Quality Control of Veterinary Vaccines

OIE Collaborating Centre Reports

Activities in 2013

Title of Collaborating Centre: / Quality Control of
Veterinary Vaccines
Address of Collaborating Centre: / African Union
Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre
(AU-PANVAC), P. O. Box 1746, Debre Zeit,
ETHIOPIA
Tel.: / +251 11 433 8001
Fax: / +251 11 433 8844
e-mail address: /
website: / www.africa-union.org
Name of Director of Institute (Responsible Official): / Dr Karim Tounkara
Name (including Title and Position) of Head of the Collaborating Centre (formally OIE Contact Point): / Dr Karim Tounkara Director
Name (including Title and Position) of writer of this report
(if different from above)


Summary of activities specifically related to the mandate of
OIE Collaborating Centres

ToR: To provide services to the OIE, in particular within the region, in the designated specialty, in support of the implementation of OIE policies and, where required, seek for collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories

ToR: To identify and maintain existing expertise, in particular within its region

1. Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of techniques within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE

Disease control

Epidemiology, surveillance, risk assessment, modelling

Training, capacity building

Zoonoses

Wildlife

Avian diseases

Aquatic animal diseases

Animal welfare

Diagnosis, biotechnology and laboratory

Veterinary medicinal products

Vaccines

Food safety

Feed safety

Other (Name the category: )

DIAGNOSIS, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LABORATORY
Title of activity / Scope
Quality Control of Veterinary vaccines / A total of 288 batches of Veterinary vaccines and veterinary vaccine production materials were quality Certified by AU-PANVAC during the period 2013. Twenty (20) batches of these were submitted for quality control by Jordan and Turkey which are countries outside the African continent while the remaining batches were from African Union Member States. The vaccine batches submitted for quality control include vaccines against: Anthrax, Black leg, Infectious Bursal Disease, Brucella, Camel pox, Canine parvovirus, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP), Newcastle disease, Lumpy Skin Disease, Haemorrhagic septicaemia, Fowl cholera, Fowl typhoid, Fowl pox, Peste des Petits Ruminants, Rabies, Rift Valley Fever, Sheep and Goat Pox, African Horse Sickness, Avian Infectious Bronchitis.

ToR: To propose or develop methods and procedures that facilitate harmonisation of international standards and guidelines applicable to the designated specialty

2. Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of international regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases, food safety or animal welfare

Proposal title / Scope/Content / Applicable area
Surveillance and control of animal diseases
Food safety
Animal welfare

ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres designated for the same specialty, and should the need arise, with Collaborating Centres in other disciplines

ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other centres, laboratories or organisations

3. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres (CC), Reference Laboratories (RL), or organisations designated for the same specialty, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?

Yes No

4. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres, Reference laboratories, or organisations in other disciplines, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?

Yes No

ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE.

5. Did your Collaborating Centre place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE?

Yes No

ToR: To provide, within the designated specialty, scientific and technical training to personnel from OIE Member Countries

6. Did your Collaborating Centre provide scientific and technical training, within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE, to personnel from OIE Member Countries?

Yes No

If the answer is yes, please provide the total number of trained persons for each of the following categories:

a)  Technical visits: 0

b)  Seminars: 0

c)  Hands-on training courses: 13

d)  Internships (>1 month): 8

Type of technical training provided (a, b, c or d) / Content / Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with training / No. participants from the corresponding country
c / Provided training on the Production of PPR vaccines / Botswana, Cameroun, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sudan / Botswana-2, Cameroun-1, Chad-1, Ethiopia-2, Kenya-1, Mali-1, Nigeria-2, Niger-1, Senegal-1, Sudan-1: Total- 13
d / Provided internship training on veterinary vaccine quality control / Ethiopia and Nigeria / Ethiopia-6, Nigeria-2: Total-8

ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings and other activities on behalf of the OIE

7. Did your Collaborating Centre organise or participate in the organisation of scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE?

Yes No

ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate data and information relevant to the designated specialty

8. Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE that may be useful to Member Countries of the OIE

(Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category)

a)  Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 0

b)  International conference presentations: 2

Karim Tounkara (2013). "Animal Health Products to support Food Security and Sustainability in Africa". Global Animal Health Conference on Developing Global Animal Health Products to support Food Security and Sustainability, 17-18 October 2013, Arlington, USA.
Nick Nwankpa and Karim Tounkara (2013). "Control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in Africa: The role of vaccines". Regional Consultation on the control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 19-21 November 2013, Dakar, Senegal.

c) National conference presentations: 0

d) Other: 0

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