The Republic of Uzbekistan – Evaluation for action
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In response from a request from member countries, FAO developed the Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) in 2017 to assess animal disease surveillance systems and provide country-specific recommendations for improvement. SET has been largely used in Africa under funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to guide capacity-building activities related to animal disease surveillance. Following its successful implementation in project countries, the tool was made available to other countries and region under specific funding.
Outbreaks of livestock diseases can have devastating impacts on people’s livelihoods, and over 70 percent of animal disease can spill over to humans. Strong surveillance systems are therefore critical to identify and respond to human and animal threats rapidly, and to develop efficient disease control programmes. To support countries in building their national veterinary surveillance systems, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET). SET provides countries with a comprehensive and repeatable methodology to evaluate animal disease surveillance at all levels (central, intermediate and field), leading to the development of specific recommendations for improvement in the form of a prioritised action plan. An evaluation mission in the Republic of Uzbekistan was conducted in October-November 2021 in close collaboration with the country’s veterinary services. The validation of the SET outputs in the form of a report will provide guidance to the veterinary services as well as financial and technical partners on ways improve Uzbekistan's animal and zoonotic disease surveillance, and will contribute to a multifaceted approach to capacity building in the country, and in the region.