The ATPS is a trans-disciplinary network of researchers, policymakers, private sector actors and the civil society that promote the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of STI for African development, environmental sustainability and global inclusion.
The ATPS Phase VIII Strategic Plan for 2017-2022 has identified four strategic priority areas of focus during the period. These are: agriculture, food and nutrition; energy; climate change and environment; and health.
The ATPS network functions through National Chapters in 30 countries (27 African and 3 Diaspora chapters). The National Chapters operate under National Coordinators who provide intellectual and administrative leadership at country level.
Project Duration: June-November 2016
Donor: Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed)
Contacts: Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director, ATPS
Email: executivedirector@atpsnet.org
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicholas Ozor
Project Value: US$ 65,000
The project will determine the necessary steps that Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) need to take at national level to actualize mutual recognition of registration of veterinary vaccines. The project will involve policy review, analysis and collation, desk and field studies and analysis, and report writing covering primarily Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and available data/information from Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. The EAC Secretariat shall facilitate ATPS to gain access to EAC/regional documents for review and will be available for consultations by ATPS. The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) had previously contracted ATPS to conduct a market assessment for Newcastle Disease vaccine in Nigeria and Ghana. The previous study report is available online at: https://atpsnet.org/clone/projects/galvmed/index.php
The objectives of the project are:
A final comprehensive report is expected as a key output from the study that will detail the key findings on each of the partner states’ policy position with respect to the implementation of the MRP and policy recommendations that will facilitate and accelerate national level ratification, domestication and actual implementation of MRP. It is also hoped that through implementation of the proposed recommendations, the project will have a wider long-term impact on the policy environment with respect to the harmonization of laws and policies in the livestock sector in the East Africa Community which will consequently impact positively on the lives of ordinary livestock farmers.
GALVmed: A policy scoping study on harmonization of registration
requirements for veterinary products for mutual
recognition among East African community partner states