GF-TADs is a facilitating mechanism which endeavors to empower regional alliances in the fight against TADs, to provide for capacity building and to assist in establishing programmes for the specific control of certain TADs based on regional priorities.
The meeting focuses on Foot and Mouth disease (FMD), Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) with the objectives to share experiences and information on these diseases to support and strengthen disease control and eradication strategies.
The meeting is attended by Chief Veterinary Officers of SAARC countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal), national laboratory and epidemiology experts of each country engaged in transboundary animal disease control programs, experts and representatives from SAARC Secretariat, FAO/WOAH reference laboratories for PPR, FMD, LSD and other global experts, Representatives from private sectors and vaccine producers in the region are also present in the meeting.
The meeting was inaugurated by Honโble Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock at Hotel Olathang in Paro. The other dignitaries present during the inauguration included Dr. Hirofumi Kugita, WOAH Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific; Ms Karla Robin Hershey, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bhutan; Ken Shimizu, FAO representative for Nepal and Bhutan, and Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Director, ARD and SDF, SAARC Secretariat. The Bhutanese team of experts participating in the meeting is led by Director, Department of Livestock.
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐บ: Dr. Narapati Dahal (Specialist III, Animal Health Division, Department of Livestock)
