Inauguration of the new OIE Sub-Regional Representation in Tunis
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On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the Director General of the OIE, Dr Bernard Vallat and the Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, Mr Mansour Abdessalam inaugurated the OIE offices in Tunis in the presence of OIE Delegates, Heads of Veterinary Services of countries of North Africa (Algeria, Mauritania, Libya and Tunisia; Morocco was represented by the Director of Animal Health) and of southern Europe (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain).
The Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources of the African Union (AU-IBAR) and FAO were also present as well as the main African, Euro-Arab and Tunisian institutions and veterinary associations. About 80 people attended the conference presentation of the OIE during which the Director General of the OIE delivered, on behalf of the 175 Member Countries of the OIE, a speech in which he warmly thanked the Tunisian Government including the Ministry of Agriculture, which provides OIE with a building to host this new representation More...
Nominations are invited for the World Veterinary Day Award 2010 World Veterinary Day was instigated by the World Veterinary Association in 2000 to be celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. In 2008 the WVA and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) agreed on the creation of the World Veterinary Day Award aimed at rewarding the most successful celebration of the veterinary profession by national veterinary associations, alone, or in cooperation with any other selected veterinary body. The 2010 Award will be delivered at the 78th OIE World Assembly to be held in Paris, France on 23-28 May 2010.
The much publicised concept “One World, One Health” indicates that the world has awakened to the link between animal diseases and public health. The 2010 Award will reward the veterinary association that best publicises the “One World, One Health” theme by involving all stakeholders in the organisation of events along with all other stakeholders such as the media and the general public Download the flyer (200 Kb).
Advanced Course on the World Animal Health Information System of OIE.
Workshop to the attention of OIE National Focal Points for animal disease notification was held in Tunis (Tunisia) from 11 to 13 November 2009.
This workshop was organized under the project OIE / European Commission 'Better Training for Safer Food - Africa (BTSF Africa) financed by the European Commission.Nineteen (19) participants from 17 African countries participated in this training (Algeria, Burundi, Chad Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia). Participants were mainly OIE focal points for notification of animal diseases. The OIE organizes workshops on the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the OIE National Delegates, which are assisted in their work by their focal points (focal points for notification of animal diseases, wildlife, animal welfare, aquatic animal diseases, food safety and veterinary products)
The OIE launches a new portal on pandemic type A influenza H1N1
Recent outbreaks in Africa (as notified to the OIE)
03/02/2010 Algeria : Bluetongue (BTV-4)
17/12/2009 Tunisia : Bluetongue (BTV-4)
15/12/2009 South Africa : Equine Rhinopneumonia
02/11/2009 Morocco : Bluetongue (BTV-4)
26/10/2009 South Africa : Rift Valley Fever
22/10/2009 Tunisia : Bluetongue (BTV-1)
20/10/2009 Mauritius : Contagious Caprine Pleuro-Pneumonia
18/10/2009 Malawi : Foot and mouth disease
30/09/2009 Morocco : Bluetongue (BTV-1)
03/11/2009 Madagascar : Dr Lanto Tiana Razafimanantsoa
09/07/2009 C.A.R : Dr Emmanuel Namkoisse
05/06/2009 Botswana : Dr Kgoseitsile Phillemon-Motsu
04/05/2009 Niger : Dr Mahamadou Saley
15/04/2009 Swaziland : Dr Roland X. Dlamini
17/03/2009 Somalia : Dr Habiba Sheikh Hassan Hamud
16/03/2009 Angola : Dr José Antonio
13/02/2009 Gabon : Dr Morgan Bignoumba
With the signature of 3 agreements between OIE and FAO in February 2009, both organisations have taken a decisive step towards the consolidation of the existing Regional Animal Health Centers (RAHC) for West and Central Africa (Bamako, Mali), for Southern Africa (Gaborone, Botswana) and for North Africa (Tunis, Tunisia). Where appropriate, this bilateral agreement, endorsed by the host countries, will be extended to a three-way Agreement with the African Union's specialised Inter-african Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR). The Centers act as a framework for the coordination and harmonisation of strategies for monitoring and evaluation of avian influenza control activities, as well as other transboundary animal diseases Further information on the RAHC's in Africa and the Middle East
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World Veterinary Day was instigated by the World Veterinary Association in 2000 to be celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. In 2008 the WVA and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) agreed on the creation of the World Veterinary Day Award aimed at rewarding the most successful celebration of the veterinary profession by national veterinary associations, alone, or in cooperation with any other selected veterinary body. The 2010 Award will be delivered at the 78th OIE World Assembly to be held in Paris, France on 23-28 May 2010.
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