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Samuel Wakhusama Deputy-Representative World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Eastern Africa The OIE’s Biological Threat Reduction Strategy First Biosafety Leadership Summit: Leadership in the face of challenging regulatory environments  Nairobi, Kenya

Agenda  The OIE Biological Threat Reduction (BTR) Strategy  Capacity-building  Rinderpest post-eradication  Emergency response  UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (Africa) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 4

Stamping out of bird flu affected poultry farms in Nigeria (2006) Photo credit : public domain (2006) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 5 5

Chapter 1 The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Biological Threat Reduction (BTR) Strategy World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 6

OIE’s BTR Strategy “…protecting against deliberate and accidental releases in a sustainable way…” ‣ Surveillance, early on farm detection, rapid response ‣ Foster scientific networks for biosafety and biosecurity Multiple collateral benefits for animal health, agriculture, public health, poverty alleviation, food security, animal welfare and economies http://www.oie.int/en/our-scientific-expertise/biological-threat-reduction/ World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 7 7

OIE’s BTR Strategy A world that is safe and secure from the accidental or deli- berate release of animal pathogens, including zoonoses World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 8 8

OIE’s BTR Strategy World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 9 9

OIE’s BTR Strategy World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 10 10

Chapter 2 Capacity building INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 11

Performance of Veterinary Services World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 12 12

Modifiez le style du titre PVS evaluation mission in the Kingdom of Swaziland (2015) Photo credit : Julie Punderson (2015) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 13

Performance of Veterinary Services OIE Representation OIE Sub Regional Representation Africa Southern Africa Northern Africa Eastern Africa Benin Angola Algeria Burundi Burkina Faso Botswana Libya Comoros Cameroon Dem. Rep. of the Congo Mauritania Djibouti Cape Verde Lesotho Morocco Eritrea Central African Rep. Madagascar Tunisia Ethiopia Chad Malawi Kenya Rep. of the Congo Mauritius Rwanda Côte d'Ivoire Mozambique Seychelles * Egypt Namibia Somalia Equatorial Guinea South Africa Sudan Gabon Swaziland Tanzania * Gambia Zambia Uganda Ghana Zimbabwe Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria São Tomé and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Togo 23 13 5 12 * Territory shared by more than one OIE Sub-Regional Representation italic : applied , but not yet conducted World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 14 14

Performance of Veterinary Services  A stepwise programme for the improvement of VS  Investments in: • (i) early detection of disease incursions, transparency and notification; • (ii) rapid response to animal disease outbreaks and implementation of biosecurity and bio- containment measures; • (iii) compensation strategies to indemnify animal owners hit by outbreaks; and • (iv) vaccination, as appropriate. World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 15 15

Twinning projects PVS evaluation mission in the Republic of South Africa (2012) Photo credit : E. Leon (2012) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 16

Reference Laboratories Expert Centres for animal diseases 247 Reference Laboratories in 38 countries 117 diseases World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 17 17

Collaborating Centres Centres of excellence on horizontal topics 49 Collaborating Centres in 26 countries 46 topics World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 18 18

New BSL-3 laboratory at the University of Zambia (2008) Photo credit : P. Bastiaensen(2008) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 19

Twinning projects  OIE RL’s and CC’s are centres of expertise for technical advice, diagnostics services and training  Objectives • Build scientific communities to improve compliance with OIE standards (surveillance and control) • Expand network of expertise • Strengthen surveillance networks • Collaborative research opportunities World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 20 20

Twinning: Projects completed Countries Diseases Parent Candidate African horse sickness and Bluetongue UK Morocco African swine fever Spain Kenya Avian influenza and Newcastle disease UK Botswana Avian influenza and Newcastle disease Germany Egypt Bluetongue Italy Tunisia Brucellosis Italy Eritrea Brucellosis UK Sudan Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) Italy Botswana Food Safety Italy Namibia Food Safety Italy Tunisia Improved diagnostic capacity UK Uganda Ovine chlamydiosis Switzerland Namibia Rabies South Africa Nigeria Veterinary Medicinal Products France Senegal UPDATE: July 2016 African participation Global Level N % Projects completed to date 32 14 43.75 Projects underway 32 10 31.25 Projects approved 11 5 45.45 Total 75 29 38.66 World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 21

Twinning: Projects underway Countries Diseases Parent Candidate African trypanosomiasis France Burkina Faso Avian influenza and Newcastle disease UK South Africa Brucellosis Italy Zimbabwe Foot and mouth disease Belgium Nigeria Foot and mouth disease UK Ethiopia Peste des petits ruminants France Morocco Peste des petits ruminants UK Tanzania Rift valley fever South Africa-France Yemen Surveillance linkages in African swine fever and FMD Sweden Uganda Trichinella Italy Tanzania UPDATE: July 2016 African participation Global Level N % Projects completed to date 32 14 43.75 Projects underway 32 10 31.25 Projects approved 11 5 45.45 Total 75 29 38.66 World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 22

Twinning: Projects approved Countries Diseases Parent Candidate Bee diseases France Yemen Brucellosis Argentina Tanzania Rabies South Africa Oman Viral Encephalopathy and retinopathy Italy Tunisia Veterinary medicinal products France Cameroon UPDATE: July 2016 African participation Global Level N % Projects completed to date 32 14 43.75 Projects underway 32 10 31.25 Projects approved 11 5 45.45 Total 75 29 38.66 World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 23

Twinning: important diseases from a biological threat / terrorism perspective Countries Animal diseases / viruses affecting man (selection) Animal source Diseases Parent Candidate Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) Livestock, horses, wildlife Foot and mouth disease: UK Ethiopia Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) Waterfowl, livestock, horses Rabies: South Africa Oman Rift valley fever: South Africa-France Yemen Cats, wildlife (rodents, …) Plague (Yersinia pestis) Viral Encephalopathy and retinopathy: Italy Tunisia Viral hemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, Lassa, Marburg,..) Wildlife (bats, rodents, apes) UPDATE: August 2015 Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, melitensis ,…) Livestock and wild ruminants Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) Horses, donkeys, guinea pigs Nipah virus Livestock (pigs) and bats West Nile fever Horses and bats, birds = OIE-listed diseases http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Products/bioterrorism-and-high-consequence-pathogen- wallchart.php?lang=en World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 24

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Chapter 3 Rinderpest post-eradication INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 26

Rinderpest : eradication (2011) Field of Death : cattle carcasses littered a pasture in South Africa in 1900 during a rinderpest epidemic. NY Times (2011) World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 27 27

Rinderpest : post-eradication  Achieve either destruction or sequestration of residual rinderpest containing materials (rinderpest virus, vaccine strains, vaccines,…)  Sequestration in FAO / OIE accredited holding facilities • Africa : African Union (AU) Pan-African Veterinary Vaccines Centre (PANVAC) Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia World Organisation for Animal Health · Protecting animals, Preserving our future | 28 28