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Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Hygiene&Health
  • Region: South America
  • Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Internship Title: Program Assistant
  • Duration: 3-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: Spanish or Portuguese
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
About PANAFTOSA PAHO / WHO
The Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PANAFTOSA) is a scientific center of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) that has carried out important work in the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease since its inauguration in 1951. In 1997, technical cooperation in zoonoses was included in their mandates, and in 2007 food safety became another area of action.
PANAFTOSA-PAHO / WHO provides technical cooperation to all PAHO member countries in the Americas to improve the health status of the population and promote the development of the countries.
 
Always attentive to its objectives, PANAFTOSA-PAHO / WHO’s mission is:
● Cooperate with the countries of the American continent, affected by foot-and-mouth disease, in the organization, development and strengthening of national and regional programs for the eradication of the disease.
● Support FMD free countries in the implementation and maintenance of disease prevention programs to eliminate the risk of its reintroduction.
● Cooperate with the countries of the continent in the development and strengthening of programs for the control and eradication of zoonoses that impact human health and animal production, establishing alliances and strengthening, increasingly, the fight against these diseases.
● Provide technical cooperation to PAHO member countries to solve problems related to food safety, and the prevention and control of food-borne diseases.
 
The mission of PANAFTOSA-PAHO / WHO mentioned above includes the following contributions:
● Increase the availability of products of animal origin, such as meat and milk, with a strong positive impact on human health.
● Improve the socioeconomic impact on livestock activity.
● Contribute to reducing the risk of diseases in the human population due to zoonoses and foodborne diseases.  
Internship Tasks
With the current emphasis on the connection between animal and human health, veterinary public health is a continuously growing and developing field. Internships can be focused on zoonoses, food safety, epidemiology, foot-and-mouth disease, or One Health and are available in a variety of locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Lima, Peru; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and Washington D.C., USA.
Current interns are expected to be currently completing or recently graduated from veterinary, masters, or graduate school. 
Options
● Observe and participate in the development and implementation of international policy and programs, network with experts, complete interesting and valuable research
● Depending on location you will be exposed to these disciplines: food safety, zoonotic diseases policy and management, one health, foot-and-mouth-disease control, and epidemiology
 
Requirements：
● Current PhD, Veterinary, and Masters students or recent graduates. Prefer Veterinary Medicine majors
● Ability to commit to a 6 month to 1 year internship/volunteer position
● Interns accepted in the program are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs.
Language
l Brazil: High-level Spanish and English fluency, intermediate Portuguese fluency
l Peru: High-level Spanish and English fluency
l Trinidad and Tobago: High-level English fluency; (only masters and PhD students or graduates)
l Washington, D.C.: High-level fluency of both English and Spanish
2016-07-20 | Asunción, Paraguay – Meeting
2016-07-19 | Asunción, Paraguay – Meeting
2012-07-24 | Santiago, Chile – Meeting
2010 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Extraordinary Meeting
2008-06-11 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Meeting
2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Meeting
2005-04-21 | Mexico City, Mexico – Meeting
2005 | Mexico City, Mexico – Meeting
2004 | Brasilia, Brazil – Extraordinary Meeting
2003-04-24 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
2003 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
2002-02-26 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
2001-05-02 | Sao Paulo, Brazil – Meeting
2001 | Sao Paulo, Brazil – Meeting
1999 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1997 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1995 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1993 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1991 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1989 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1988 | Washington, DC USA – Meeting
1986-03 | Santiago, Chile – Annual meeting
Relations
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
B-XB0971 – FAO; 
F-XF1069 – Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); 
E-XE1083 – Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); D-XD3154 – Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (RIOPPAH).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
G-XG0421 – World Reference Laboratory for Foot and Mouth Diseases (WRLFMD).

Members
Member States (40):
Member Countries & Regions
Antigua-Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Rep, Ecuador, France, UK, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad-Tobago, USA, Uruguay, St Vincent-Grenadines, Venezuela