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FAO mechanisms to respond to animal or zoonotic disease outbreaks: the FAO EMC-AH Maria Romano, MPH DVM Emergency Management Specialist Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health, FAO BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

FAO Animal Health Service Mandate § Prevent, contain and control the world’s most serious livestock diseases at their source, while also surveying for newly emerging pathogens in a changing environment. Key animal health related issues § Transboundary diseases § Vector-borne diseases § Veterinary public health (including food safety) § Veterinary services Protecting livestock against diseases and preventing their spread is one of the keys to fighting hunger, malnutrition and poverty. BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

FAO Animal Health Service Top 15 diseases monitored 200 180 2014 2015 160 2016 140 No. of events by disease/units 2017 120 2018 100 80 60 40 20 0 x F a D P P P V V R F . F D P a S S l L H L o P V s o M S D G i r A C / / L C P R d h b 9 N S F A I P - t E H . n L s d P r A 7 e n H H M U 5 H Source: FAO GLEWS, Animal Health Threat Update (AHTU) BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health Core functions BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency Management Center for Animal Health A new approach to animal health missions… Assess current preparedness and response mechanisms, as well as capacities in countries, and support prevention and detection activities. • Alert • Encourage and assist countries to take early action by conducting outreach and deploying early action missions to countries facing an imminent animal health risk. • Response • Continue to deploy rapid response missions to assist countries who are responding to outbreaks. BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health Continuing certain activities… • Continue to provide a “safety net” and deploy rapid response missions to assist countries that are responding to outbreaks. • Consider surge support, as warranted, to provide prolonged assistance and help manage the emergency response. Leverage projects supporting the development of a manual on how to manage an animal health emergency operations – incident coordination and incident management. BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

EMC-AH EM AH Mis Missio ions ns To Da Date 103 mi 103 missions 53 co 53 countries (approx. 46% HPAI, 20% Zoonoses Newcastle Disease and 34% other TADs) Mers-CoV Fish Kill October 2006 – June 2019 BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Grand Total: 37 GEMP workshops Over 60 countries Over 800 participants BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency (Response) Actions conducted by the EMC-AH • Rapid deployment of missions to support emergency response in countries and regions with animal health emergencies. • Provide animal health technical and operation support to FAO Level 3 emergency response operations. • Maintain a roster of animal health and emergency management experts to meet country requests for needs assessments, rapid response and surge support. BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency (Response) Rapid Deployment Teams • EMC-AH (coordinator) • ECTAD country team leaders • FAO Country Office Representative • FAO Regional Office Representatives • Experts from the roster • Partners Team of experts collecting information in Viet Nam, March 2019 BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency (Response) Procedures for rapid deployment Intelligence Planning Pre mission gathering Post Mission mission BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Emergency (Response) Mission activities • Assess epidemiological findings • Strengthen veterinary laboratory capacity • Assess field activities • Review response plans and implementation procedures • Support risk communication • Identify gaps and propose action plans • Short, medium and long term Mission team in Zambia conducting field surveillance, February 2019 BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Preparedness – Myanmar March 2019 Multi-stakeholder information gathering BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Alert – Lao PDR BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Response – Cambodia BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Incident Coordination Animal Health Events • African Swine Fever • Ebola • Equine Diseases FAO Emergency Operations Centre, Rome Italy BWC BW C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Ongoing projects BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Key Partners BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land

Thank you! For questions please contact Romano.maria.g@gmail.com BW BWC C Meeting of Expert rt 4 2019, , 6 August st 2019, , Gen enev eva, , Swit itzer erla land