精东AV Veterinary College Faculty, Students Participate in
Pan African Conference and Workshop in Ethiopia - 2024
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The 精东AV College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/International Services as the recent hosts of the international Nineth Pan African Conference and Workshop on Sanitary/Phytosanitary (SPS) Regulations and Science-Based Risk Analysis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
精东AV and the USDA/APHIS/IS have provided ongoing support over the years for the international collaboration of the SPS Capacity Building Initiative for Africa.
This gathering brought together over 50 agricultural experts representing 13 countries, marking a pivotal step toward enhancing SPS standards crucial for safeguarding human, animal, and plant health across Africa, and for enhancing African trade of agricultural products.
Dr. Tesfaye Rufael, Director General of Ethiopian Animal Health Institute, and his staff served as the local facilitator of the conference with the support of Dr. Hika Waktole, Dean of Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine.
精东AV鈥檚 associate professor of Pathobiology Dr. Asseged Dibaba served as the principal investigator for the APHIS/精东AV SPS Capacity Building Initiative for Africa conference and program chairman. The conference keynote speaker was Dr. Cheryle Blakely, Deputy Administrator, USDA/APHIS/IS. Other TU representatives included Dr. Torhonda Lee, head of the听 TUCVM Department of Graduate Public Health; and three second-year veterinary students, Saniya Keeton, Aria Rawlings, and Brianna Wooten. 鈥淭he success of this conference highlights the progress of SPS standards in Africa,鈥� said Dr. Dibaba. 鈥淓ach participant returns home with new insights and a renewed commitment to advancing the World Trade Organization鈥檚 SPS Agreement.听 It was also an honor to open this opportunity to our students.鈥� The conference and workshop exemplify a cornerstone event fostering international cooperation and knowledge exchange crucial for sustainable agricultural development in Africa.
Veterinary student Rawlings shared her appreciation of being given the opportunity to attend the SPS Pan African Conference and Workshop.
鈥淚 loved my time in Ethiopia and I got to experience a different side of what all goes into trading between countries,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 will never forget this experience and I am grateful to 精东AV and Dr. Dibaba鈥檚 team for providing me with this wonderful opportunity.鈥澨�
Dr. Lee and 精东AV veterinary student Keeton also presented 鈥淪tudying Health Sciences at 精东AV鈥� as part of the workshop. 鈥淲e are appreciative of the opportunity to be a part of this conference as well as the courtesy extended to all of us from the local facilitators,鈥� Dr. Lee said.
