1. Countdown declaration global eradication OIE activities
AU/IBAR SERECU II cross-border meeting
Addis Ababa, March 2010
Countdown declaration global eradication OIE activities
Comments (with copyright) / Commentaires (soumis au Copyright) :
Lea Knopf
Scientific and Technical Department OIE

2. FAO-OIE Agreement on the process of declaring global eradication of Rinderpest June 2009
Future declaration should:
Be made jointly by FAO and OIE
Be presented simultaneously to the FAO and OIE Governing Bodies
Recognise the role played by countries, regional organizations and donors.
Establishment of a joint FAO-OIE committee

3. FAO-OIE Agreement specifies that the
Joint Committee (1st meeting 3 December 2009)
Monitor the progress made at regional and global level
Prepare for and advise on the final declaration
e.g. Identify actors who contributed to eradication
Prepare a draft international agreement on the destruction of rinderpest virus and other material containing virus
Oversee the preparation of a book on the history of rinderpest eradication
Catalogue scientific information/works available

4. FAO-OIE agreement on the global declaration of rinderpest eradication - Overview ongoing and planned OIE activities
The OIE Biological Standards Commission provided the technical expertise for the Joint Committee to draft an international agreement on rinderpest virus stock sequestration
Contribute to the collection of scientific information and editing of a historical review publication on rinderpest and its eradication
Continue, within its mandate given by the WTO, to officially recognise rinderpest free status of the last countries
Provide expertise and support to Members through its network of 187 Reference Laboratories and 35 Collaborating Centres
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom
CIRAD-BIOS, Control of Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases
Evaluate and strengthen Veterinary Services to achieve good governance and implement last steps necessary for rinderpest eradication (91 of 101 requests for PVS evaluations conducted)

5. Rinderpest virus sequestration
Step 1: FAO/OIE survey on countries and laboratories currently detaining rinderpest virus
Step 2: Urge Member countries, in accordance with the developed guidelines (developed Jan 2010),
to transfer rinderpest virus stocks/samples to one of the Reference Laboratories designated by the OIE and FAO;
to destroy any other rinderpest virus stocks/samples and vaccines in a secure and safe manner;
to provide for secure storage facilities for rinderpest virus stocks while waiting for their transfer or destruction.
Take necessary measures to facilitate the sequencing of rinderpest virus strains at the OIE Reference Laboratories

6. Post eradication surveillance
Request the relevant OIE Specialist Commissions to propose an amendment to the Terrestrial Code
to make mandatory the notification of suspect cases of rinderpest;
to suspend the obligations of Member countries to send annual confirmation to the OIE headquarters to maintain rinderpest free status;
to make other necessary adjustments.
OIE and FAO, to support the sustained conduct of an active surveillance of rinderpest, during several years following the global declaration of rinderpest eradication, in the countries rinderpest virus circulated recently;
OIE, in collaboration with FAO, to develop education and training material for veterinary professional and other stakeholders and make such material widely available, with a view to supporting effective surveillance;

7. Rapid response
OIE and FAO, how to implement existing contingency plan when a suspect or confirmed case is notified and how to promptly dispatch a team of experts to the country notifying a suspect or confirmed case of rinderpest;
Help Member countries notifying a suspect or confirmed case of rinderpest to fully collaborate with OIE and FAO and implement the contingency plan by facilitating the entry into the country of, and the conduct of investigation by the team of experts mentioned above;
to put in place a mechanism whereby effective rinderpest vaccines are stored securely and are made available to countries in need in case of emergency;

8. Miscalleaneous
Improve animal health: Encourage Member countries to capitalize on the efforts and investments made to eradicate rinderpest and to use the existing expertise and infrastructure in research and surveillance to combat other animal disease of importance, such as PPR, RVF and FMD;
Bioterrorism: Urge Member countries to adhere to international legal framework to fight against the use of biological agents as the means of warfare and to fully comply with the obligations of the relevant legal instruments;

9. From the baseline list of 86 Members recognized free from rinderpest infection… (based on historical grounds) May 2000
A first list of rinderpest free Members was adopted by the World Assembly of OIE Delegates in the year 2000
Countries historically free from infection

10. 2001 & 2002
Infection free
Disease free or zone free

11. 2003

12. 2004

13. 2005

14. 2006

15. 2007

16. 2008

17. 2009 only infection free, no zones, clarification non-contiguous territories, listing of non-OIE Members

18. 2010 (pending adoption by the World Assembly of OIE Delegates)

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