The fifth meeting of the Regional Steering Committee GF-TADs was held in Panamá, on July 1st 2011. During the meeting, Dr. Hugo Idoyaga, Vice President of the Executive Board of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas, was appointed President, and Dr. Igor Romero Sosa, Representative of the NAAHC (North American Animal Health Committee) and Dr. Ottorino Cosivi, Director of the PAHO-PANAFTOSA were both appointed Vice Presidents.

The meeting recommended that the Regional Steering Committee of the Program for the Progressive Control of Animal Transboundary Diseases (GF-TADs) in the American Continent continues acting as a mechanism of coordination and consultation tool in sanitary priorities and regional programs.