Dr Alex Fediaevsky on behalf of the ASF WG 20 th Meeting of the Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever ASF for Europe 3 October 2022 Current situation of ASF Since 2020 ASF has been reported in 45 countries 19 affected countries in Europe ID: 997717
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Presentation on the activities of the Global ASF Working Group
Dr Alex Fediaevsky, on behalf of the ASF WG
20
th Meeting of the Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever (ASF) for Europe
3 October 2022
2.Current situation of ASF
Since 2020, ASF has been reported in 45 countries, 19 affected countries in Europe
Since January 2020, 10 countries reported ASF as first occurrence, while 13 countries reported its spread to new zones.
In 2022 alone, 3 countries reported the first occurrence of ASF: Thailand, Nepal, North Macedonia; recurrence of ASF in mainland Italy, further expansion of disease in Germany
Map displaying presence of ASF (Jan 2020 – 22 July 2022)
Every 2 weeks, the WOAH produces an update of the ASF situation according to the information submitted by countries through WAHIS:
https://www.woah.org/en/disease/african-swine-fever/#ui-id-2
3.Recognising ASF as a priority TAD, the ‘Global
Control of African Swine Fever: A GF-TADs Initiative’ was launched in 2020 under the GF-TADs framework:
Global control of African swine fever: GF-TADs Initiative
Global Initiative
Objective 1.
Improve the
capability of countries
to control (prevent, respond, eradicate) ASF using OIE standards and best practices that are based on the latest science.
Objective 2.
Establish an effective
coordination and cooperation framework for the global control of ASF.Objective 3. Facilitate business continuity.
4.Global Initiative & ASF Working Group
FAO
Andriy Rozstalnyy
Akiko Kamata
Charles Bebay
WOAH
Gregorio Torres, Chair
Caitlin Holley
Charmaine Chng
Global Initiative stems from regional initiatives and promotes regular exchange of experiences across regions and partners
Framework to ensure synergy and good coordination, with
outputs, outcomes and indicators attached to objectives
ASF Working Group established to steer and monitor the implementation of the Global Initiative and contribute to development and support of ASF control strategies at global and regional levels
Members:
5.Four regional SGEs established: Africa (2022), Americas (2019), Asia-Pacific (2019), Europe (2014)
Technical forum that brings together decision makers and experts to coordinate regional efforts and address ASF control in collaborative and harmonised manner across the region
Promote regular exchange of information and best practices in ASF management
Instrumental in supporting the Global Initiative
Standing Group of Experts
Proposal: Coordination meeting between regional SGEs
Strengthen inter-regional cooperation and dialogue on ASF prevention and control
Inform strategic priorities common across the 4 regions
Review progress of Global Initiative
Provide recommendations to the ASF WG
6.Focus areas of the ASF Working Group (2022 – 2023)
Outcome 1: Capability of countries to control ASF is improved
7.Focus areas of the ASF Working Group (2022 – 2023)
Outcome 2:
Regional and global coordination and cooperation is improved
Photo courtesy of the BAI/ Philippines
8.Focus areas of the ASF Working Group (2022 – 2023)
Outcome 3:
National, regional and international trade of pigs and their products, based on international standards and guidelines, is facilitated
9.Improving Veterinary Services: PVS Pathway
Stay tuned for PVS Evaluation Specific Content for ASF to be launched by the end of 2022
ASF Reference Laboratory Network
Summary of point-of-care test kits to enable rapid testing at point of disease to support field workers, practitioners and decision-makers
Proficiency testing for ASF for the Americas region
Other activities
https://www.woah.org/en/document/oie-asf-reference-laboratory-networks-overview-of-african-swine-fever-diagnostic-tests-for-field-application/
10.Other activities
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Global Initiative
Objective
Provide accountability to stakeholders through demonstrating results and outcomes achieved.
Enable responsiveness to achieve desired goals, maintaining a dynamic strategy that is adaptable to changing external circumstances, and can be adjusted for continued alignment with goals
Provide a tool to support the monitoring of effectiveness of activities, thereby informing decision-making and providing direction to those implementing the ASF GI.
11.Monitoring and Evaluation of the Global Initiative
Developed logical framework with outcome and output indicators Most data to be derived from FAO and WOAH staff on activities conducted, guidelines developed etc…
Outcome indicators (1 & 3) to be based on self-evaluation by countries on capacity of Veterinary Services specific to ASF
gives us important information on your needs & measure how we are progressing in the GI
9 questions
altogether concerning different scopes of activity
Helps inform strategic priorities and activities of the FAO and WOAH Being piloted with handful of countries, roll out to all countries to complete by end 2022
Other activities
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12.THANK YOU