GS43 / GENERAL SESSION OF THE EUFMD
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Our 43rd General Session will be held on the 17-18 April, in the FAO headquarters in Rome. Agenda and info here.
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Considerations for design and implementation of vaccine field trials for novel foot-and-mouth disease vaccines // New guidance led by Nick Lyons provides an optimal design for FMD vaccine field trials and highlights important issues which could help standardize future studies. Read more here.
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PROGRESSIVE CONTROL PATHWAY // FREE ONLINE COURSE
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To help understand and apply the PCP guidelines, we prepared a free online course for the PCP-FMD, which is accessible to all. To join the training course, please see EuFMD’s dedicated online learning platform. If you are not yet registered with us, you can easily create your own user account There is a short induction course of 1 hour, suitable for all, and then a more in-depth course (6 hours).
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RTT Nepal
4 - 8 Mar , 11-15 Mar / Katmandu
The KTC31 and KTC32 real time training courses in Nepal will be held in Kathmandu and preparations are well underway. Trainees have started the induction course online and our local focal points are searching for fresh fmd cases.
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RTT Uganda
18 - 22 Feb. / Uganda
The Uganda Training Course UTC1 starts on the 18 Feb. Trainees will gain experience in the diagnosis and investigation of FMD outbreaks, including FMD pathogenesis, clinical diagnosis, lesion ageing, taking correct samples, laboratory diagnostics, outbreak investigation, epidemiology and personal biosecurity, both in class and on the field.
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SimEx Spain
12 - 14 Mar / Badajoz
A regional approach for the joint simulation exercise between Portugal and Spain, in Jerez de los Caballeros, with over 70 participants from both countries.
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SimEx Bulgaria
12- 14 Feb. / Koprivshtitza
As one of the pilot countries of the Guide to Exercises and Training (GET) Prepared Pathway, Bulgaria has agreed for a national approach to simulation exercises with technical assistance of EuFMD.
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8th WestEurasia Roadmap
4-6 Mar. / Shiraz
The eighth WestEurasia Roadmap will be held in Shiraz, Iran, at the beginning of March. Participants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Russia, will meet and discuss the Progressive Control Pathway. The overall objectives of this meeting are to (i) share information on FMD virus circulation and current disease situation in the region, (ii) strengthen epidemiology and laboratory capacity, and (iii) update the implementation of the annual regional epidemiology and laboratory work plans addressing the regional needs.
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EuFMDis Update
March / Parma - Rome
The EuFMD developed the European Foot and Mouth Diseases Spread Model (EuFMDiS) and, at the end of 2018, participating countries revised and/or completed the data needed in order to represent in the model the different herd types and to parameterize FMD spread and control. The incorporation of these data and the addition of new features into the model have led to an improved version of EuFMDiS which will be released shortly.
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What is EuFMDis?
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Post Vaccination Monitoring
January / Cairo
A workshop on post vaccine monitoring (PVM) was held in Cairo at the end of January, with the attendance of the vice minister of agriculture and land reclamation, FAO representative, Egypt CVO, heads of several departments within GOVS and 18 participants of vaccine stakeholders (GOVS, AHRI, CLEVB, VSVRI, MEVAC, and IFT), under the guidance of EuFMD experts. The workshop focused on the FAO/OIE PVM guidelines.
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Livestock mobility and FMD surveillance control in Africa
22 January / Rome
A one day-technical meeting was organized in FAO headquarters against the framework of the CIRAD and EuFMD collaboration. CIRAD researchers and EuFMD animal health officers discussed recent achievements and future directions for a better risk information and mapping system for FMD. Preliminary results of the CIRAD activities in Africa were introduced by Cécile Squarzoni-Diaw (CIRAD) and Andrea Apolloni (CIRAD), with a specific focus on livestock mobility between Sahel and Maghreb regions and implications for the design of Transboundary Animal Diseases surveillance and control activities. Carsten Pötzsch (EuFMD) presented the advancement in FMD control in the Transcucasus countries and neighbours. The potential for adaptation of CIRAD methodology to this particular context was explored. This one-day technical meeting strengthened collaboration and knowledge transfer between CIRAD and EuFMD in Africa and paved the way for joint activities in West Eurasia.
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E-LEARNING: ONLINE COURSES / TRAINING
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Lab. Investigation Training
20 Feb. / Online
The EuFMD and the Foot-and-Mouth Disease World Reference Lab based at the Pirbright Institute are launching the second edition of the online FMD Laboratory Investigation Training Course. The course involves 14 hours of interactive e-learning content studied over a four week period, tutored by experts from the Pirbright Institute and EuFMD. Sign up here.
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Investigation Training
Feb. / Online
This course is for veterinarians working in countries not free of FMD and involved in investigation and control of FMD outbreaks. Coming up in February: South Asia: click here to apply // West and Central Africa: click here to apply. Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale: cours de formation en ligne: Investigations sur la fièvre aphteuse en français. Also on Whatapp.
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India Investigation Training Course
January / Online
At the beginning of January, EuFMD and DFMD, ICAR launched an FMD Investigation Training Course for India with a total of 85 veterinarians from different sectors (field, research institute, academic, administration, etc.). This course closed on the 7 Feb. Good luck to all for the assessment!
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FMD GLOBAL MONTHLY REPORT // DECEMBER
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Biosecurity when visiting a premises suspected of FMD
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Introduction to the Template for the Risk Assessment Plan
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A searchable database of FMD resources
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