Dear Colleagues,

 

Ideally each Continent should have a champion Institute or Institutes with
the responsibility for maintaining an e-network for PPR-GREN. Such
Institutes are likely to have the capacity and even the existing mandate to
sustainably fulfil such a role, particularly if there is support, inputs and
encouragement from FAO and OIE. AU-IBAR is an obvious candidate for Africa
with its existing close links with ILRI and AU-PANVAC.  As per my previous
posts I would like to see training and continuing education being strongly
supported amongst the roles any such e-network continues to perform.

 

At risk of a slapped wrist, or worse, from the Moderator for procrastination
I would also like to suggest that there should be interest in establishing
similar e-networks for other "TADs, Zoonosis and Livelihood Limiting
diseases" of importance to the continent in question.  Members of the
respective networks would logically be those for which the given disease was
specific to their work, be it field, management, industry, teaching or
research. 

 

The AU-IBAR has just uploaded a "Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonosis
Compendium for Africa" which addresses 39 such diseases, inclusive of PPR
[http://www.au-ibar.org/tools/transboundary-animal-diseases-and-zoonoses-com
pendium-for-africa]. These, along with the recently launched AFRVIP
[http://www.afrivip.org/] represent two extremely useful, accessible and
current knowledge bases that can underpin any training and continuing
education programme. It would be good to see these knowledge bases
critiqued, improved and promoted by the e-networks keeping the information
they provide current and relevant. 

 

With best wishes to all

 

Chris 

Dr Chris Daborn

TA CVA CPD Programme

OIE Accredited PVS and Gap Analysis Expert

TVS Ltd  PO Box 2403 - 00621, Nairobi, Kenya

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