1. OIE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
ACTIVITIES OF
OIE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
(OIE Tokyo)
6th Meeting of the Lower Mekong Working Group on
Foot and Mouth Disease Zoning and Animal Movement Management
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
24-26 October 2007
Yumiko Sakurai
Regional Veterinary Officer
OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific

2. RECENT ACTIVITIES Scientific information
- Collect, analyse and disseminate veterinary
scientific information
Promotion of veterinary services
- Improve the legal framework and resources of
national Veterinary Services
International/regional solidarities
- Encourage internarional/regional soidarities in
animal disease control

3. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Promotion of disease notification to the OIE
OIE Workshop on HPAI (and TADs) Information Systems in Southeast Asia, in Bangkok, September 2006
　　　- Recommended:
- regular reporting through OIE World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
- development of OIE WAHIS Regional Core for HPAI
- consideration on usage of the Regional Core for other Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) in the Region

4. Regional Animal Health Information System
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Promotion of information sharing
Linkage between the World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) and OIE Tokyo
(WAHIS Regional Core)
- Computer programme to extract data from WAHIS
and display them on OIE Tokyo web-site is under
development.
OIE Tokyo web-site
Regional Animal Health Information System
Interface
WAHIS
database
Validated data

5. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Trainings on epidemiology
OIE/CIRAD Regional Training Workshop on Epidemiology, in Bangkok, August 2006 (for ASEAN countries)
OIE National Training Workshop on Epidemiology in collaboration with CIRAD (for Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), from November 2006 to June 2007

6. PROMOTION OF VETERINARY SERVICES
Improvement of the legal framework
OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop on WTO’s
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 2007
- using BSE as an example
e.g.OIE official disease-status recognition
procedures, International standards on BSE,
Quality and evaluation of Veterinary Services
Review and Strengthen HPAI control strategies ( )

7. PROMOTION OF VETERINARY SERVICES
Funds
OIE Tokyo Regular Fund for regional activities
Special Fund for HPAI control in Southeast Asia
Other Funds for Animal Health acitivities of Member Countries

8. PROMOTION OF VETERINARY SERVICES
Japan/OIE Special Trust Fund Project for HPAI Control at Source in Southeast Asia
Component I: Improvement of Regional and National HPAI control strategies
Component II: HPAI information sharing to further strengthen the regional early warning systems
Component III: Strengthen diagnostic capacity for HPAI; including training on advanced HPAI diagnosis and installment of high-performance diagnostic equipment
Component IV: Training for field veterinarians and para-
professionals

9. PROMOTION OF VETERINARY SERVICES
Strengthening Veterinary Services
Hands-on Training on diagnostic techniques (e.g. BSE, HPAI)
National Trainers’ Courses on HPAI surveillance for Field Veterinarians and Para-professionals
Procurement of laboratory equipment
Mobile lab
Sequencer
(for central ref. lab)
Biosafety Cabinet C II
Cycler for Real-Time PCR

10. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL SOLIDARITIES
GF-TADs
GF-TADs : FAO/OIE Global Framework for progressive control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, with participation of WHO
Objective: to provide the forum for regional alliance and partnerships, capacity building and support to the national project formulation
Targeted diseases in ASEAN: FMD, HPAI, CSF
- Strong linkages with HPAI Control Project in Southeast
Asia

11. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL SOLIDARITIES
Recent development of GF-TADs for Asia and the Pacific
2nd Regional Steering Committe, in Bangkok, July 2007
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) joined
the framework of GF-TADs.
- Regional Support Units (RSUs) were recommended
to organise meetings and to develop their short,
medium and long term strategies for prevention and
control of TADs.
- Location of the RSU for ASEAN was recommended
to be in Bangkok, Thailand

12. GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL SOLIDARITIES
Scheme of GF-TADs for Asia and the Pacific
GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee
(Permanent Secretariat: OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific)
RSO
ASEAN
SAARC
SPC
Bangkok/Jakarta
Kathmandu
Suva
Location
of RSU
Epidemiology Centre
Epidemiology Centre
Epidemiology Centre
Leading Labs
FMD
HPAI
CSF
FMD
HPAI
PPR
FMD
HPAI
CSF
RSO: Regional Specialised Organisation
RSU: Regional Support Unit

13. Thank you for your attention