Evaluation of Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Philippines GCP/PHI/041/AUL (Consolidation Phase) Report of the Evaluation Mission November 2001 Preface The following draft represents the views of the independent evaluation mission on the performance and achievements of the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Philippines (CFMDP) project. The project began its first phase in 1996; following an independent technical review and in line with the recommendation of a Tripartite Review, a consolidation phase was approved in 1999. The present evaluation focuses mainly on this phase of the project. The evaluation was initiated with a view to providing the donor, collaborating agencies and FAO with an independent and objective assessment of the current status of implementation of the project, including a review of problems faced. The mission started on 18 October 2001 and ended on 31 October 2001; six regions involved in the CFMDP project were visited as well as discussions held with collaborators at municipal as well as at provincial level. In addition, the mission visited relevant offices in Metro Manila. Evaluating CFMDP was a stimulating as well as taxing assignment given the far-ranging history of the project, the area covered and activities implemented by the project, as well as the intensive travel schedule of the mission. The evaluation mission is most appreciative of the efforts made by the staff and management of CFMDP, the GOP officials in Metro Manila, the regions, provinces and municipalities visited, and the FAO representation, as well as a range of other individuals who provided information and discussed issues in a frank and constructive manner. The civil servants and project staff met in the regions ably guided the visits and provided valuable insights to the mission. Where the opportunity arose, the mission met with representatives of commercial livestock producer and meat processor associations; the mission was always accorded a warm welcome. The CFMDP Evaluation Mission Bernd Bultemeier, Evaluation Service, FAO, Rome John Copland, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra Salcedo L Eduardo, Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna GCPPHI041AUL_2001_ER.doc; 08 March 2011; 11:24 Table of Contents PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................................................................................... III LIST OF ACRONYMS............................................................................................................................................. V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................................................ VI CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................................... IX PROJECT SPHERE .................................................................................................................................................. IX Project design .................................................................................................................................................ix Government involvement................................................................................................................................ix Technical and operational backstopping.........................................................................................................ix Project management.......................................................................................................................................ix RESULTS SPHERE ................................................................................................................................................... X Eradication of FMD from the Philippines..........................................................................................................x Coordination of the FMD control programme at national, regional, provincial and local government level ......x Surveillance work.............................................................................................................................................x Animal movement management .....................................................................................................................xi Vaccination strategy........................................................................................................................................xi Public awareness activities and education campaigns ..................................................................................xii Contingency plans and emergency preparedness.........................................................................................xii Cost-effectiveness ........................................................................................................................................ xiii Training programme...................................................................................................................................... xiii Collaboration with NGOs and livestock industry in disease prevention and control...................................... xiii THE WAY FORWARD .............................................................................................................................................. XIV Sustainability and follow-up ..........................................................................................................................xiv 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................ 1 2. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN........................................................................................................ 1 2.1 INDICATORS , ASSUMPTIONS AND RISKS ............................................................................................................ 2 2.2 BENEFICIARIES .............................................................................................................................................. 2 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 3 3. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STATUS ...................................................................................................... 4 3.1 PROJECT BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE .............................................................................................................. 4 3.2 ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTS ............................................................................................................................... 5 3.2.1 Immediate Objective One – Institutionalize effective national capability for FMD control that can allow implementation of any disease control work during and after the consolidation phase.......................... 5 3.2.2 Immediate Objective Two – Eliminate clinical cases from the last two endemic regions of the country .............................................................................................................................................................7 3.2.3. Immediate Objective Three – Maintain the already declared FMD free areas and establish specific measures on disease emergency preparedness ............................................................................................ 9 4. GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT, TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL BACKSTOPPING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 12 4.2 TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL BACKSTOPPING ............................................................................................... 12 4.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 13 5. ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL RESULTS ....................................................................................................... 13 5.1 DEVELOPMENT OF FMD SITUATION OVER TIME ............................................................................................... 13 5.2 COORDINATION OF THE FMD CONTROL PROGRAMME AT NATIONAL , REGIONAL , PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL 14 5.3 SURVEILLANCE WORK .................................................................................................................................. 14 5.4 ANIMAL MOVEMENT MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 15 5.5 VACCINATION STRATEGY .............................................................................................................................. 16 5.6 PUBLIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ........................................................................... 16 5.7 CONTINGENCY PLANS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................. 17 5.8 INTERNATIONAL