Regional Animal Health Bulletin SIXTH EDITION

Welcome to the Sixth Edition of the IGAD Regional Animal Health Bulletin, a regional bulletin for animal health reports and related issues. This is an initiative of the Standard Methods and Procedures in Animal Health (SMP-AH) Project, a collaborative project spearheaded by African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in partnership with IGAD/IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development. This edition of the regional bulletin focuses mainly on (1) Risk assessment study along Borena‐Adama value chain in Ethiopia,(2) enhancing crossborder activities through developing of an Implementation Framework for the signed MoU between Ethiopia and Kenya; (3) activities of the Regional Network for Quarantines; (4) Training of Somali professionals on quarantine management practices and diagnostic techniques; (5) Third meeting of the Regional Livestock Identification and Traceability System (LITS) and Animal Health Certification (AHC) Coordination Forum; (6) Third meeting of the Regional PPR Control and Eradication Coordination Committee (CECC) and PPR Technical Experts Committee (TEC); (7) Seventh Steering Committee meeting of SMP-AH Project held in Arusha, Tanzania; and (8) NEALCO membership drive and awareness campaign for Puntland, Somaliland and Federal Republic of Somalia held in Hargeisa, Somaliland.