PAN-AFRICAN PROGRAMME

The PACE strategy provides a framework within which national programmes will bedeveloped and linked to sub-regional and regional strategies for the surveillance andcontrol of the major epizootic diseases. The activities of national components will varyaccording to the individual situations in each country but they will always be included in theProuamme's four thrusts with broad common aims, namely:• Building up the institutional capacity of national animal health systems.• Encouraging national capacities for planning, implementation, monitoring andevaluation of interventions.The PACE Programme's thrusts are common to the 32 countries and are the basis for allactions. Within and across the regional groups of countries there are common themes andnational PACE programmes will address national priorities within the regional requirementsidentified by PACE.This first volume (Volume 1) presents the consolidated work programme and cost estimate forten national PACE programmes, namely: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea. Gabon, Ghana,Mauritania, Niger, Republique Centrafricaine, Tchad and Togo