2294 part 1 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
training to the detection, diagnosis and control of the disease would be required (A286). More than 600
Nigerian animal health officials have been trained under a scheme funded by the European Union and the
FAO to undertake a nationwide surveillance to track bird flu. These experts would be deployed in January
2007 across the country, to provide the much needed local resource for testing any suspected cases 128 .
Despite these shortcomings, an inter-Agency mission (FAO/OIE/AU-IBAR) conducted in October 2006
concluded that the first phase of HPAI control in Nigeria has been reasonably successful and that the
elimination of the infection could possibly be contemplated within the short to medium term depending on
the control measures to be taken (A169). Recommendations for further action include: a) enhancing
surveillance (inter alia through: support to the National Veterinary Research Institute – NVRI; enhancing
active surveillance in smallholder village poultry, and the active engagement of private veterinarians); and
b) enhancing control measures (inter alia through improved conditions for timely and adequate
compensation; reviewing vaccination policy, particularly on targeted and/or ring vaccination; improving
and consolidating the national emergency preparedness plan; and developing a clearly defined national
strategic plan for the progressive control and elimination of HPAI).
In March 2006, the Federal government of Nigeria and the World Bank signed a US$ 50,000,000 special
credit agreement, in the context of the GPAI/APL programme, for a project targeting both AI control and
human pandemic preparedness (A203). The animal health component of this plan was based on a review
of the key institutions and their readiness to perform the required/intended tasks. It deals with four main
themes, namely surveillance, early detection and rapid containment, control at source in birds, and risk
communication. As such, the project deals with many of the above issues and recommendations identified
by the inter-Agency mission and the Nigerian authorities. Further budgetary details of this project are
given in Table 17.
An independent OIE mission to assess the state of Nigeria’s VS on the basis of the PVS tool has just taken
place 129 .
5.3.2. Cost of prevention and control systems
The total estimated budget under the Nigerian preparedness plan (A286) was N (Nigerian Naria) 880
million (or US$ 6.9 million). Of this, N 400 million (44%) was envisaged for strengthening diagnostic
laboratories, N 200 million (22%) for stamping out including compensation, N 100 million (11%) for
strengthening the veterinary quarantine infrastructure, N 100 million (11%) for research (including on
vaccine development), and N 80 million (9%) for targeting the disease and sero-surveillance (Table 16).
An additional US$400,000 was foreseen for vaccine procurement (for 20,000 doses/annum). Despite the
detailed technical components of this plan it is understood that, at the time of the February 2006 outbreak,
funding had not yet been mobilised for the plan’s prompt execution.
128 More information on this service can be found at the OIE database.
129 20 August to 5 September 2007
Civic Consulting • Agra CEAS Consulting 122