AU-IBAR Bulletins, Year Books and Special Events

Since its creation in 1951, the African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), then known as Interafrican Bureau of Epizootic Diseases (IBEC) - had published a yearbook to share sanitary information and promote transparency on animal health matters in Africa. The first edition of the “Bulletin of Epizootics in Africa”, the precursor to the PARYB, which was published in March 1953 advocates for transparency in disease reporting in line with international standards, an obligation that is still being expounded to date.