Strategic Goals

STRATEGIC TARGETS

GOAL 1: Facilitate research collaborations and serve as a communication gateway for the global FMD research community

Objective 1.1
Hold meetings to facilitate and coordinate information exchange and research collaborations on FMD

Objective 1.2
Identify research priorities for FMD control based on expert focus group consultation, gap analysis and other methods

Objective 1.3
Develop and maintain an active website to facilitate the mission of GFRA

Objective 1.4
Seek funding for GFRA collaborative research and coordination activities

GOAL 2: Conduct strategic research to better understand FMD

Objective 2.1 Understand host-pathogen interactions

Objective 2.2 Understand the mechanisms of viral persistence

Objective 2.3 Understand the epidemiology of FMD

GOAL 3: Development of the next generation of control measures and strategies for their application

Objective 3.1 Discover vaccines specifically designed for the control and eradication of the FMD virus

Objective 3.2 Establish improved diagnostics for surveillance, control of outbreaks and substantiation of freedom from disease

Objective 3.3 Discover biotherapeutics that will provide rapid protection

Objective 3.4 Determine scientific information to implement effective biosecurity measures

GOAL 4: Determine social and economic impacts of the new generation of improved FMD control measures

Objective 4.1 Identify collaborations that would deliver robust cost-benefit analysis to assess the impacts of the new generation of FMD control measures

Objective 4.2 Study social incentives to utilize control measures

Objective 4.3 Identify the product profile for new countermeasures and control strategies

GOAL 5: Provide evidence to inform development of policies for safe trade of animals and animal products in FMD-endemic areas

Objective 5.1 Provide evidence of FMD infectivity from infected animals

Objective 5.2 Provide evidence of infectivity or inactivation of the FMD virus in animal products

Objective 5.3 Provide evidence for the economic and technical feasibility of establishing FMD-free areas in endemic countries

Objective 5.4 Provide evidence for the safety of commodities emerging from FMD-free compartments in endemic countries