EMC‑AH preparedness support is a catalyst for government action and helps leverage resources from partners to strengthen country resilience to animal disease outbreaks.

AchievementsNovember 2017–October 2018

Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health

EMC‑AH is the leading global centre for animal health emergency management – playing a critical role in strengthening country, regional and international preparedness and response capacity to reduce the impact of animal health emergencies.

EMC‑AH coordinated 15 animal health disease events, expanded its role and diversified resource partnerships to build animal health emergency management capacity around the world.

EMC‑AH supported six rapid response missions, coordinated six animal disease incidents and contributed to preparedness activities. It also sponsored the Rift Valley Fever Regional Technical Workshop in Eastern Africa and supported the Emergency Regional Consultative Meeting on African Swine Fever Risk Reduction and Preparedness in East Asia.

EMC-AH assistance benefiting 30 countries from November 2017 to October 2018

EMC-AH impact

fi Animal disease outbreaks controlledfi Contingency plans for priority diseases developedfi Global Rinderpest Action Plan developedfi Capacity built by training over 1 000 professionals from 128 countries

through Good Emergency Management Practices (GEMP) workshops since 2011

Mauritania

Côte d’Ivoire

Togo

China RVF | RVF South Sudan

Uganda

Democratic Republic of the Congo

RVFRwanda

Myanmar

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Philippines

Cambodia

Thailand

Republic of Korea

Mongolia

ASF

ASF

ASF

ASF

Djibouti RVF

Iran (Islamic Republic of) H5N8

Somalia RVF

Ethiopia RVF

Kenya RVF

United Republic of Tanzania RVF

Malawi FMD

Zambia FMD

RVF | PPRBurundi

ASF

ASF

Benin ASF

RVF

FMD

ASF

H5N1

RVF | EVD

Congo Rabies

Malaysia Rabies

ASF

Japan ASF

ASF

Viet Nam ASF | H7N9

RVFthe Sudan

ASF African swine feverFMD Foot and mouth diseaseRVF Rift Valley fever

PPR Peste des petits ruminantsEVD Ebola virus diseaseH7N9 Avian influenza

H5N8 Avian influenzaH5N1 Avian influenzaRabies

DiseasesActions

Incident coordinationResponsePreparedness

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Expanded focus on preparedness

• Published the Global Rinderpest Action Plan • Led two regional rinderpest tabletop exercises in Africa and Asia • Supported an assessment mission for preparedness in Viet Nam• Sponsored Rift Valley Fever Regional Technical Workshop in Eastern Africa• Supported Emergency Regional Consultative Meeting on African

Swine Fever Risk Reduction and Preparedness in East Asia • Procured over 1 700 protective coveralls and ancillary personal

protective equipment• Conducted four GEMP workshops: over 80 professionals trained • Launched the revision of the GEMP manual

Provided leadership and expertise for coordination of six animal disease incidents

Activated FAO Ebola Incident Coordination Group for the Ebola virus disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in support of the public health sector

Developed strong collaborative networks and resources

Strengthened collaboration with existing key partnersfi World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE): joint activities and project fi World Health Organization (WHO): Strategic Health Operations Centre

and Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) fi FAO‑OIE‑WHO tripartite collaboration:

• Contributing author to the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide update• Supported a tripartite rapid response mission to Malaysia in

response to rabies outbreaks

Developed collaboration with new organizations • United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs on biological threats • INTERPOL on agro‑terrorism and agro‑crime affecting animals• Academia on experiential learning and knowledge exchange

Resource partners The Governments of Australia, Canada, France, Japan and the United States of America, FAO’s Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities and FAO’s Technical Cooperation funds for emergency projects

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• Burundi – PPR• Côte d’Ivoire – ASF

• Malawi – FMD• Malaysia – Rabies

• Mauritania – FMD• South Sudan – RVF

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Deployed six rapid response missions