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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
Animal losses in Africa due to this disease are estimated to be about US$ 2 billion. Several projects have
been undertaken from 1990-2003 to assist the member countries in the control of CBPP through FAO
TCP 72 for a total amount of US$ 3,322,633. (Source Towards sustainable CBPP control programmes for
Africa, FAO, 2004).
4.2.2.2. General programmes
a) Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)
The STDF was formally established in mid-2002 by the FAO, the OIE, the World Bank, the WHO and the
WTO, as a financing and coordinating mechanism. The World Bank estimates that annual expenditure by
donor agencies on trade-related SPS programmes has been running at an annual budget of US$ 65-70
million (although some under-reporting of technical cooperation activities is possible). However, based on
data from the STDF database, it would appear that only a small minority of the projects reported deal with
the strengthening of hard infrastructure such as laboratory facilities (the bulk dealing with knowledge
transfer projects) and that in terms of the overall number and value of projects, animal health lags behind
the food safety sector and other SPS issues 73 (A111f).
b) Global framework for the progressive control of transboundary animal diseases (GF-TADs)
This joint initiative was developed by the FAO and the OIE in May 2004, to serve as a facilitating
mechanism to provide for capacity building and to assist in establishing programmes for the specific
control of certain TADs based on regional priorities. The six-year programme (2004-2009) envisages inter
alia supporting country-based surveillance and enhanced disease reporting through capacity building of
epidemiology units and of laboratory personnel; concerted animal disease control programmes developed
through the establishment of regional support units within ongoing regional specialised organisations
and/or Regional Commissions; and, the development of Regional and Global Early Warning Systems for
TADs (GLEWS) established with the collaboration of FAO, OIE and WHO, connected to regional
epidemiological systems.
One of the main objective of GF-TADs has been the design of national programmes on disease control,
which would be prepared with national authorities and submitted by the GF-TADs Steering Committee to
donors.
The entire programme foresees a budget of US $79.4 million for the six-year period 74 .
c) OIE plan to support the VS of developing countries to meet OIE international quality standards
72 FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)
73 For example, in 2005 some US$ 1 million was spent on animal health and feed quality, US$ 1.5 million on general
SPS and the rest for food safety and plant health.
74 Of which: Global Early Warning System (GLEWS) US$ 4.1 million, Research US$ 3.8 million, Emergency
Contingency Fund US$ 6.4 million, Networks of Diagnostic Laboratories and Epidemiology Units US$ 11.7 million,
FAO/OIE Regional Support Units US$ 46.8 million.
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