F I N A L R E P O R T - Saúde Pública Veterinária - Panaftosa

F I N A L R E P O R T - X X X V C O S A L F A
RESOLUTION III
International Pre-COSALFA Seminar:
South America free of foot-and-mouth disease: new paradigms
The 35th COSALFA ORDINARY MEETING,
Considering:
The conclusions of the Pre-COSALFA seminar related to the topic "South America free of foot-and-mouth
disease: new paradigms," aimed at the achievement of the goals contemplated by the 2005-2009 PHEFA,
RESOLVES:
1. To recommend that the countries that do not have tracing records adopt a tracing standard, and that those
countries that already have such records optimize and maintain them current;
2. To recommend that the countries ensure the sustainability of sanitary programs through political, economic,
and social mechanisms;
3. To recommend that PANAFTOSA/PAHO-WHO in conjunction with CVP, continue to support the harmonization
of sanitary initiatives in border areas, including the High Surveillance Zones;
4. To recommend that the countries undertake tasks aimed at identifying risk zones, with a view to the application
of specific strategies, while encouraging the participation of producers, and ensuring the commitment of the social
players involved in the conduction of the programs' initiatives;
5. Recommend that PANAFTOSA/PAHO-WHO, in conjunction with the countries, continue to develop the
methodology to allow the identification of zones or geographical spaces with potentially higher risks of vulnerability
to and receptivity for circulation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus. This methodology would support the definition
and application of effective epidemiologic surveillance mechanisms and for longitudinal epidemiologic studies.
This, in turn, would permit the enhancing the efficiency of the establishment and maintenance of zones free of footand-mouth
disease, consistently with the optimization of the eradication programs under PHEFA; and
6. To recommend that PANAFTOSA/PAHO-WHO encourage the countries to undertake epidemiologic studies,
defining sources of infection and identifying risks in already identified areas where viral circulation persists, as well
as to develop new focuses for surveillance systems, with a view to optimizing the eradication programs under the
PHEFA.
7. To reiterate to the countries the need to maintain the political will for achieving PHEFA' objectives and to
recommend that they develop coordinated public-private projects and ensure the private sector's participation in
the organization and execution of the sanitary activities contemplated under the eradication programs
8. To recommend that PANAFTOSA/PAHO-WHO continue to orient the countries' production and diagnosis
laboratories in regard to Biosafety and bioprotection, optimizing biotechnological equivalences and providing support
for capacity-building and auditing;
9. To recommend that the countries stress the importance of the role played by sub-regional institutions in the
implementation of sanitary programs, and support the eradication processes by firm official institutional commitment,
with the backing of international organizations;
10. To recommend that the international technical cooperation agencies coordinate their efforts, directing them
to zones or countries in need of equipment and infrastructure;
11. To recommend that vaccine producing laboratories continue to invest in the modernization of products, new
technologies, and Biosafety, thereby contributing to the achievement of PHEFA's goals; and
12. To recommend that countries that still do not have prevention plans develop and execute such plans.
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