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Junaidu Maina

Chair of the FAO-OIE Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee

THE RINDERPEST POST-ERADICATION ERA

Rinderpest Eradication

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Source: Rajnish Kaushik, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Source: https://landportal.info/

Livestock Livelihoods Trade implications International, regional and local cooperation Wildlife

Declaration of Eradication

• Last case in 2001
• Declaration of eradication in 2011
• FAO and OIE oversee post-

eradication activities

• Countries pledged to destroy the

remaining virus containing materials or transfer them to approved holding facilities

• Since 2015, five FAO-OIE

Rinderpest Holding Facilities have been approved in four countries

Declaration of world-freedom from rinderpest at the 79th OIE General Session (2011) Unveiling of the rinderpest eradication commemorative plaque at the FAO headquarters during the 37th Session of the FAO Conference (2011)

Post-eradication priorities

• Oversight and assistance in

sequestration and destruction efforts, monitoring inventory of remaining RVCM

• Designation of facilities to hold

rinderpest vaccine and virus containing materials

• Evaluating research proposals and

guaranteeing diagnostic capability

• Advising on preparedness and

contingency strategies

• Ensuring that rinderpest remains in

veterinary education curricula

10th meeting of the rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee, November 2016, OIE Headquarters, Paris 11th meeting of the rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee, June 2017, FAO Headquarters, Rome

FAO-OIE Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee (2012 - )

Destruction and Sequestration

2013 - 2016

23 Countries 18 Countries 24 Countries 11 Countries

2014 2013 2015 2016

Global Rinderpest Action Plan

GOOD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

• Complements National and Regional

Contingency Plans

• Organized according to the phases of

emergency management specific to a rinderpest re-emergence

• Defines roles and responsibilities of

stakeholders

• Facilitates decision makers to identify

and prioritize and address gaps in

• rder to prepare for potential rinderpest

re-emergence

Rinderpest Vaccine Reserves

• RVR held by the FAO-OIE

approved RHFs – Category B

• Management considerations
• Manufacturing policy
• Withdrawal mechanism
• Deployment procedure to

countries requesting vaccine

Operational Framework for Management and Deployment of the RVR

TRIGGER – case of rinderpest confirmed by a Reference Laboratory

Communications

http://rinderpestvigilance.com/ www.fao.org/ag/rinderpest.html

Next steps

1. Validate/publish the Global Rinderpest Action Plan and advocate for support from Countries and Donors for its implementation 2. Expand the Rinderpest Vaccine Reserve 3. Continue the destruction & sequestration efforts until no RPV is held outside of approved holding facilities 4. Keep the memory of rinderpest alive among the collective conscience and new generations

FAO-OIE Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee

Thank you

Acknowledgements

Joint Advisory Committee

• Alejandro Costa
• Geneviève Libeau
• Junaidu Maina
• Mo Salman
• Greg Smith
• David Ulaeto
• Gerrit Viljoen

FAO-OIE Rinderpest Secretariat

• Samia Metwally
• Tianna Brand
• Fitsum Habtemariam
• Mariana Marrana
• Kazutoshi Matsuo
• Artem Skrypnyk
• Carla Stoffel

Contact Rinderpest-Secretariat@fao.org rinderpest@oie.int