Understanding and Responding to Biosecurity Risks and Threats Meeting (June 6-8 2007, Rome, Italy)

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Overview

Since 2006, FAO has been implementing activities under the project "Support to National Biosecurity Initiatives and Policies in Countries Facing High Risks of Outbreaks of Diseases and Pests". The main objective of Phase I of the project is to assess the magnitude and dynamics of diseases, their transboundary aspects, and the combined or cumulative impact on food security, biodiversity, livelihoods, and rural development in general, with a view to generating information relevant to policy formulation in responding to biosecurity risks and threats.

This meeting was called in order to reflect on progress thus far. The specific objectives of the meeting were:

To discuss linkages among crop, livestock and human diseases, in order to develop a common understanding of drivers, impacts and responses;
To present and review recent FAO activities on biosecurity problems;
To define priorities for further research and policy action by FAO and its partners.

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To download a copy of the briefing note, please click here.

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Presentations

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Day One

Peter Kenmore, Chief, AGPP - Contemporary Biosecurity Risks and Threats

Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI - Agriculture and Health Linkages

Maya Pineiro, Senior Officer, AGNS - Transboundary Food Safety Threats, Challenges, Opportunities and the Biosecurity Integrated Approach

Jacques du Guerny, former Chief of Population Programme Service, FAO - Identifying Disease Hotspots: Towards a Holistic Approach

Libor Stloukal, Population Policy Officer, ESW - Transboundary Biosecurity Study in East Africa: Research Rationale, Methodology, and General Approach

Freddy Baijukya, Team Leader - Tanzania Country Study

Imelda Kashaija, Team Leader - Uganda Country Study

J.K. Muchunguzi, District Agricultural Officer, Muleba District, Tanzania - District Case Study from Tanzania: Disease Challenges and Capacity to Address Them

Fredric Ayorekire, District Fisheries Officer, Isingiro District, Uganda - District Case Study from Uganda: Disease Challenges and Capacity to Address Them

Day Two

Gabriel Rugalema, Senior Officer, ESW - Summary of Key Points from Day 1

John Curry, Gender and Development Research Officer, ESW and Anni McLeod, Senior Officer, AGAL - Livelihoods and Gender Aspects of the Avian Influenza Epidemic: Short-term Impacts and Disease-induced Structural Change in South-East Asia

David Serwadda, Makerere University - What can we learn from HIV/AIDS? Lessons from a District-based HIV/AIDS Surveillance Programme in Uganda

Fred Musisi, Regional Emergency Livestock Officer, FAO-RIACSO - Potential Use of Modern Technologies for Disease Identification and Monitoring: The Case of the Digital Pen

Stanley Sonoyia, Health Coordinator, East African Community - East Africa Regional Strategic Plan Control of Transboundary Diseases (2007–2012)

Mark Rweyemamu, Team Leader, Foresight Project - Lessons from the Foresight Project

Dominic Kambarage, Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture and Team Leader, Inter-institutional Research Network on Animal and Human Diseases - Institutional Collaboration in Animal-Human Diseases Research

Day Three: Presentation to Permanent Representatives