15.12.2016Call for consultancies to the Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources

The Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources is seeking teams inclding epidemiologists and livestock economists to undertake a review of the socio-economic studies on selected selected trans-boundary animal diseases (TADs) and zoonoses in Africa focusing on the economic impacts of the disease and cost and benefits of control measures.

Specifically, the team is expected to critically review literature on the socio-economic studies undertaken for the following trans-boundary animal diseases (TADs) and zoonoses:

• Foot and mouth disease (FMD)
• Rift valley fever (RVF)
• Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP)
• Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
• Rabies
• African Swine fever (ASF) Newcastle Disease (ND)
• Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)

Details for the engagement can be viewed on the webpage of the Bureau:

http://www.au-ibar.org/consultancies/82-en/opportunities/consultancies/1041-terms-of-reference-packaging-animal-health-economics-studies-to-inform-policy-in-africa

Deadline for application is 5^th January 2017.