National Operational Coordination

The FMD ICC proposed developing a National Implementation Platform to align responsibilities, capabilities and resources across the Department of Agriculture and industry role players. The platform then acts as the national operations centre coordinating and implementing the work streams across all 9 provinces.

The FMD ICC has proposed a joint workshop between the Department of Agriculture, the MTT and the FMD ICC to resolve technical issues faster and shorten decision timelines.

RMIS has made legal counsel available to SAHPRA to prepare a memorandum on the supply and administration of FMD vaccines. This will form the basis of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure applications by private companies to import vaccines are processed efficiently in future.