalstobefundedunderthe10thEDF,waseventuallyreleasedandcommentedonbytheOIEanditsRAHCpartners.Howeveritdoesnotseemtohavemadeanypositiveimpactonthedecisionmakingprocess,especiallysincethisdocumenthasnotbeenendorsedbyanyofthepolicymakingbodies,suchasLTCorhigherauthorities.

STAFF

In termsof staff,MsNomsa Thekisowasonmaternity leave fromAugust 15th toNovember 7th, 2010,followedby4weeksofordinaryleave.DuringMrs.Thekiso’sabsence,MissLoratoChazeriwasemployedasatemporarySecretaryfrom9thAugustuntil30thSeptember2010;followedbythesubsequentrecruitmentofMissJudyPatsetoalsotemporarilyfillthegapasaSecretaryuntilDecember23rd,2010,afterMs.Chazerifoundpermanentemploymentwithanothercompany.

Position (nationality) Name Starting dateRepresentative(Tanzania)

BonaventureJ.Mtei 01.01.2006

DeputyRepresentative(Botswana)

NeoJ.Mapitse 01.08.2010

ProgrammeOfficer(Belgium)

PatrickX.Bastiaensen 22.04.2007

AdministrativeandFinancialAssistant(Botswana)

MphoG.Mantsho 01.06.2009

Secretary(Botswana)

NomsaThekiso 01.02.2006


A milestone in the institutional collaboration with the Botswana Department of VeterinaryServices was the joint organization of World

Rabies Day on September 28th. For the first time,World Rabies Day was celebrated in Botswana. Thisworldwidecommemoration,takesplaceeveryyearonSeptember28thisaninitiativeoftheglobalAlliance for Rabies Control (ARC)andisofficiallyendorsedbytheOIE.Thisyear’seventwasco-organisedbytheMinistryof Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the GaboroneCity Council, the Botswana Department of WildlifeandNational Parks, aswell as theOIE, the FAOandAU-IBAR, represented in Gaborone as the Regional Animal Health Centre for Southern Africa.Around100participants tookpart inamarch from theMinistryofAgriculturetothegroundsoftheGaboroneSecondarySchoolwherethroughouttheday,speecheswereheld,information provided to the public and pets vaccinated against rabies. Rabies is present in domestic animalsandwildlife in Botswana,despiteconsiderableeffortsannually tovaccinatedogsandcats.AspointedoutbytheFAOECTADRepresentative,thediseasestillkillsaround55,000peopleworldwideeveryyear,ofwhichalmost half (24,000) in Africa. All of these victims areinfectedbyrabidanimals.


TheOIEAfricawebsitehasbeenoverhauledbytheProgrammeOfficerinordertosimplifythemanagementofthewebsiteandatthesametimeprovideamorehomogenouslay-outtosurfersusingdifferentbrowsersandscreen-resolutions,byusingafixedwidthof1,000pixels:www.rr-africa.oie.int/ Since September 2010, theofficealsobenefitsfromthesupportofawebsite-maintenancecompany,DEMOGRAPHIXBotswana,withwhichaserviceprovidingcontractwassigned.ThecompanyisattheserviceofallfourAfricaoffices,aswellastheOIEheadquarters.OneofthemaintasksofDEMOGRAPHIXsofarhasbeentodevelopasub-sitededicatedtotheactivitiesconductedunderthe“Bettertrainingforsaferfood”programmeoftheEuropeanUnion,inlinewithitsvisibilityrequirements:http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/BTSF/en_index_btsf.html (nextpage).


Screen-capture of the OIE Africa website (English mirror) at URL : www.rr-africa.oie.int

Botswana agricultural magazine “Agrinews” reports on the OIE Regional information seminar for newly appointed OIE Delegates in Africa (March 2010)


Some of the reports on OIE Sub-Regional Representation activities in the OIE Bulletins in 2010.

The relative isolation of Botswanawhen it came to air travel, is coming to an end. A state-of-the-artinternationalairportwasputinusejustdaysbeforethekick-offoftheFIFAworldcupinSouthAfrica,andalongwithanewandlongerairstrip,willenablethelandingoflargerairlinecarriers.Overthepastyear,inadditiontoexistingSouthAfricanExpress(SAX)andAirBotswanaflights,KenyaAirwaysandSouthAfricanAirlines(SAA)startedflyingtoGaborone,withincreasedcapacitytoJohannesburgandnewdirectflightstoNairobi.NegotiationsareunderwaywithZambiaAirlinesforadirectliaisonwithLusaka(September)andfurtheraheadwithEgyptAirways,SingaporeAirlinesandEthiopianAirlines.


OFFICIAL VISITS, COURTESY VISITS

Designation Organisation / Country MonthDr.AbdoulayeBounaNiang,OIERegionalRepresentative for Africa, accompanied byDr.DanielBourzat,Programmeofficer

OIE RR Africa, Bamako,Mali

March

Dr.FaouziKechrid,OIESub-RegionalRep-resentative for Northern Africa, accompa-niedbyDr.VincentBrioudes,Programmeofficer

OIE SRR North Africa, Tunis, Tunisia

March

Dr.WalterMasiga,OIESub-RegionalRep-resentative for Eastern Africa

OIE SRR East Africa, Nairobi,Kenya

March

Dr.AlejandroThiermann,chairmanoftheOIE Terrestrial Code Commission

OIE TAHC, Paris,France

March

Dr.GideonK.Brückner,chairmanoftheOIEScientificCommissionforAnimalDis-eases

OIESCAD,Somerset-West,South Africa

March

Dr.MaraElmaGonzalezOrtiz,DeputyHeadoftheRegionalActivitiesDepart-ment

OIERAD,Paris,France

March

Dr.FrancescoBerlingieri,DeputyHeadoftheAnimalHealthInformationDepartment

OIEAHID,Paris,France

March

CourtesyvisitbyMrsGenevièveIancu,AmbassadorofFrancetoBotswanaandSpecialRepresentativetoSADC,accom-paniedbyMrsFrancineMeyer,HeadoftheFrenchCooperationSection

FrenchEmbassy,Gaborone,Botswana

March

Mr.SteveSloan,CEOoftheGALVMedtrust,accompaniedbyDr.HameedNuru,RegionalDirectorAfrica.

GALVMED,Edinburgh,UK

April

Mr.GerardChesnel,Inspector-GeneraloftheFrenchMinistryofForeignandEuro-pean Affairs

MAEE,Paris,France

June

DrAndreaMassarelli,FAOconsultant,onthedraftingoftheECTADGlobalStrategyPaper.

FAOConsultant,Rome,Italy

June

Dr.ArveLundfromtheNorwegianVeteri-naryInstituteinOslo.

NVI,Oslo,Norway

August

Dr.MarkAtkinsonoftheWildlifeConserva-tionSociety(WCS).

WCS,Gaborone,Botswana

August

Dr.KarimBenJebara,HeadoftheAnimalHealthInformationDepartment,accom-paniedbyprogrammeofficersAlessandroRipani and Paula Caceres

OIEAHID,Paris,France

August

Dr.AbdoulayeBounaNiang,OIERegionalRepresentativeforAfrica.

OIE RR Africa, Bamako,Mali

August

Dr.AntonioPetrini,Programmeofficer,OIESub-RegionalRepresentativeforNorthernAfrica.

OIE SRR North Africa, Tunis, Tunisia

August

Prof.VincenzoCaporale,chairmanoftheOIEBiologicalStandardsCommission.

OIEBSCIZS,Teramo,Italy

September

MrAnthonyBurnett,FAOcommunicationexpert, on the global declaration of rinder-pest eradication in 2011

FAOConsultant,Rome,Italy

December


AGREEMENTS & HOSTING

CONSULTANCIES AND LETTERS OF AGREEMENT

Agreement Signatories Starting dateMoUSADCSecretariat OIE&SADC 2003Grant Contribution Agreement OIE,SADC&EC 2005Hosting Agreement OIE&Gov.ofBotswana 2006MoU RAHC Southern Africa OIE&FAO 2009

Designation Purpose CountryDrCaroleGoulet TranslationoftheTrainingManualWildlifeDiseases

SurveillancetoFrenchZimbabwe

DrMarcLeGroumellec ScientificreviewoftheFrenchversionoftheproceedingsofthe training course for OIE focal points for aquatic animal diseases(Namibia)

Madagascar

Prof.GerrySwan OrganisationbytheUniversityofPretoriaofthefirstmeetingofDeansofSchoolsandFacultiesofVeterinaryMedicineorSciencesinSouthernandEasternAfrica(SouthAfrica)

South Africa

Prof.KoosCoetzer TechnicalassistancebytheUniversityofPretoria(OIECollaboratingCentre)totheOIEregionaltrainingseminarforOIEfocalpointsforwildlifefromEnglish-speakingAfricaandtheMiddleEast(Tanzania)

South Africa


GF-TADs AND THE REGIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER

TheofficialagreementbetweenthepartiestotheRegional Animal Health Centre (RAHC) for Southern Africa (SA) is signed, at least as far as FAO and OIE are

concerned,sinceFebruary2009.As farasBotswana isconcerned, theAgreementhasbeenendorsedbythePermanentSecretaryoftheMinistryofForeignAffairsandInternationalCooperationofBotswanasinceMay2009.

Unfortunatelylittleprogresshasbeenmadesince,neitherontherecognitionoftheRegionalAnimalHealthCentreasa“subsidiarity”-bodytotheSADCSecretariat,noron the signing of an Agreement for the Regional Animal Health Centre,whichwouldincludeAU-IBAR.

Aconsultancy (paid forby theOIE) regarding the recognitionof theRAHC-SAbytheSADCSecretariat,hadbeencompletedinDecember2009.Theassignmentwasconducted by a legal advisor, Dr. Stephen Kokerai from KOSATA Entreprises Ltd.,whose task itwas toproduceadraftapplication to theSADCCouncilofMinistersandadraftMoUwiththeSADC-Secretariat.Afterdueconsiderationandnegativefeedback from the FAOandOIEheadoffices’ legalcounsels,aswellas from theSADCSecretariat(allreferringtothelackoflegalpersonalityandinformalstatusoftheRAHCmechanism),theprocesswasabandonedaltogetherinApril2010.

TheprojectcalledIntegrated Regional Coordination Mechanisms(forRegionalEconomicCommunities)orIRCMseekstoincreasetheintraandinter-regionalcooperationwithinandbetweenthe(AU-recognised)RECsinAfrica,i.e.ECOWAS,CEEAC,IGAD,EAC,SADCandCOMESA.TheprojectwouldseemtodirectAU-IBAR’smodusoperanditowardsapresencewithintheRECswithouthoweverexcludingapursuitoftheactivitieswithintheRAHCstructuresaswell.

OnFAOECTADside,thefinancialpositionofFAOECTADwithintheRAHChasbecomedifficult,despitepastsuccessesintermsoffund-raisingfromFAOpartners.Whilesomefundingisstillavailable,itisnotearmarkedforthepaymentofpersonnel.TheunexpectedclosureoftheSADCFMDProject(contributionagreementwithFAO)andthedelaysaccumulatedbytheSADCTADsProjectintermsofreimbursementstotheFAO(contributionagreementwith theFAO),has left theRegional FAOECTADUnit inaprecariousfinancialposition, leading several staff to leave the Unit in the past months and all three outstanding positions to end onMarch31st,2011,i.e.regionalmanager,programmeofficerandadministrativeandfinancialassistant.


Name Position OrganisationBonaventureMtei Representative OIENeo Mapitse Deputy-Representative OIEPatrickBastiaensen Programmeofficer OIEMpho Mantsho AdministrativeandFinancialAssistant OIENomsaThekiso Secretary OIELoratoChazeri Secretarya.i. OIEJudyPatse Secretarya.i. OIE

SusanneMünstermann RegionalManagerECTAD FAOGraceSsemakula FinancialandAdministrativeAssistant FAOSusanBosman Secretarya.i. FAOMtendere Mphatso OperationsOfficer FAOTsaone Gaelebale Operations Assistant FAOMokganediMokopasetso Projectofficer(foot-and-mouthdisease) FAONada Abu Samra Projectofficer(avianinfluenza) FAO

BaboucarrJaw Representative AU-IBARGiftWanda RegionalCoordinatorSPINAP-AHI AU-IBARMusaFanikiso Consultant IRCM AU-IBARNthapelengJ.Shai Administrative Assistant AU-IBARBenjaminLungu FinancialAssistant(accountant) AU-IBAR

ThestaffmembersoftheRAHCforSouthernAfricaarelistedonthefollowingtable.Nationalitiesinclude:Belgium,Botswana,Gambia,Germany,Malawi,SouthAfricaandTanzania.

Both Dr Bonaventure Mtei and Dr Patrick Bastiaensen attended the meeting of the OIE RegionalCommissionforAfricainParis,onMay24,2010.

On several occasions, the (then) President of the RegionalCommission, Dr.Olaho-Mukaniwas invitedto attend training seminars to (re)present the RegionalCommission. As an example, he attended theinformationseminarfornewlyappointedOIEDelegatesinMarch2010inGaborone.AproposaltodevelopanOIEAfricastrategicplan(2010–2015),basedontheoverall5thOIEstrategicplan,butcustomisedto includee.g.AfricanUnionandinparticularNEPADandCAADPthrusts,didnotcometofruition.ItwouldhavebeenanopportunitytotiethelinksbetweentheRegionalRepresentationandtheRegionalCommission.

InMay2010,partoftheAfricabureauwasrenewedduetotheretirementorpromotionofmembersofthebureau. Thebureauof theOIERegionalCommission forAfrica ishenceforthpresidedbyDr.BerheGebreegziabher(Ethiopia)andtwoVice-presidentsDrMohammedAbdelRazigAbdelAziz(Sudan)andDrMahamadouSaley(Niger)andDr.MarosiMolomo(Lesotho)remainsSecretary-general.ThemandateofthisCommissionexpiresinMay2012.

Despite these efforts and changes to the Bureau, the interactions with the Regional Commission aredeemedunsatisfactory.

List of OIE, FAO and IBAR staff who were present at the RAHC throughout or for part of 2010

REGIONAL COMMISSION ACTIVITIES


ThefundingoftheSub-RegionalRepresentationfor2010wassourcedfrom:a) theECBTSFfundingprovidedthroughDGSANCOtoOIE(Paris)b) theOIEfundingprovidedthroughtheWorldAnimalHealthandWelfareFund

TheSub-RegionalRepresentation’s2010annualworkplanandbudgetstoodatEUR641,400.00,mostofwhichwasfundedthroughtheabove-mentionedBTSFprogramme:

Thelabel‘OIE’referstothecontributionsmadebytheWorld Animal Health and Welfare Fund, a trust fund, specificallyestablishedtosupporttheOIE’sactivitiestowardscomplianceofdevelopingandin-transitioncountrieswithinternationalstandards,asadvocatedbytheOrganisation.

Thelabel‘SANCO’referstoaproject,directlyfundedbyDG-SANCO(Directorate General of the European Commission for Health and Consumers) under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’programme,implementedin African countries by the OIE head office, with the participation of the Regional and Sub-RegionalRepresentations.

Extra-budgetary funding was provided by the French Cooperation through the secondment of aprogrammeofficerandaEUR5,000operationalbudget(untilJune30th).TheEUR5,000wereentirelyused.Extra-budgetaryfundswerealsomadeavailableonanad-hocbasis,throughtheIDENTIFYproject,whichyear2implementationplanstartedonSeptember1st,2010.Intotal,EUR....wereused,primarilytoorganisetravelofDr.P.Bastiaensen,andthereafterDr.NeoMapitsetoattendEPTand/orIDENTIFYmeetings.

ByDecember31st,2010,thestateofdisbursements,ascomparedtothepreviousyearswasasfollows:

FINANCIAL REPORT

Cost Item Contribution SANCO

Contribution OIE Total

2010 2010 2010

STAFFEXPENSES 0,00 101400,00 101400,00WORKSHOPS&CONFER-ENCES

500000,00 0,00 500000,00

EQUIPMENT 0,00 0,00 0,00MISSION EXPENSES 0,00 15000,00 15000,00OPERATING COSTS 0,00 25000,00 25000,00 TOTAL 500 000,00 141 400,00 641 400,00

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Approved budget 116000 63000 57810 146000 141400Disbursements 0 11436 70046 105230 246932Uptake 0% 18% 121% 72% 170%

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Approved budget 0 0 0 140600 500000Disbursements 0 0 0 111850 602830Uptake - - - 80% 120%

a) OIE budget (world animal health and welfare fund)

b) DG-SANCO (better training for safer food)


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700000

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500000

400000

300000

200 000

100 000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Evolution of the annual budget since the inception of the SRR for Southern Africa in 2006

CONCLUSIONS AND 2011 OUTLOOK

Theyear2010hasagainbeenamilestoneinthedevelopmentOFTHEOIESub-RegionalRepresentationfor SouthernAfrica.Despite theendof theGrantContributionAgreementwithSADCand theEC in

December2009,thisyear2010hasbeenexceptionalintermsofcapacity-buildingwithmoreveterinarystaff trained than ever before and a considerable increase in disbursements, exceeding the estimated budgetofEUR641,000bytheendoftheyear2010.

ThisislargelythankstothefundingprovidedbytheEC’sDirectorate-GeneralSANCOthroughtheBetterTrainingforSaferFoodprogrammeforAfrica,throughwhichmostofthecapacity-buildingactivitieswereconducted.While not entirely operational, the newUSAID-fundedproject called IDENTIFY, part of theoverallEmergingPandemicThreatsprogrammefortheCongoBasin, isnowwellontrackthankstotherapidrecruitmentoftheDeputySub-RegionalRepresentativewhojoinedtheofficeinAugust2010.

WhiletheRepresentationhasnowreachedadegreeofconsolidationwhichseems irreversible,variouschallengesstilllieahead,oneofwhichistherelationshipwiththeSADCSecretariat,whichseemsreluctanttoenterintoanewGrantContributionAgreementwiththeOIEunder10thEDF(EC)funding,despitethefactthatfewotheroptionsareavailableiftheSecretariatwantstocommitfundsbytheendofthe10thEDFin2013.

EquallyworrisomearetheuncertaintiesregardingthepartnerorganisationsintheRegionalAnimalHealthCentreforSouthernAfrica(RAHC-SA),i.e.whereFAO–ECTADisrunningshortoffundingandisverylikelygoingtoreduceitstechnicalandadministrativestafftoaminimum,goingintohibernationmodeawaitingbettertimes.Ontheotherhand,AU-IBARislookingforoptionscloserto,andifpossible,withintheRegionalEconomicCommunities(REC),ratherthannexttotheRECsasisthecaseintheRAHCset-up.

World Organisation for Animal HealthSUB-REGIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

Gaborone • Botswana

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