Animal Health

$147.2K USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	World
Start Date	Sep 17, 2011
End Date	May 01, 2015
Duration	1,322 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`250855-85`

Grant Description

Risk Analysis for Animal Health Course - Risk analysis is a key component in domestic disease control and international trade.

Developing risk analysis skills would improve a countries' ability to mitigate disease risks and potentially enhance trading capacity.

The USDA-APHIS-VS- Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health hosts the OIE's collaborating center for risk analysis, surveillance, and disease modeling.

The course for international participants focused on the basic skills of risk analysis and participants learned the tools necessary to conduct risk analyses in their own countries, and will follow OIE guidelines on qualitative risk analysis. Attendees included the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Kenya, Thailand, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.

From 05/16/2011 to 05/20/2011.