Appendix 3
FOLLOW UP TO RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 75TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
done
ongoing
follow-up
Item of the Recommendation
Progress
(+ report text and conclusions that required follow-up)
1.
The WRL/CRL should at future Sessions produce also a list of the priority FMDV strains circulating in the region and which threaten the European member states and to which the NRLs should maintain their preparedness for detection.
2. Additional
Reported expected 76th
effort is needed to ensure a continual supply of type A viruses from Afghanistan/Pakistan/west Asia to the WRL to monitor for possible appearance of an epidemic of type A viruses which would not be covered by A22 Iraq vaccine.
WRL to report on received samples. FAO project recently implemented in AFG/PAK/UZB/TADJ/TURKMEN/KYR with assistance Brescia (ITA) lab.
Related: C2. There have been limited SAT viruses submitted from Africa in 2007 and additional effort is needed by the international organisations to improve the submission rate of samples from high risk locations in Africa.
Micro-projects developed (4 countries/hot-spots); samples shipped from Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia. GF-TADS Africa proposed setting up 3 African regional lab networks (FAO to lead).
76th Session of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
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