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Regional and International
Co-ordination, approach to countries
1) Asian member countries of the FAO and OIE have outlined
their national strategies related to the control of highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). They will take into account
the recommendations from FAO-OIE Conferences held in Rome (3-4
February, 2004) and Bangkok (26-28 February, 2004) to prepare
their short, medium and long term programmes related to the
control of HPAI and other priority epizootics in animals to
protect public health and to rebuild their poultry sector
where relevant.
2) ASEAN and SAARC are the relevant institutions for
the coordination of regional policies for animal health, in
their member countries under the guidance of the Regional
Steering Committee of Global Framework for the Progressive
Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs).
3) Member countries and donors will refer to the preliminary
FAO-OIE assessment of needs defined during the Bangkok
Conference (26-28 February, 2004) as a guide for bilateral and
regional arrangements.
4) Emergency preparedness plans must be developed in each
country and at regional levels to allow rapid response to new
outbreaks of highly contagious diseases.
5) Member countries and donors will refer to the OIE standards
as references in the definition of new policies on animal
health and zoonoses to be implemented through national and
regional programmes for the short, medium and long-terms.
These standards include:
- Quality of vaccines;
- Diagnostic methods;
- Quality and evaluation of Veterinary Services;
- Humane killing of animal and carcasses disposal methods;
- Safety of animal and animal products in regional and
international trade;
- National surveillance and notification procedures of animal
diseases to the OIE; and,
- Zoning and compartmentalization.
6) Member countries and donors will refer to WHO guidelines
for all occupational human health and safety.
7) The world-wide FAO-OIE GF-TADs is an appropriate mechanism
to ensure harmonization of policies to be implemented to face
the avian influenza crisis and other epizootics in Asia. In
this context, four Regional TCPs and six National TCPs have
already been approved (5.5 million USD). Other emergency
donors contributions have also been made available to
countries.
8) Member countries and donors consider that the benefits of
prevention outweigh the cost of emergency response.
In addition, the final general session in its final
deliberations, recommended that the Chief Veterinary Officer
or his/he representative of infected countries and countries
at risk meet again in mid-2004 to monitor progress of the
implementation of the programme.
FAO
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