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摘要

Samuel Wakhusama The OIE Director General has recently appointed Dr Samuel Wakhusama as the Deputy OIE Sub-Regional Representative for Eastern and the Horn of Africa.Dr Wakhusama is a Kenyan veterinarian, with post-graduate training up to Ph D level and over 30 years' experience working in the public sector, with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other international organisations in the East African region. He worked for the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) for nine years, from 1981 to 2000, rising through the ranks from Research Officer to Chief Veterinary Research Officer. In 2000 he moved to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) as the Director of Afri Center and then went on to work for other regional and international organisations, such as the Terra Nuova–COOPI1–UNA2 Consortium, FAO and USAID3 in many East African countries, including some time at the Somali Animal Health Services Project (SAHSP). Dr Wakhusama has worked on numerous diseases, such as leptospirosis, helminthiases, and surveillance for rinderpest in Somalia and for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the East African region. These experiences led him to become the AU-IBAR4 Continental Coordinator for the EU-funded 'Vaccines for the Control of Neglected Animal Diseases in Africa' (VACNADA) Project, in July 2009. He then became AU-IBAR Regional Coordinator of the 'Reinforcing Veterinary Governance in Africa (VET-GOV) Project' for IGAD5.Samuel Wakhusama took up his position at the OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Eastern and the Horn of Africa on 1 September 2015.