# Elections of the GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee for the Americas - Americas

> The WOAH and FAO GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee for the Americas elected Dr Koren Custer as president at its 18th meeting, held virtually on October 10. OIRSA and IICA representatives were elected as vice-presidents.

- Date: 2024-11-04 · published 2024-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Americas · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16049-elections-of-the-gf-tads-regional-steering-committee-for-the-americas-americas
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is an institutional governance update on regional animal disease coordination with no direct supply or price effect. It has no clear commodity implications.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-01-28 | [Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16030-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet.md) | +2.0% | +6.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-06-11 | [Global Control of African swine fever. A GF-TADs initiative – 2020 annual report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46446-global-control-of-african-swine-fever-a-gf-tads-initiative-2020-annual-report.md) | -5.1% | -8.8% |
| HOGS | 2021-01-01 | [Lessons learned from preliminary monitoring for African swine fever virus in a region of ongoing transmission in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Volume 258 Issue 1 (2021)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49030-lessons-learned-from-preliminary-monitoring-for-african-swine-fever-virus-in-a.md) | +1.2% | +4.5% |
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| HOGS | 2024-10-15 | [Bird flu’s growing impact calls for urgent action at international summit
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16054-bird-flu-s-growing-impact-calls-for-urgent-action-at-international-summit-the.md) | -3.9% | +0.6% |
| SBM | 2025-01-28 | [Enhancing the response to avian influenza in the US and globally - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16030-enhancing-the-response-to-avian-influenza-in-the-us-and-globally-the-lancet.md) | +0.6% | -3.0% |
| SBM | 2021-01-01 | [Lessons learned from preliminary monitoring for African swine fever virus in a region of ongoing transmission in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Volume 258 Issue 1 (2021)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49030-lessons-learned-from-preliminary-monitoring-for-african-swine-fever-virus-in-a.md) | +1.9% | +0.6% |
| SBM | 2023-07-24 | [Are hopes for the resumption of Peru's anchovy season fizzling out?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34937-are-hopes-for-the-resumption-of-peru-s-anchovy-season-fizzling-out.md) | +2.4% | -6.8% |

## Sources

- rr-americas.woah.org: https://rr-americas.woah.org/en/news/elections-of-the-gf-tads-regional-steering-committee-for-the-americas/

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