Presentations   . - Recomendations COHEFA 13 español ... english     Opening Session COHEFA 13   Carissa Etienne, Director PAHO/WHO; Juan Carlos Baruja, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock; Hugo F. Idoyaga Benítez, President of SENACSA; Ottorino Cosivi, Director, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO. Grabación Record Inaugural Conference   Prospects of free status of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Americas by 2020 and its impact on food safety and sustainable development Marcos Medina, Viceministro de Ganadería, Paraguay ESP - POINT 1   Secretary’s Report about COSALFA (40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 5th Extraordinary) and COHEFA 12 Alejandro Rivera, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO     ESP - POINT 2   Report of the epidemiological situation of FMD in the Americas: 2015-2016 Manuel Sanchez, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO ESP - POINT 3   Strategies to face the last stage of the PHEFA: Subregional focus Alejandro Rivera, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO ESP - POINT 4   Regional antigens FMD bank: BANVACO Project Rossana Allende and Alejandro Rivera, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO ESP - Presentation   Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (GIEFA) Sebastião da Costa Guedes, Presidente del Giefa ESP - RECOMENDATIONS   Discussion and approval of COHEFA 13 recomendations Ottorino Cosivi, Director, PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO ESP ENG   .