During the meeting, the Regional Steering Committee recommended the creation of Standing Groups of Experts for classical swine fever (coordinated by OIRSA) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (coordinated by IICA), among other recommendations.
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(1) The Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF‑TADs) is a joint initiative of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that endeavours to empower global and regional alliances in the fight against Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs), to provide for capacity building and to assist in establishing programmes for the specific control of certain TADs based on global and regional priorities.