Sources from Bolivia’s National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (Senasag), informed the press that the forum will establish a strategic roadmap to face the challenges that will arise beyond 2025.

During the opening ceremony the day before, the executive director of Senasag, Miguel Quiroz, highlighted the achievement it will mean for Bolivia to be declared free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination next May.

He added that this will benefit the country’s economy and will represent the achievement of a sanitary goal as a result of years of coordinated work between livestock producers, trade organizations and Senasag.

“We ratify our commitment to strengthen prevention systems by improving veterinary services to maintain the status achieved and move forward as a region free of foot-and-mouth disease (…),” Quiroz said.

He added that this will be a task of surveillance and public-private articulation and solid technical and political cooperation among the countries of the region.

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