Animal Health Unit

The objective of this section, is to enable implementation of activities and programmes covered in the field of Animal Health as well as the implementation of the Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE).

Animal Health Strategy

AU-IBAR has developed an effective continental strategy for animal health. This strategy includes increasing the capacity of regional organizations, governments and private animal health providers in the development of public-private sector partnerships in the delivery of animal health services and control of transboundary animal diseases (TADs).

AU-IBAR Animal Health main Activities are as follows:

• Preparation, publication and dissemination in English and French of the Monthly and annual Animal Health Statistics in Africa;
• Preparation, publication and dissemination in English and French of the quarterly and annual Foot and Mouth Disease virus typing Report for Africa;
• preparation and dissemination in English and French of the Pan African Animal Health Yearbook;
• preparation and publication in English and French for Animal Disease Maps in Africa;
• preparation and dissemination of the Animal Health and Production Bulletin in Africa;
• Assist Member countries in the establishment of epidemio-surveillance networks and technically sound disease control programmes for major epizootics including Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza;
• Carry out audits on animal health services;
• Determine relative disease priorities using participatory impact assessment methodologies;
• Initiate economic impact assessment for main epizootics in countries;
• Improve epizootic disease control strategies linked to market opportunities;
• Undertake cost-benefit analysis studies for a limited number of priority diseases and quantify the cost of national epidemio-surveillance systems and sensitizing national governments on sustainable financing of these systems;
• Eradicate rinderpest and control other epizootic diseases and strengthen surveillance of other major;
• Develop effective, practical and well integrated emergency strategies to combat serious epidemics (e.g. Rift Valley Fever (RVF)) that may occur. AU-IBAR will be promoting these emergency strategies in the affected regions