{"id":7996,"date":"2022-01-24T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.103.20.84\/?page_id=7996"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:11:37","slug":"costa-rica-y-el-oirsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/costa-rica-y-el-oirsa","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica and OIRSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"  ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #000000;\">Costa Rica and OIRSA<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Since its creation in 1953, OIRSA has been supporting Costa Rica in the development of its national plans for plant health and animal health, as well as in addressing phytosanitary emergencies and biological pest control, yielding significant results for the agriculture and livestock sectors of this country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Among the most relevant programs supported by OIRSA in Costa Rica, the following are mentioned:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Animal Health<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Accreditation Program for the National Animal Health Laboratory (LANASEVE), through which this laboratory was provided with a series of materials, laboratory equipment, kits, and reagents necessary for its proper functioning, allowing it to provide a quality service as required by ISO\/IEC 17025. In addition, the accreditation process for LANASEVE addressed the need to qualify for accreditation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Strengthening Program for the Animal Health structure, through which, among other areas, the training and participation of officials from the Animal Health Directorate in international forums of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Customs Union, international congresses, and national courses have been enhanced in topics that allowed improving the service.The Strengthening Program for the Animal Health structure, through which, among other areas, the training and participation of officials from the Animal Health Directorate in international forums of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Customs Union, international congresses, and national courses have been enhanced in topics that allowed improving the service.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Strengthening Program for Epidemiological Surveillance revitalized the country's epidemiological surveillance service through the training of 11 SENASA officials who participated in the Master's in Epidemiology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Strengthening in the implementation of the tuberculosis program nationwide and initiation in declaring farms free of tuberculosis, contributing to the eradication program of the disease and improving national coverage in vaccination at the level of animals and farms attended.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Strengthening of the National Bovine Paralytic Rabies Prevention Program, which allowed the timely response to outbreaks of Bovine Rabies, preventing the spread of the disease and the economic losses it causes. Additionally, it avoided the transmission of rabies to humans, making a significant contribution to public health.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Facilitation of the control of animal movement within the country and determination of mobilization flows to demonstrate traceability and facilitate the control of animal diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Timely attention to zoosanitary emergencies: Tuberculosis, Bovine Paralytic Rabies, Laryngotracheitis, and others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Strengthening the surveillance of Foot-and-Mouth Disease through the conduct of a drill involving officials from the Directorate of Animal Health, other related Ministries such as Public Security, state banks, and the private sector, aiming to update knowledge in the event of an emergency related to the disease.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Plant Health<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The National Fruit Fly Eradication Program (genera Ceratitis and Anastrepha), which led to the approval of the request for Admissibility of Low Fruit Fly Prevalence Areas in Zarcero, Po\u00e1s, and the Highlands of Cartago by the United States Department of Agriculture. This approval allows producers of chili and tomatoes from these areas to export these products to the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Coffee Borer Combat Program (Hypothenemus hampei), through which the pest entry was delayed by 12 years, prevented losses to the national coffee industry of approximately US$ 7 million per year during that period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Geographical Information Program supports phytosanitary measures in the country's coffee sector, through which 80% of coffee farms in Costa Rica have been georeferenced, enabling immediate action in case of a phytosanitary emergency and combating pests.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Agropecuary Quarantine Support Program has prevented the entry of citrus leprosy (CiLV), a disease present in Panama.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Flying Locust Combat Program (Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons) has been in operation since 1947 in the region and has been supported by OIRSA since its inception. The pest is under control in the country, with low insect populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Currently, the OIRSA Representation in Costa Rica continues to support and work in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in the campaign to control the Hibiscus Mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green), classified under official control through biological control; the campaign to combat coffee rust\u00a0<em>(Hemileia vastatrix)<\/em>The Bovine Traceability Program; quarantine and pre-shipment fumigation treatments for products; training in surveillance, diagnosis, agricultural quarantine, phytosanitary treatments, inspection, and others, as well as strengthening a regional agrosanitary system, with active participation from Costa Rica.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"  ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/cirsa\/\">CIRSA<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1407\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/comision-tecnica\/\">TECHNICAL COMMITTE<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1408\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/direccion-ejecutiva\/\">EXECUTIVE DIRECTION<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1410\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/representaciones\/\">REPRESENTATIONS<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1411\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.oirsa.org\/en\/organigrama\/\">ORGANIZATIONAL CHART<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #002166; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Inga. Ana Gabriela Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Valer\u00edn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Representante del OIRSA en Costa Rica<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element  wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002166;\">Office:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Rhomoser, Pavas, De Plaza Mayor, 100 mts. Este y 100 mts. Norte Apartado Postal 3628-1000, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Email: gzuniga@oirsa.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002166; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>L\u00edneas Telef\u00f3nicas:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Representante : 00506-22329943<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Asistente Administrativo: 00506-22968280<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Websites of interest:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganader\u00eda (MAG)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Costa Rica y el OIRSA Desde su creaci\u00f3n en 1953, el OIRSA ha venido apoyando a Costa Rica en el [...]","protected":false},"author":213237738,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-canvas.php","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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