Science Writing Mentorship Program
Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH)
African Swine Fever (ASF) ecology and epidemiology in Eastern Europe (Kazakhstan)
Risk-based border inspection in Kosovo and Albania
Establishment of a risk assessment unit at the Moldovan food safety agency
Freedom from Disease - Evaluation of the sampling program for IBR and EBL in Switzerland
Action plan for the Moldovan dairy sector
Market Research on Point-of-Care Testing
Reducing the risk of exposure to antimicrobial resistance for consumers
Evaluation of the Global Framework for the Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs)
One Health for brucellosis in Armenia
Continuous education of veterinary and food safety officers
Review of existing One Health Epidemiology training materials for South African professionals
SANTERO: Risk based surveillance for animal health in Europe
Biosecurity and traceability in the poultry sector in Moldova
Establishment of a risk-based food safety control system in the dairy value chain in Ukraine
Understanding and combating African Swine Fever in Europe (ASF-STOP)
Systematic review of the significance of the food chain in the context of AMR
Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH)
FMD capacity building in Mauritania (2015 - 2017)
Risk analysis of potential Trichinella exposure for pigs with outdoor access (2015 - 2016)
Evaluation of the Swiss early detection system for (re-)emerging diseases
African Swine Fever (ASF) ecology and epidemiology in Eastern Europe
African Swine Fever (ASF) ecology and epidemiology in Eastern Europe (Armenia)
African Swine Fever (ASF) ecology and epidemiology in Eastern Europe (Georgia)
African Swine Fever (ASF) ecology and epidemiology in Eastern Europe (Kazakhstan)
Assessment of the Animal Health and Laboratory Information Systems in Vietnam
Potential use of farm of origin information for more targeted inspection of Cysticercus bovis
Equinella - interactive data visualization
Evaluation of animal health reports (2013)
Linkage between antimicrobial usage and development of resistance (2014-ongoing)
Implementation of risk-based SPS inspections in the Western Balkan region (2014)
A tool to assess the capacity of food control systems
Workshops on the principles of risk-based SPS inspections
Facilitating trade of beef to the EU (2013)
Assessment of impact of changes in meat inspection (2013-ongoing)
Use of antimicrobials in livestock (2013)
Independent Evaluation of OECD conference (2013)
Swissgenetics: Feed risk assessment (2013)
Economics of surveillance conducted in the One Health context (2013 - 2015)
Pandemic Preparedness Workshop
Strengthening of the veterinary services in Mongolia (2012-2016)
Use of antimicrobials in the livestock sector
MINAPIG: alternatives to antimicrobial use in pig production (2012 - 2015)
Prevention and control of BSE in Costa Rica (2011-2012)
AHVLA: review of meat inspection practices (2011 - 2012)
Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (2011 - 2013)
Syngenta: fertiliser risk assessment
Swissgenetics: optimising biosecurity at cattle breeding station
Boehringer Ingelheim: antimicrobials in food animals
Risk assessment for a medical company
Establishing risk analysis capacities in Viet Nam II (2011)
Meat inspection as a contribution to animal health surveillance (2011 - 2012)
Contribution to the development of a MSc course on One Health for Massey University (2010 - 2011)
Standards and Trade Development Facility STDF (2010 – ongoing)
World Bank reports “People, Pathogens and Our Planet” (2010 - 2012)
FMD control in Turkey (2009-2010)
BSE Risk Assessment Panama (2009 - 2010)
Obtaining an EU approval for importation of beef by a Latin American country
Control and eradication of scrapie and echinococcosis in the Northern part of Cyprus
Development of guidelines for risk management in cattle diseases with Nestlé
Risk-based surveillance for Avian Influenza (2007)
Working Group Zoonotic Diseases (2007-2012)
Development of action plan to strengthen veterinary services in Georgia (2007)
Training for Avian Influenza epidemiology in Indonesia (2007)
Validation of a new serological test for Trichinella spp. (2006-2007)
Risk-based surveillance for Trichinella spp. in Switzerland (2006-2009)
Development of guidelines and measures towards the prevention of AI with Nestlé
Raw material TSE risk assessment
Market assessment for animal health diagnostics
BSE testing recommendations (2005 - 2008)
Freedom of FMD with vaccination in Oruro, Bolivia (2005-2006)
In 2006, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) added a new leg to its Humanitarian Aid Unit and launched a Working Group for the prevention and management of zoonotic disease outbreaks (WG ZOD). From the beginning, SAFOSO was mandated with the technical leadership and management of the WG ZOD. The Working Group was in a position to rapidly respond to requests for assistance to prevent, mitigate and manage zoonotic animal disease outbreaks. The scope of assistance offered included:
advice on how to prevent and control zoonotic diseases
help with epidemiology, disease outbreak investigation, disease control, risk communication, diagnostics, preparedness and prevention
assistance to competent authorities to properly prepare for outbreaks – helping plan preventive measures, assessing risk and consulting on contingency plans and testing them through simulation exercises
advice on how to raise the public's awareness about the disease and about spread and control measures people can take
Reports of missions to Georgia (2007) and Costa Rica (2009) are available for download (with permission of the respective authorities that had requested our support.)