Caribbean strengthens preparedness for African Swine Fever

Sev­en­teen Caribbean coun­tries are strength­en­ing their pre­pared­ness for African swine fever, up­dat­ing na­tion­al re­sponse plans aimed at de­tect­ing and con­tain­ing the dis­ease be­fore it threat­ens the re­gion’s pig farms and pork sup­ply.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the coun­tries met in Bar­ba­dos to re­view plans cov­er­ing sur­veil­lance, di­ag­no­sis, trace­abil­i­ty, risk com­mu­ni­ca­tion and emer­gency re­sponse.

The work­shop was held un­der a project led by the Unit­ed States De­part­ment of Agri­cul­ture, with tech­ni­cal co­or­di­na­tion from the In­ter-Amer­i­can In­sti­tute for Co­op­er­a­tion on Agri­cul­ture.