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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
1. Introduction
1.1. Aim of the study
This is Part I of a series of economic studies on the financing of animal epizootics and zoonoses losses in
developing and transition countries, commissioned by the OIE with support of the World Bank.
Part I deals with the economic impact of diseases and cost-benefit analysis of improved disease prevention
and rapid control. The objectives of this study, as laid down in the ToR, are as follows:
“To clarify the relative direct and indirect impacts and the economic cost of different types of animal
diseases and assess the costs and benefits of global and national animal disease prevention and control, in
particular through appropriate governance allowing early detection and notification and rapid response
within all parts of a country. The cost of the appropriate governance (in compliance with OIE
international standards) will be compared with the potential cost of sanitary crisis resulting from diseases
such as BSE, FMD and avian influenza”.
This Report details the work undertaken in Part I, which was carried out by Agra CEAS Consulting. It
describes the methodology followed, the scope of the analysis, and our key findings and conclusions.
1.2. Structure of the Report
The structure of this Report is as follows: Section 2 outlines the key methodological tools employed for
the study. Section 3 outlines the scope of the study in terms of disease focus, developing country and
farming system coverage, the description of prevention and control systems, and the definition of
prevention and outbreak costs and of the potential benefits of improved prevention. Section 3 provides a
synthesis of the main findings from the literature review. In particular, this includes an assessment and
conclusions of existing information and applied research on the costs of prevention and control systems,
on the costs of outbreaks, and of relevant cost-benefit analysis of improved prevention. Section 5 covers
the four country case studies that were undertaken, in each case outlining the context (animal health
problems, and veterinary services structures), and then the costs of prevention versus the costs of
outbreaks. Section 5 provides a global (worldwide) overview of prevention costs versus outbreak costs
(the latter based on a specific model developed explicitly for the purposes of this study, as presented in
Annex 5). Section 6 outlines the overall study conclusions and recommendations (more detailed
conclusions and recommendations are also provided per section within the study).
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