
1st South Asia transboundary animal diseases coordination meeting for peste des petits ruminants, foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease
The GF-TADs Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific in coordination with the PPR Global Secretariat and GF-TADs FMD Working Group organized a South Asia TADs Coordination Meeting, hosting the first joint PPR and FMD Roadmap meetings in South Asia in combination with a sub-regional LSD technical workshop. The event was organized in a hybrid format and was composed of two phases: (i) a virtual preparatory phase hosted on the FAO Virtual Learning Center (VLC) for Asia and Pacific (RAP) between (17 April- 5 May 2023) and a (ii) live in-person event in Paro, Bhutan (8-12 May 2023). The first two days of the in-person event was dedicated to a PPR eradication programme, followed by an FMD Roadmap meeting for two days, and discussions on LSD control on the last day.
Participating in the meeting was a total of 48 participants, comprising the Delegates and Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) of WOAH Member countries and territories, epidemiologists and laboratory experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sir Lanka, and members of the Global PPR Secretariats, Global FMD Working Group, laboratory experts for PPR, FMD and LSD, and representative staff from FAO and WOAH.