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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
The ALIVE needs assessment for Africa prepared a detailed breakdown of the various costs involved,
including for the animal health component (as a total for the 54 countries covered by the assessment). Of
the total national funding estimated to be required for the animal health component, prevention activities
and the strengthening of VS as such accounted for only a fifth of the budget in the short term 3-year
period (US$ 44.4 million and US$ 32 million, respectively) (Table 5). However, in the medium to long
term period, these activities were estimated to amount to 66% of the total needs, largely because of the
increased investment in strengthening VS (US$ 74.5 million and US$ 269.3 million, respectively). On the
other hand, the bulk of the costs in the short term were taken by the estimated response needs, in view of
the urgent upsurge of AI, but the relative share of these costs diminished in the medium-long term time
frame (from 80% down to 34%).
Table 5 Prevention and control of HPAI: Africa needs estimates by type of intervention
in ‘000 US$
Immediate short term
(3 years)
Medium & long
term (4-10 years)
Animal Health Component (national funding)
1. Prevention
Preparation of emergency preparedness plans 2,000 2,000
Strengthening disease surveillance for early
detection, diagnosis and reporting
700 19,000 42,000
Improving biosecurity 8,000 17,500
Training & continuing education of veterinary staff 2,000 5,000 15,000
Poultry census and mapping of farming systems 1,000
Sub-total 4,700 35,000 74,500
2. Response (a)
Sub-total 9,550 252,500 178,200
3. Strengthening VS
Governance and legislation activities in line with
international standards
520 480
Development of priority infrastructure 24,000 224,000
Strengthening the capabilities of public and private
national actors
Support for the organisation of producers and
processors
2,300 19,600
2,900 25,200
Sub-total 31,970 269,280
Total Animal Health (national funding) 14,250 333,720 521,980
Total Animal Health (regional funding) 58,410 94,850
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