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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
Immediate
short term
(3 years)
in ‘000 US$
Medium & long
term (4-10 years)
Total Animal Health (national & regional) 14,250 392,130 616,830
Global budget (b) 22,603 722,055.5 1,095,598
Total AH share of global budget (b) 63.1% 54.3% 56.3%
(a) This includes culling, compensation, and control costs (including vaccination).
(b) Global budget includes human health and communication activities
Source: ALIVE (A258)
b) South East Asia campaign for the control and eradication of FMD (SEAFMD)
In 1994 the OIE launched a campaign to control and eradicate FMD in Southeast Asia. For this purpose it
established a sub-commission for FMD control in South-East Asia (SEAFMD) 70 and in 1997 established a
Regional Coordination Unit for FMD in South-East Asia (RCU) in Bangkok to harmonise the control
actions against FMD between the countries of the region (A 234). At that time in fact the Veterinary
Services of the seven countries concerned were at different stages of development and most of them
lacked veterinary staff with good training and adequate resources. The sub-commission developed a
regional plan for FMD control as a guideline for control activities in the region (SEAFMD campaign). The
RCU operated a regional coordination role by assisting countries to develop harmonised plans and to
implement the FMD control measures in line with the SEAFMD campaign. The annual budget of the
Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) is estimated at US$ 600,000 per year to operate the coordinating and
monitoring agency and to supply the necessary skills, training and information throughout the campaign.
The project was developed in three phases. The first phase (1997-2000) (Preparatory Phase) focused on
the reinforcement of the animal health services in the countries concerned and in achieving uniformity in
the disease control activities to reach a minimum standard before starting phase 2 of the program. The
second phase (2001-2004) (Control Phase) was focuses on extensive epidemiological monitoring,
strategic vaccination, animal movement control and step-by-step creation of disease free areas. The third
phase (2006-2008) (Eradication and Consolidation Phase) has the objective to establish a well protected
and internationally verified FMD free zone within the region (13 th meeting of the OIE SEAFMD Sub-
Commission for FMD in Southeast Asia, Cambodia, March 2007).
All these activities have involved collaboration with the FAO and the joint FAO/IAEA division, the
International Livestock Research Institute, the World Reference Laboratory for FMD (Pirbright, UK), and
agencies such as ACIAR. National donors from countries in the region have also significantly contributed
to the campaign.
70 Initially SEAFMD involved seven member countries of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
countries with endemic FMD. They were: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and
Vietnam. Indonesia joined the Sub-Commission in 2000 (A181).
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