Technical Note - Hemispheric Program for the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (PHEFA) - Beyond 2020

This is the unedited English-language translation of the document submitted in Spanish at the 46th Ordinary Meeting of the South American Commission for the Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (COSALFA), Cartagena, Colombia, May 3, 2019.

This technical note provides an update of the FMD risk in the region and address its potential effects, which are critical for defining the health strategies to deal with the pending challenges, maintain the achievements made and complete the process of FMD eradication, withholding vaccination in the American Continent.