2nd Year workplan and cost estimates for Pan-African control of epizootics..PDF

The Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE) is a majorplayer in the eradication of rinderpest from the last endemic areas located in EastAfrica. The four-year PACE programme is being implemented in 27 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries. The idea behind the PACE programme is to continueon the headway made in the campaign against rinderpest under the Pan AfricanRinderpest Campaign (PARC) project in order to establish national andcontinental epidemiological surveillance networks for the main animal diseases.Furthermore. PACE is to provide the countries with the capacities needed toorganise economically and technically justified disease control programmes anddevelop an effective and sustainable distribution of veterinary services withprivate sector participation. The Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources(IBAR) of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) will facilitate the execution ofPACE programmes. PACE Uganda national component is funded by EDF andGovernment of Uganda (GoU).