26th SEACFMD National Coordinators Meeting

The SEACFMD National Coordinator’s annual meeting remains an important platform to member countries to discuss current FMD risk situation, exchange ideas, review progress of SEACFMD Campaign and assist in the formulation of action plan keeping in view both country context and regional cooperation.  

The 26th SEACFMD National Coordinators Meeting provided an update on the latest global and regional FMD situation and serve as a platform for countries to share experiences and challenges faced by both infected and FMD free countries and countries with free zones. Besides, this meeting discussed and aligned the ongoing SEACFMD activities based on the findings and recommendations of the SEACFMD campaign evaluation from 1997 to 2020; and explored options to enhance cost efficient synergies for the control of FMD and other related Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) such as African swine fever (ASF), Lumpy skin disease (LSD) and Peste des petits ruminants (PPR).

Objectives:  

• Review the SEACFMD campaign progress, regional FMD risk situation and current FMD epidemiological situation amongst member countries.  
• Review and follow up on the key actions to implement the recommendations of 26th Sub-Commission meeting and 25th National Coordinators meetings held in March 2022 and October 2022 respectively.  
• Discuss and align the ongoing SEACFMD activities based on the findings and recommendations of the SEACFMD campaign evaluation from 1997 to 2020.   
• Discuss the various options to enhance cost-efficient synergies in the control of FMD and other related TADs (ASF, LSD and PPR).  
• Provide platform to share experiences and challenges faced by both infected and FMD free countries and countries with free zones and come up with solution to address some the challenges.  

Report of the 26th National Coordinators Meeting

Meeting Final Recommendations