Summary of Consultancy: Regional

Africa

Animal Health Economics

Preparation of a project document for a poultry development network - 1995, FAO.

Epidemiology and Livestock Information Systems

Consultancy for African Development Bank to the National Livestock Development Project in Ethiopia to study the epidemiology and economics of peste des petits ruminants and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and devise a strategy for their cost effective control – 2000, ADB.

Consultancy advice towards establishment of an information and monitoring system for the Pan African Rinderpest Campaign - 1987 to 88, FAO.

Development of a micro-computer based information system for the collation and analysis of rinderpest serological monitoring data - 1989, IAEA.

Veterinary Services and Disease Control

Provision of manager for project supporting the Pan African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) including Information System Development, epidemiological survey design and implementation, disease control planning, laboratory support and diagnosis, vaccine handling, assistance in preparation of project proposals for strengthening of veterinary services and training of national and international groups - 1988 to 90, FAO.

Review of data processing at PARC Epidemiology Unit, Nairobi - 1992, FAO.

Provision of consultant in a multidisciplinary team to assess the manpower needs of the livestock sector for the ten SADDC countries and to design and cost project proposals for support in this area - 1993, EU.

Preparation of a policy document for the control of tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis in Africa - 1991, FAO.

Evaluation of the foot-and-mouth Disease Control Programme in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana - 1987, EU.

Provision of the team leader and the livestock economist of a study group to evaluate the EU-funded regional trypanosomiasis and tsetse control project in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe - 1988, EU.

Provision of veterinarian, economist and livestock production expert for Livestock Sector Manpower Needs Assessment in SADC countries - 1993, EU.

Provision of an interdisciplinary team teaching a francophone course in veterinary epidemiology and economics at the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) - 1985 to 88, ILCA.

Development of a computer based epidemiological and economics training model - 1987, ILCA.

Provision of team leader for a project formulation mission to re-establish exports of livestock from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula -2001, FAO.

Caribbean

Veterinary Services and Disease Control

Provision of a veterinary epidemiology consultant to review the Caribbean Amblyomma Programme identifying constraints to the eradication programme, facilitate a Technical Review meeting, advise on national eradication and surveillance programmes and provide a sustainable strategy for consolidating achievements and emergency preparedness against re-infestation – FAO, 2001.

Facilitation of the FAO Caribbean Amblyomma Programme (CAP) review meeting to monitor progress and problems in attaining the goal of Tropical Bont Tick eradication on the English-speaking CARICOM islands. Consultant to CAP programme in Barbados and Antigua – 2000, FAO.

Middle and Near East

Epidemiology and Livestock Information Systems

Facilitation of regional workshop for senior veterinary staff from Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, on the establishment of Internet data recording and display - 1997, EU.

Regional workshop to develop appropriate new tools and technologies to improve the sharing and use of animal health information by countries in the Middle East - 1995, GTZ..

Epidemiological assessment of rinderpest in the Arabian Peninsular - 1995, FAO.

Veterinary Services and Disease Control

Evaluation of Middle and Near East Animal Health Project (MINEADEP) - 1994, FAO.

Support to West Asia Rinderpest Eradication Control (WAREC). Provision of project manager for missions to Iraq, Armenia, Turkey and Iran - 1994, FAO.

South and South East Asia

Animal Health Economics

Provision of a farming systems economist on a technical appraisal mission to examine the regional foot-and-mouth disease situation in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao - 1997, FAO.

Veterinary Services and Disease Control

Formulation mission for Strengthening Veterinary Services in South Asia through effective Rinderpest Control (SAREC) - 1993, FAO / EU.

Epidemiology and Livestock Information Systems

Provision of the team leader of a mission to investigate the possibilities for the development of Animal Health Information Systems in S.E. Asia - 1989, OIE / ADB.