Ghazi Yehia OIE Regional Representation for the Middle East PPR Situation in the Middle East 13 th Joint Permanent Committee of the REMESA 3-4 November 2016, Byblos,Lebanon
Contents PPR background in the Middle East PPR situation in the Middle East 1 st PPR roadmap meeting for the Middle East
PPR background in the Middle East
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants (SR) population ü 10% world s sheep herd 105 million heads Iran: 4 th sheep herd worldwide ü 5% world s goat herd 55 million heads World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 4
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants geographical distribution Near East 20% Syria 11% Iraq 5% Iran 50% 4 th world sheep herd Iran 50% Egypt 6% KSA 8% Yemen 12% Arabian Peninsula 25% World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 5
PPR background in the Middle East Political disturbances Syria 11% Iraq 5% Iran 50% ¼ small ruminants population in countries with Egypt 6% KSA 8% severe political disturbances Yemen 12% World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 6
PPR background in the Middle East Small holders mainly in traditional extensive production systems vulnerable human and animal populations +++ in countries with severe political disturbances Impact of major SR diseases Livestock production Livelihood of populations Food security Socio-economics aspects World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 7
PPR background in the Middle East Crossroads of 3 continents Europe Asia Africa World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 8
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants regional trade ü ü ü ü 50 M SR slaughtered yearly for consumption 20-30% of total meat consumption No regional self-sufficiency Intense international trade 14 M heads imported yearly High season (religious) From Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan) Middle East (Iran, Syria, Turkey) and Australia 90% to the 6 GCC countries (KSA: 7.8 M) Risks linked to uncontrolled trade (traditional transboundary transhumance, smuggling, refugee populations ). World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 9
PPR situation in the Middle East World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 10
PPR in the Middle East Reporting to OIE / WAHIS Endemic Egypt Syria Iraq KSA Yemen Iran Last occurence Lebanon 1997 Jordan 2000 UAE 2009 Bahrain 2011 Syria Qatar World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 11
PPR in the Middle East Vaccination Ring vaccination Syria Iraq Iraq Iran Mass vaccination Egypt KSA No vaccination Yemen World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 12
PPR in the Middle East PPRV lineage distribution World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 13
PPR in the Middle East Vaccination ü Live attenuated PPRV vaccine (strain Nigeria 75/1) ü Imported ü Produced in Jordan, Egypt, KSA & Iran ü Estimation of 20-30% vaccinated population at the regional level World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 14
1st Regional meeting of the PPR Control Roadmap for the ME World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 15
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 16
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) 1. Presentation Global Control and Eradication Strategy PCP approach Tools (PCMAT) Abidjan conf. recommendations World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 17
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) Provisional baseline Countries 2015 Bahrain 2 KSA 2 Kuwait 2 Oman N.A Qatar 1 UAE 2 Iraq 2 Jordan 2 Lebanon 2 Palestine N.A Syria N.A Yemen N.A Egypt 1 2. First PPR assessment Countries situation (self - assessment) Capacity of veterinary services to control PPR World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 18
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) 3. identification of other small ruminant diseases that could be controlled together with PPR Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Brucellosis 4 1 3 SGP 1 6 2 CCPP 1 0 0 FMD 3 1 1 Enterotoxemia 0 1 3 Brucellosis & Sheep and Goat Pox World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 19
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) Presidency: Saudi Arabia Vice Presidency: Lebanon & Qatar Epidemiology network leader: Kuwait 4. Nomination of the voting members of the PPR Regional Advisory Group (RAG) Laboratory network leader: Jordan World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 20
1 st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015) 5. Formulation of the regional roadmap for the ME & Countries adoption Provisional baseline Provisional roadmap Countries 2015 Bahrain 2 2 3 4 KSA 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 Kuwait 2 2 3 3 3 4 Oman N.A Qatar 1 2 2 3 3 4 UAE 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 Iraq 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 Jordan 2 Lebanon 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 PalesIne N.A Syria N.A Yemen N.A 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Egypt 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 21
PPR PCP situation progress in ME Assessment format for stage 1 Outcome 1:The laboratory diagnostic capacity is established 1A: in-country lab diagnostic capacity is established 1B : laboratory diagnosis is outsourced internationally Outcome 2: A surveillance system is progressively established Outcome 3: Ability of field veterinarians to relate health events to PPR is improved Outcome 4: A national PPR committee is established to coordinate all activities related to PPR prevention Outcome 5: The legal framework is improved during this stage to ensure that the VS have the authority to take action. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 22
PPR PCP situation progress in ME 2 th FAO/OIE PPR-PCP regional Roadmap Meeting February 2017 in Cairo or Amman (TBC) Back to back with: Meeting of the GF TADS Regional Steering committee for the Middle East (TBC) World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 23
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