The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) provides animal health assistance to FAO member countries including Ethiopia to respond to the threat of high impact animal and zoonotic diseases and prevent/contain the growing danger of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
ECTAD implements the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) and Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) programmes, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The two programmes build animal health capacity in 35 countries in Africa (including Ethiopia) Asia and the Middle East to prevent, detect, and respond to zoonotic and non-zoonotic disease outbreaks at the source.
In some countries including Ethiopia, ECTAD also implements a UK government-financed Fleming fund project to support middle-income countries to prevent and contain AMR by improving surveillance, data collection and sharing, and supporting appropriate policies.
FAO ECTAD Ethiopia was established in May 2016 and is implementing its animal, zoonotic and AMR related activities under the auspice of a One Health/multi-sectoral approaches.
ECTAD Ethiopia also implements other projects funded by World Trade Organization (WTO)/Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to facilitate international trade of livestock and livestock products and FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project aimed at introducing innovative approaches to control/eradicate tsetse and trypanosomosis in the country.
Program Name:
Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) programme
Budget Source:
USAID, UK Government Fleming Fund, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), WTO/STDF and FAO TCP
Program Life:
May 2016 – September 2020
Program Objectives:
To prevent the amplification, spillover, and spread of high impact animal and zoonotic diseases along with the human-livestock-wildlife/ecosystem interfaces and tackle the problem of AMR by strengthening surveillance, lab capacity, and animal health workforce.
Support the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises by strengthening the implementation of legal, policy, and institutional systems and regulatory frameworks for risk reduction and crisis management, information and early warning against potential, known and emerging threats, and conducting effective responses.
Expected Impact:
ECTAD programme in Ethiopia envisions sustainable livestock production that supports food security and livelihoods, by preventing disease emergence and spread, and minimizing the impacts of diseases on economic development, human and animal health.
Program area:
National and sub-national governments
Program focus on zoonotic diseases and One Health:
Rabies, Anthrax, Brucellosis, Rift Valley Fever, zoonotic Avian Influenza, Antimicrobial Resistance, Food safety, Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures
Program targets:
- Program Government of Ethiopia stakeholders: Key One Health sectors (health, animal health, environment, and wildlife) at federal, regional, zonal, and Woreda level
- Program implementers: FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture including National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre (NAHDIC), (National Veterinary Institute), Veterinary Drug and Animal Feed Administration and Control Authority (VDFACA), sub-national animal health offices and laboratories.
Partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Ethiopian Environment Forest and Climate Change Authority, Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, National One Health Steering Committee, Zoonotic Diseases Technical Working Groups, National Antimicrobial Resistance Advisory group, Regional One Health taskforces, National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre, and National Veterinary Institute.
What we do:
FAO ECTAD builds animal health capacities in Ethiopia to address high impact zoonotic infections, thereby contributing to national, regional and global efforts to accelerate progress towards a world safe and secure from infectious disease burdens and threats. ECTAD delivers its mandate by supporting the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations 2005, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Performance of Veterinary Services and other relevant national, regional and global health security frameworks. These efforts also support the country to achieve food, nutrition and health security and support poverty alleviation programmes.
The main areas of work include:
Out of the 11 Actions Packages (APs) under the Prevent-Detect-Respond framework agreed by all the GHSA contributing countries, FAO ECTAD Ethiopia focuses on the five Action Packages;
- Prevent 1: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Prevent 2: Zoonotic Disease
- Prevent 3: Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Detect 1: National Laboratory System
- Detect 5: Workforce Development
Under the Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 program, FAO ECTAD Ethiopia implements the following projects;
- Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050; and
- MERS-CoV Surveillance in dromedary camels and other domestic animals in Ethiopia
Other projects include:
- UK government Fleming Fund on engaging the food and agriculture sectors to combat AMR using a One Health approaches;
- Improving sanitary capacity and facilitating export trade of livestock and livestock products from Ethiopia;
- FAO TCP to control tsetse and trypanosomosis to improve food security and livelihood of rural communities along the tsetse-infested areas of the country;
- DTRA fund on Sustainable operationalization of One Health in the Africa region
- EU funded Pursuing Pastoralist Resilience through improved Animal Health Service Delivery in Pastoralist areas of Ethiopia. (Peste des petits ruminants control)
Contact:
Gijs van ‘t Klooster
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Phone: +251 921 32 97 56