AC Activity
AMR Convene 5 workshop/meetings in 5
P4.1.1 regions (Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, Addis
Ababa, Somali/DireDawa)and
institutions to develop sub-national
action plans to cascade the One Health
(OH) AMR prevention and containment
strategic plan (2021-25)
AMR Support 2 of the 4 National OH AMR
P.4.1.1 advisory quarterly coordination
meetings to review the
operationalization of NAP
implementation
AMR Support sub-national level OH World
P4.1.2 Antimicrobial Awareness Week
(WAAW) 2023/24 events in
collaboration with other OH AMR
partners in the country
AMR Conduct refresher training on AMR
P4.2.1 surveillance system, detection, isolation
and Antimicrobials Susceptibility
Testing (AST) to 14 animal health and
food labs (AHI, EAA labs and 12 regional
level (Asella, BaherDar, Sodo, Mizan,
Hirna, Kombolcha, Semera, Assosa,
Addis Ababa, Jijiga, Sidama, Yabello))
AMR Support AHI to conduct on-site
P4.2.1 mentorship training for 5 Sub-national
Comment
This is a good step to cascade AMR to
subnational level. Are the responsible
to cover the cost needed to execute
the action plans?
What were the criteria for selecting
these 5 regions and what are the
plans for the remaining regions?
Who is chairing the national OH AMR
advisory group? P4.1.1
Is this not supposed to be conducted
at subnational level since P4.1.2
refers to subnational level activities
Has a similar training been given
before within the animal health
space? My understanding is that this
has taken place in human health
before.
This is great! Since EPHI has a lot of
experience within the human health
Response Remark / Changes
Thanks. FAO will be covering the meeting
costs only. No further financial
commitment, however, as demanded
technical support and follow up there
after. The assumption is that once fully
owned can include in their annual plans.
The strategy is to do it in progressive
ways/to certain areas in the first year
and then expand. Readiness for
implementing activities and difficulty to
reach all in once. The rest of the regions
will be included the following years.
MOH is currently chairing and MOA/EPA
is co-chair meetings?
Yes, thank you. We will replace National Remove National
level with Sub-national level and insert
subnational
Yes, the training was provided in 2019.
A mentorship manual for the animal
health sector was drafted by AHI with
 labs (Asella, BaherDar, Sodo, Mizan,
Hirna) on Bacterial Isolation,
Identification, and preservation and AST
methods.
AMR Provide AMR/AST laboratory
P.4.2.1 consumables to AHI, EAA and NVI labs
and 5 sub-national laboratories
AMR Support AMR active surveillance field
P.4.2.1 activities for 5 sub-national laboratories
in line with already available active
surveillance guidelines
AMR Conduct a three days workshop to
P.4.2.2 compile, analyze and generate National
integrated AMR and AST report
labs, would it not be helpful to have
EPHI included in these sessions for
the first sessions just as a way of
learning from human health
Have you explored from EPHI if the
WHONET reporting is applicable to
animal health or is there a similar
software for animal health partners?
EPHI should have the answer to this.
Not clear what these interventions
entail
Would it not be worthwhile to
combine this activity with human
health activities since the focus is at
national level.
support of EPHI.
AHI has now some knowledge on
conducting mentorship training, but EPHI
will still be approached for additional
support as suggested.
The activity is procurement of AST
supplies.
To respond to the query raised, yes,
discussions are ongoing at National,
region and Global level on alternatives
for a consolidated database considering
both SILAB, WHONET. We also have had
discussions with WHONET coordinator,
John Stelling more than and he was at
AHI in 2 June 2023 ...
Up to now we have been working on Sampling health
clinical samples from sick animals. We animal in line with
want to field test search samples from active surveillance
health animals or food. guideline already
developed
Thanks. Yes we will be having OH AMR
surveillance annual review meeting
every year.
This activity is to compile data and
produce a summary report on food and
agriculture side based on the integrated
AMR surveillance plan. Human health
will also participate at this.
Then, the OH review and experiences
sharing (the next activity) will follow as

AMR Convene 1 lessons learnt and
P.4.2.2 information sharing review session for
labs actively participating in AMR
surveillance lab work and
representatives of key stakeholders
AMR Provide assessment feedback to
P4.3.1 stakeholders on poultry and dairy farm
biosecurity, IPC measures, good
practices, AMU and AMR based on pilot
studies conducted earlier to support
implementation Yelemat Turufat policy
document
AMR Update AMU and AMR guideline for
P4.3.1 poultry and dairy farm biosecurity,
AMR Provide training on farm Infection
P4.3.1 prevention, biosecurity, good farming
practices, AMU, AMR to 80 frontline
animal healthcare providers/farmers in
5 regions (Oromia, Amhara, SNNP,
Addis Ababa, Somali/DireDawa)
AMR Provide Training of Trainers (ToT) on
P4.5.1. AMU and AMR to 40 supervisors from
regional Agriculture Authority (EAA),
Similar comment to above
Who do we share it with?
If there is no policy in place already as
stated in the above activity, which
guideline are we referring to in this
case?
Is there a particular reason for picking
these regions? Any particularly
reasons as to why Tigray, Afar,
Sidama, etc are missing? How are the
80 picked from these regions?
Please explain the relevance of these
professionals to AMU/AMR work and
who are they supposed to train after
we did every year.
Same explanation as above
"Policy brief" have been changed to Replaced policy
summary assessment feedback to MOA, brief with Provide
regions and other stakeholders to input summary
to the guidelines. assesment
feedback to MoA
to support
implementation
Yelemat Turufat
There are draft guidelines on poultry and
dairy. We want to push further in their
finalization and implementation to
support implementation of the Yelemat
Turufat policy document.
The idea is to have a prograssive
approach, focus on activities on specific
geographical areas and then expand
coverage in subsequent years to ensure
available resources are applied to scale
for observable impact. The rest of the
regions will be included the following
years
Same as responded 4.1.1. Above. Other
regions will be included in the following
year.
Training will target supervisors for on the Change
the job cascading of training. This will professionals to
facilitate capacity development of supervisors to
 Universities, regional laboratories and
regional livestock offices
AMR Provide training to 30 clinic animal
P4.5.1. health care professionals in 5 regions
(Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, Addis Ababa,
Somali/DireDawa) with basic clinical
and laboratory diagnosis skills to
improve the rational medicine use and
prescription
AMR Organize a One Health Antimicrobials
P4.5.1. Stewardship (AMS) training to 80
animal health care providers at
subnational level in (Oromia, Amhara,
SNNP, Addis Ababa, Somali/DireDawa)
AMR Develop BCC materials on AMU/AMR
P4.5.2 for poultry and dairy farms for prudent
use of antimicrobials
AMR Provide training/awareness raising on
P4.5.2 AMU and AMR to 40 animal health care
professionals/Community Animal
Health Workers (CAHWs) in 5 regions
(Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, Addis Ababa,
Somali/DireDawa)
AMR Provide support for the annual
P4.5.2 commemoration of food safety day on
June 7 every year and beyond
they return to the
Any particular reason why Addis
Ababa is prioritized over other
regions like Afar or Tigray
Awareness training should be a better
alternative to improving their
diagnostic skills to achieve this
objective?
The target trainees and the regions
are not specified
In view of the targets of this activity,
would print material be the right
channel of communication? What
about mass media?
How do we prioritize the targets of
such trainings from a range of
possible targets?
Not a typical GHS event
regions to continue AMU and AMR work make it clearer
on their own.
No special reason for selection. Same as
above 4.1.1 and 4.3.1. AHI’s feedback
after their assessment . Other regions
will be included in the following year
Yes, awareness is part of the training
but, the main focus will be hands on labs
procedures training
The regions will be targeted but focus Revised activity
will be on primary animal health cares discription
providers
Print would be good for facility based
awareness raising.
We will provide training to mass media
under 4.1.2. The trained mass media are
expected to broadcast AMU and AMR
issues in the media outlets.
This will be a pilot and will be done in
consultation with regions. We have
targeted the health care providers in the
clinics/Diagnostic services and vets
services including the private clinics.
Food is major source of AMR and cause Remove out the
of morbidity and mortality. However, if activity plan
not a typical GHS event, it will be
removed.
ZD Organize multisectoral joint risk
P5.1.1 assessment training involving 90
multisectoral/disciplinary professionals
from 3 Regional States (Afar, Tigray and
Amhara) on two priority zoonotic
diseases per Region using JRA-OT in
(three days workshop)
ZD Analyze epidemiological data and map
P5.1.1 priority zoonotic diseases hotspot/risk
areas based on risk periods, risk areas,
risk factors, hot/cold spot interfaces,
and other factors
ZD Organize a workshop to assess national
P5.1.1 rabies prevention and control status
using Step-Wise-Approach-for-Rabies
Elimination (SARE) tool (three days
workshop)
ZD Organize 2 joint annual
P5.1.2 review/assessment and planning
meeting of the national and/or regional
One Health platforms (Two days)
ZD Conduct a two-days validation and
P5.1.2 awareness creation workshop involving
60 participants on existing One Health-
related policies, strategies, plans and
legislations, status of their
implementation, and identifed gaps
Great to see Afar and Tigray included
in this. Any particular reason for
picking these regions?
Is this targeting the above three
regions only or beyond?
What is the outcome expected and
follow-up action for this workshop?
What is the progress on the project
we discussed earlier?
This is great! Will it include all
regions? If not all, how do we select
the participating regions? P5.1.2
Not clear what validation refers in
this context if we are referring to
existing documents. Who are the 60
participants will be drawn from?
We cover for SNNP and Sidama in
FY2023. The regions are identified as
hotspot for Anthrax and Rabies.
It goes beyond three regions. The whole
national database to be analyzed.
This helps to establish SARE stage for
Ethiopia, identify gaps, generate
recommendations on way forward and
develop action plan.
The project proposal was developed and
will be finalize with input from SARE.
However, some elements of the project
are already implemented under current
GHSA including training on Dog
population management.
This covers all region who established
one health platform.
Desk review of OH related legislations
(proclamation & regulation) and
legislative tools (directives, guidelines,
etc) and their implementation status is
an ongoing activity. The plan here is to
validate output(s) of this review.
Participants will include but not limited

ZD Organize a two-days training involving
P5.1.2 30 participants from the national and
local One Health platform to enhance
their lobbying capacity and enhance
functionality of OH platforms at
national and sub-national levels
ZD Develop Animal Health Emergency
P5.2.1 Management plan (based on
experience from the public health
emergency management system)
ZD Support three days training of 50 sub-
P5.2.1 national (Amhara, Oromia and SNNP)
animal health officers on good
Emergency Management practices
(GEMP - physical and FAO VLC) and
monitor its implementation
Relating to which specific area?
How are the 30 participants selected
and from which regions?
This is great. Is this like an emergency
preparedness and response plan? Not
clear how this is to be developed.
Excellent! Need to link to the public
health emergency management
Centre
Are these to be selected from hot
spot woredas?
to legal experts and subject matter
specialist primarily from MoA, MoH, EPA.
OH relevant legislations issued by the
federal govt and the key ministries (agri,
health, and environment).
This shall target all members of the
NOHSC and about 2 individuals each
from the regional (Amhara, Oromia,
Sidama, Harari, SNNP, etc.) OH
platforms.
Yes, it is an emergency preparedness and To implement
response plan for all animal health Progressive
emergencies. pathway for
emergency
This is one of the activities for preparedness FAO
implementing the FAO animal diseases tool findings
emergency preparedness tool
“Progressive Pathway for Emergency
Preparedness” following a self-
assessment conducted this year using
the same tool
Yes
Yes
ZD Organize three days multisectoral RRT
P5.2.1 planning and training meetings in 5
regional states (Oromia, Amhara, SNNP,
Sidama and Somali) to improve cross-
sector coordinated response to
zoonotic diseases (focal persons, ToR,
RRT plan and operationalization)
ZD Provide TOT training for 40 frontline AH
P5.2.2 and PH extension workers using the
syndromic surveillance manual in five
regional states(Oromia, Amhara, SNNP,
Sidama and Somali) (Four days)
ZD Prepare and distribute
P5.2.2 leaflets/brochures/posters on priority
zoonotic diseases (#500 copies)
ZD Support printing and dissemination of
P5.2.3 the OH strategic plan (#50 copies)
ZD Conduct impact and cost-benefit
P5.2.4 analyses of PZDs (e.g., brucellosis,
bovine tuberculosis, salmonellosis,
anthrax) and AMR in cattle dairy
production using expert elicitation and
Not clear how this is different from
the above training
I understand this is the first time FAO
is moving into combining both animal
and human health workers. Is this
different from what CGPP is doing
and is there not an overlap in
geographic areas as well?
Work with CGPP to identify the
areas not covered by them, also later
with the new bilateral for community
surveillance which is under progress
Any plan to reprioritize zoonotic
diseases? P5.2.3
To whom?
What is the significance of this? For
policy, advocacy, etc? P5.2.4
It is part of operationalizing of GAM.
This is to be implemented in consultation
and collaboration CGPP.
The same comment above
No plan for reprioritization since the last
one was done in 2020.
Printed OH strategic plan will be Support printing
disseminated to subnational OH and dissemination
platforms of the OH
strategic plan for
subnational OH
platforms (#50
copies)
Yes, the main purpose is to generate
evidence for advocacy and ultimately
policy reform, but the evidence will
influence planning / budget allocation to
the different sectors (e.g. animal health
 meta-analysis approaches
Conduct impact and cost-benefit
analyses of PZDs (e.g., HPAI,
campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, E.
coli) and AMR in commercial poultry
production using expert elicitation and
meta-analysis approaches
BSBS Provide calibration and maintenance
P7.2.3 and certification services of Biosafety
Cabinets (BSC) using NSF49 testing
standard to 13 sub-national and
national labs
NLS Pilot sample transport and referral
D1.1.1 through data logging system pilot A GPS
kit connected to the Tracking
application allowing us to trace the
sample and follow the temperature
variations until reception at the
laboratory to ensure good quality
samples arrive at the laboratory
NLS Provide initial inputs (sampling material
D1.1.1 sample preservation, packaging
material etc) for implementation of
agreed sample referral system for the
Not sure how effective this could be,
provided the lower diagnosis of the
cases
Same as above
How about developing in-country
capacity?
Specimen transportation is an area
where we need more emphasis.
What other activities could be
included to improve specimen
transportation? D1.1.1
vs the conventional public health) even
in the absence of policy change.
The major benefit of "expert elicitation"
approach is indeed to fil gaps in
publicly / formally available records (in
this case diagnosis or prevalence reports
of the targeted zoonotic diseases and
their social and economic impacts).
Meta-analysis from existing researcher
also to be conducted.
As above.
Calibration of labs equipment is usually
outsourced from certified agencies or
source companies. At the moment, there
is no certified company in the country for
most of the equipment which is
imported.
Agreed. Additional activity to support
implementation of agreed referral
system
Additional activity:
 transportation of specimen
NLS Provide equipment calibration and
D1.3.2 maintenance services to AHI and 12
sub-national labs
NLS Procure sequencing kits and reagents to
D1.3.2 AHI
NLS Provide rapid test kits and portable PCR
D1.3.3 to 3 sub-national labs
NLS Conduct assessment of 13 national and
D1.4.1 sub-national animal health labs using
LMT core
S D2.1.1 Provide two rounds TOT on
ADNIS/DOVAR reporting system for 70
animal health staff and wildlife wardens
drawn from all the sub-nationals to
expand geographic coverage, improve
reporting rate to and reporting
timeliness
S D2.1.1 Provide awareness raising training on
use of syndromic surveillance manual
for 100 frontline animal health staff &
CAHWs to enhance event-based
surveillance
S D2.1.1 Increase geographic coverage and
What is the plan to develop in-
country capacity for calibration?
Will the regional office support this
procurement in case of an
unforeseen outbreak?
Are the PCRs in this context refer to
Polymerase Chain Reaction
machines? If so, are they considered
as community level detection and
response devices?
Was this not done before? Is this a re-
run from the previous workplan?
D1.4.1
What is the present geographic
coverage of reporting? SD2.1.1.
Collaboration with CGPP and the new
bilateral suggested
Interested to know the constraints to
We we feef its not practical and
sustainable to develop internal capacity
for equipment calibration as this is a
highly specialized area which require
certification to serve as an agent for
supplier companies, but rather we can
build capacity for maintenance
Yes, HQ supports through Long term
agreements with identified suppliers and
to be facilitated by Regional Office.
Yes,
it is planned to provide for the
subnational laboratories level which can
be used during the disease investigation
at the community level
LMT core was done in 2018 and planned
to be carried out in FY2024 to feed into
NAPHS.
We conducted LMT for the BSBS and the
tool is different.
Current geographic coverage of
surveillance reporting is coming from
71% of woredas (source: MoA). Woreda
is the reporting unit.
We will align the implementation of this
activity in collaboration with CGPP in the
areas where they are operating.
From experience it requires time and
 reporting rate of monthly disease
outbreak and vaccination (DOVAR) for
priority high impact TADs including
PZDs from 71% to 78%.
S D2.1.1 Support operationalization of Animal
disease notification and Investigation
system (ADNIS) to reach 30% reporting
rate
S D2.1.1 Support operationalization of Animal
disease notification and Investigation
system (ADNIS) to reach 30% reporting
rate
HR Train 50 frontline animal health staff on
D3.2.1 use of GARC tool kit for dog handling,
dog vaccinations, dog vaccination
tracking, responsible dog ownership
and dog population management
incollaboration with FHI360, WHO and
etc
make it 100%
Does this mean that only 30%
geographic coverage at present?
Is any regional activity planned for
cross-border surveillance through the
regional office?
Are these trainees the same group as
above HRD 3.2.1
efforts through process to bring low
reporting Regional States like Afar,
Somali, Harari, Gambella, Diredawa and
Tigray (due to conflict) up to the
minimum reporting requirement 80%
coverage.
ADNIS has been down for long months
due to technical problem on the
database server. But the system is now
start to operate and we plan activate
reporting ends to reach 30% coverage by
this year which translated to
300woredas.
Such Cross-border targeted surveillance
for (re)emerging zoonotic diseases will
be discussed and planned on this
platform through Regional stakeholders
and Regional ECTAD office.
No, these trainings are for different Above activity
groups of staff. The above training is being referred to
aimed for epidemiology/surveillance is “HRD 3.2.1Train
data managing experts; whereas this 50 animal health
training is intended for Vet. Public health staff working on
experts working on dog vaccination Epidemiology and
against Rabies and relevant staff from Surveillance data
OH key stakeholders. managing in PDS,
surveillance data
analysis and
disease mapping,
in collaboration
with Regional Vet
labs in the
respective sub-
nationals"
HR Provide ISAVET training for 50 trainees
D3.3.1 both in classroom and field project
study in collaboration with College of
Vet Medicine and Agriculture (CVMA)
and MoA.
HR Support collaboration and joint actions
D3.3.1 between the FETP and frontline ISAVET
graduates to prepare joint planning and
implementation of OH activities at
community level in selected sub-
nationals and districts.
HR Develop a training plan that outlines
D3.3.3 the training programs, courses,
workshops, or activities that will be
offered. Determine the target audience
(National/sub national/Local), content,
delivery methods (Pure
virtual/Blended/Hybrid,
How do you plan to extend training
to more vets in a year? More ToTs
trained to conduct the training?
Joint curriculum and training?
The Training plan should also include
a plan to cover the entire workforce
and make it part of something like
mandatory CVE (Continuing vet
education)
We have planned to expand this training
in other University (TBD) in this year and
gradually we will increase the number of
graduates per year (See Row 127).
We will focus on joint planning and
actions in OH approach at community
level.
Currently frontline ISAVET curriculum is
tailored for animal health staff and
wildlife Vets.
OK, well noted.