Global Rinderpest Action Plan: Post-Eradication

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The GRAP applies an emergency management cycle approach to prepare for, prevent, detect, respond to and recover from a potential re-emergence of rinderpest, and it addresses responsibility for each stage of the cycle at the national, regional/continental, and international levels.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Release date: Jan 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9789251311684

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Authors

Lee Myers

Manager, Emergency Management Center-Animal Health (FAO)

Samia Metwally

Senior Animal Health Officer (Virology) (FAO)

Mariana Marrana

Chargée de mission (OIE)

Carla Stoffel

Technical Consultant (FAO)

Gunel Ismayilova

Animal Health Consultant (FAO)

Tianna Brand

Head, Programmes Department (OIE)

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©FAO/Marzio Marzot

Cover and back cover maps:

Gilbert M, G Nicolas, G Cinardi, S Vanwambeke, TP Van Boeckel, GRW Wint, TP Robinson (2018) Global distribution data for cattle, buffaloes, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and ducks in 2010. Nature Scientific data. In press.

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Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and acronyms

BACKGROUND

RINDERPEST: THE DISEASE

WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE GLOBAL RINDERPEST ACTION PLAN?

PURPOSE, SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS OF THE GRAP

STAGES OF THE GRAP

CHAPTER 1 – PREPARE

PLANNING

NATIONAL ACTIONS FOR PLANNING

REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL ACTIONS FOR PLANNING

INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR PLANNING

EQUIPPING

TRAINING

NATIONAL ACTIONS FOR TRAINING

REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL ACTIONS FOR TRAINING

INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR TRAINING

EXERCISING

NATIONAL, REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR EXERCISING

CHAPTER 2 – PREVENT

NATIONAL ACTIONS FOR PREVENTION

REGIONAL ACTIONS FOR PREVENTION

INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR PREVENTION

REDUCING THE RISK RELATED TO THE REMAINING STOCKS OF RINDERPEST VIRUS

DESTRUCTION AND SEQUESTRATION

RINDERPEST HOLDING FACILITIES

CHAPTER 3 – DETECT

DEFINITIONS OF SUSPECTED AND CONFIRMED CASES OF RINDERPEST

NATIONAL ACTIONS FOR DETECTION

REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL ACTIONS FOR DETECTION

FAO AND OIE RINDERPEST REFERENCE CENTRE/LABORATORY ACTIONS FOR DETECTION

OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR DETECTION

CHAPTER 4 – RESPOND

EARLY ACTIONS IN THE EVENT OF A SUSPECTED CASE

NATIONAL EARLY ACTIONS

REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL EARLY ACTIONS

FAO EARLY ACTIONS

OIE EARLY ACTIONS

RINDERPEST SECRETARIAT EARLY ACTIONS

FAO AND OIE RINDERPEST REFERENCE CENTRES/LABORATORIES EARLY ACTIONS

ACTION FOR A CONFIRMED CASE OF RINDERPEST

NATIONAL ACTIONS FOR A CONFIRMED CASE

REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL ACTIONS FOR A CONFIRMED CASE

INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR A CONFIRMED CASE

CHAPTER 5 – RECOVER

INTRODUCTION

PROOF OF FREEDOM

RECOVERY OF RINDERPEST-FREE STATUS FOR A COUNTRY OR ZONE

RECOVERY OF GLOBAL FREEDOM

References

Glossary

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1

ANNEX 2

ANNEX 3

Foreword

Rinderpest plagued livestock for centuries, spreading through trade and migration routes from Central Eurasia to the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. As a result, it caused the death of hundreds of millions of livestock and wild animals, and led to significant disruption and damage to agricultural supply chains throughout the world and to biodiversity. As devastating as it was, rinderpest was also a galvanizing force. It led to the establishment of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in 1924, and it prompted the creation of veterinary services in countries where such bodies had not existed previously. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) set out its animal health agenda, after its establishment in 1945, with rinderpest as a top priority ever since due to its impact on livelihoods and nutrition.

Rinderpest eradication remains one of the greatest successes for FAO, the OIE and their partners. This extraordinary achievement would not have been possible without the joint efforts and strong commitments of governments and the main regional organizations in Africa, Asia and Europe, and without the continuous support of donors and international institutions.

From 1994 to 2011, FAO spearheaded the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) with strong alliances with the OIE, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other institutional partners, governments, regional organizations such as the Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and communities worldwide. The eradication of rinderpest united countries through a common purpose.

In 2011, FAO and the OIE declared the world free from rinderpest, making it the first animal disease to be eradicated in the history of humankind. However, stores of rinderpest virus containing material remain a threat. Recognizing the enduring risk,