Ghazi Yehia
PPR Situation in the Middle East
OIE Regional Representation for the Middle East
13th Joint Permanent Committee of the REMESA 3-4 November 2016, Byblos,Lebanon
§ PPR background in the Middle East
§ PPR situation in the Middle East
§ 1st PPR roadmap meeting for the Middle East
Contents
PPR background in the Middle East
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ü 10% world’s sheep herd
§ 105 million heads § Iran: 4th sheep herd worldwide
ü 5% world’s goat herd § 55 million heads
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants (SR) population
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Egypt 6%
Iraq 5%
Syria 11%
KSA 8%
Yemen 12%
Iran 50%
4th world sheep herd
Near
East 20%
Iran 50%
Arabian Peninsula
25%
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants geographical distribution
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Egypt 6%
Syria 11%
KSA 8%
Yemen 12%
Iran 50%
Iraq 5%
¼ small ruminants population
in countries with severe
political disturbances
PPR background in the Middle East Political disturbances
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§ Small holders mainly in traditional extensive production systems • vulnerable human and animal populations • +++ in countries with severe political disturbances
§ Impact of major SR diseases • Livestock production • Livelihood of populations • Food security
PPR background in the Middle East Socio-economics aspects
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Africa
Europe Asia
PPR background in the Middle East Crossroads of 3 continents
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ü 50 M SR slaughtered yearly for consumption ü 20-30% of total meat consumption ü No regional self-sufficiency ü Intense international trade
§ 14 M heads imported yearly § High season (religious) § From Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan)
Middle East (Iran, Syria, Turkey) and Australia § 90% to the 6 GCC countries (KSA: 7.8 M) § Risks linked to uncontrolled trade (traditional
transboundary transhumance, smuggling, refugee populations…).
PPR background in the Middle East Small ruminants’ regional trade
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PPR situation in the Middle East
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Egypt
Iraq
Syria
KSA
Yemen
Iran
Endemic
Egypt
Iraq
KSA
Yemen
Iran Last
occurence Lebanon
1997 Jordan
2000 UAE 2009
Bahrain 2011 Syria Qatar
Syria
PPR in the Middle East Reporting to OIE / WAHIS
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Iran
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
KSA
Yemen
Iran
Egypt
Ring vaccination
Syria
No vaccination
Iraq
KSA
Yemen
Mass vaccination
PPR in the Middle East Vaccination
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PPR in the Middle East PPRV lineage distribution
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ü Live attenuated PPRV vaccine
(strain Nigeria 75/1) ü Imported ü Produced in Jordan, Egypt, KSA & Iran ü Estimation of 20-30% vaccinated
population at the regional level
PPR in the Middle East Vaccination
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1st Regional meeting of the PPR Control Roadmap for the ME
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1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
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1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
1. Presentation § Global Control
and Eradication Strategy
§ PCP approach § Tools (PCMAT) § Abidjan conf.
recommendations
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1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
Countries 2015 Bahrain 2 KSA 2 Kuwait 2 Oman N.A Qatar 1 UAE 2 Iraq 2 Jordan 2 Lebanon 2 Palestine N.A Syria N.A Yemen N.A Egypt 1
2. First PPR assessment § Countries’
situation (self -assessment)
§ Capacity of veterinary services to control PPR
Provisionalbaseline
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1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Brucellosis 4 1 3 SGP 1 6 2 CCPP 1 0 0 FMD 3 1 1 Enterotoxemia 0 1 3
Brucellosis &
Sheep and Goat Pox
3. identification of other small ruminant diseases that could be controlled together with PPR
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Presidency: Saudi Arabia
Vice Presidency: Lebanon & Qatar
Epidemiology network leader: Kuwait
Laboratory network leader: Jordan
1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
4. Nomination
of the voting members of the PPR Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
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1st PPR Roadmap meeting for the ME Doha, Qatar (1-3 Dec. 2015)
5. Formulation
of the regional roadmap for the ME & Countries’ adoption
Countries 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Bahrain 2 2 3 4
KSA 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
Kuwait 2 2 3 3 3 4
Oman N.AQatar 1 2 2 3 3 4
UAE 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
Iraq 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
Jordan 2Lebanon 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
PalesIne N.ASyria N.AYemen N.AEgypt 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4
Provisionalbaseline Provisionalroadmap
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Outcome 1:The laboratory diagnostic capacity is established 1A: in-country lab diagnostic capacity is established
1B : laboratory diagnosis is outsourced internationally Outcome 2: A surveillance system is progressively established Outcome 3: Ability of field veterinarians to relate health events
to PPR is improved Outcome 4: A national PPR committee is established to
coordinate all activities related to PPR prevention Outcome 5: The legal framework is improved during this stage
to ensure that the VS have the authority to take action.
PPR PCP situation progress in ME
Assessment format for stage 1
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February 2017 in Cairo or Amman (TBC)
Back to back with:
§ Meeting of the GF TADS Regional Steering committee for the Middle East (TBC)
PPR PCP situation progress in ME
2th FAO/OIE PPR-PCP regional Roadmap Meeting
Thank you for your attention
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