Meeting
GF-TADs: 12th Regional Steering Committee Meeting
February 07, 2023
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The Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) is a coordinating mechanism promoting synergies in approaches among international agencies, for the control and prevention of TADs and other Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs). Since 2004, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have cooperated under the GF-TADs initiative, combining both organisations’ strengths in translating the objectives on the ground.
The initiative is built on experiences in the past showing that progress in controlling TADs at the country level is likely to be more successful and sustainable when efforts are part of a coordinated regional and global approach. The mechanism brings collective action to support the control and eradication of transboundary animal diseases and has yielded several important institutional and operational gains.
The Pacific Community (SPC) is a member of the GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee for Asia and the Pacific. The Animal Health and Production Section of the SPC Land Resources Division (LRD) continues to strengthen the capacity of veterinary diagnostic laboratories, improving national and regional surveillance systems for transboundary animal diseases.
This Sub-regional GF-TADs meeting will review the priority TADs for the Pacific and develop an action plan that is up-to-date and relevant for the Pacific Island countries.
Objectives
Date: 02 November 2023
Location: Nadi, Fiji
Participation: By invitation
Regional and sub-regional operational workplan for 2023-2024
