Eastern Africa Regional Laboratory Network (EARLN)- FMD

1. Eastern Africa Regional Laboratory Network (EARLN)- FMD Prepared By: S.N. Wekesa and C. Ngeleja (Coordinators EARLN-FMD)

2. EARLN-FMD 12 Countries and Contact Persons

3. EARLN-FMD

4. EARLN- FMD 2010 • Support FAO, EuFMD 2010-12, Govts support • First meeting in 2010 Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia. Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania (7 countries) • Sharing information on country’s FMD activities • Field-based foot and mouth disease outbreak investigation: • Biosecurity • using Participatory epidemiology (PE) tools • the importance of lesion aging for selection of animals for sampling and for establishing timeline of events

5. Participatory Epidemiology

6. Biosecurity

7. EARLN-FMD 2010 cont • FMDV diagnosis • Window of detection by different techniques/tissues • Preservation and transportation • The role of FMD Reference Centres (RCs) and lab networks in relation to Regional Roadmaps and the Progressive Control Pathway (PCP) for FMD • Presentations and field activities – Nairobi and Nakuru • Proficiency tests organized Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia 2010 • 2011 – meeting in Ethiopia

8. EARLN-FMD Activities in 2011 - trainings • Sampling technics to Vets and Technicians in Burundi • Tanzania EUFMD/FAO RT-PCR (convand rt) and IZSLER ELISA to all network member countries • Batch 1 (N.Sud, Eth, Djb, Ken, Ug, Rwn, Bur, Tz) done • Batch 2 to be conducted later • Vaccine matching to Kenya (2 Vets trained in Nov.2011) Embakasi – virus isolation and conc, VNT & LPBE done, RT-PCR setup – partially completed • Series of Nakuru Training Courses (NTC) to Kenya and other FMD free countries – 7 within 2 years

9. 2011 activities (cont) • Regional newsletter • FMD field and lab manual • Monthly and annual reports • Assessment of lab capacities • Interactions network: • e-mail, EUFMD Wiki-space, Phone calls and annual general meetings

10. Serotypes detected

11. Vaccine matching and used vaccines

12. Lab capacities in 2011

13. Regional Activities • Regional activities • Participated in regional meetings on PCP- Botswana March 2011 • Laboratory network activities • Networking with the EA Epidemiology network • Collaborative projects and partners • -EUFMD, FAO, WRL-Pirbright • FMD control programmes in region • lab involvement – Surveillance, Diagnostics, Vaccine matching, vaccine quality assuarance.

14. Workplan for 2012 • Continued support for network activities and meetings • Formation of research sub-groups within network • Sharing of information across networks in the region • Continuous training in lab. test • Support for upgrading of labs in the region and accreditation of a reference lab in EA • Wider participation in PTs • Support in acquisition of lab equipment and reagents

15. Workplan for 2012 • Suggestions for presentation in Bangkok 2012 • Results of Survey on Lab capacity in EA region • Comprehensive Review of FMD Epidemiology in the EA region • Activities of the EA network towards PCP • the project to develop serotype-specific primers for EA FMD has been approved by EuFMD and withinin 12 months should evaluate primer sets for use in EA, (IAH and Lindholm, with local partners in Uganda and Tanzania. Actions: mainly IAH/Lindholm to initiate

16. Workplan for 2012 (cont) • annual meeting (tentatively) the 5-6th March, in Nairobi (back to back with the FAO/OIE/AU regional PCP/Roadmap Development Workshop). Action: mainly from EuFMD - to confirm dates. • the annual surveillance report for the OIE/FAO Annual Lab network report (on virus circulation in the EA region in 2011  - based on national confirmations and international ref lab findings) should be finalized in early Feb (the deadline is usually set by Pirbright,  and allows for completion of lab results for outbreaks to the end of December). Action: Sabenzia/Chanasa

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