Vector surveillance and control for African horse sickness

Webinar on Vector surveillance and control for AHS in Asia and the Pacific

In March 2020, Thailand experienced the first outbreak of African horse sickness (AHS) in the Southeast Asian region. During April and May 2020, the WOAH supported the country and the region with a series of webinars to provide expert opinions and to assist Thailand in taking the best-suited decisions in their efforts to control the disease. Besides the webinars, WOAH also supported the development of Guidelines for Emergency vaccination and Guidelines for vector control, which are published on the WOAH website.

The main objective of this webinar was to present WOAH standards and the guidelines for vector control and to see how they were implemented in practical terms in Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia. Experiences in vector surveillance to support proof of the absence of the virus were also presented by Thailand and Malaysia.

Event details

Date: 26 Jan 2026

Time: 16:00 – 18:00 (Japan standard time)

Relevant documents

• Agenda
• Webinar Recording
• Introduction to the WOAH project on international horse movement in Asia and Pacific region (Dr S. Münstermann, WOAH)
• WOAH standards on vector surveillance (Dr. F. D’Alessio, WOAH)
• Vector surveillance in Thailand to prove the absence of virus circulation (Dr. K. Unjit, NIAH, Thailand）
• Vector surveillance in Malaysia to prove the absence of virus circulation (Dr. F. Saeid, DVS, Malaysia)
• WOAH vector control guidelines (Dr. J. Grewar,  WOAH)
• Practical examples for vector control from Thailand (Dr. M. Chanda, Thai Polo, Thailand)
• Practical examples for vector control from Cambodia (Ms. V. Porleng, CPWO,  Cambodia）