1. World Organisation for Animal Health

2. Ankara, Turkey, 21-22 November 2005
Seminar on the Dialogue and Common Activities between the OIE Member Countries of the European Union and the other Member Countries of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe
Ankara, Turkey, November 2005

3. The OIE’s World Animal Health Information System ‘WAHIS’ .
Dr Dewan SIBARTIE
OIE, Central Bureau,
Head of the Scientific and Technical Department
21-22 November 2005
The OIE’s World Animal Health Information System ‘WAHIS’ .
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4. One OIE’s mission : To ensure transparency in the world
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
One OIE’s mission : To ensure transparency in the world
animal disease situation including zoonosis
Obligations of Member countries
To report diseases, infections and other epidemilogical events
To the OIE Central Bureau
According to the conditions described in the chapter on notification and
epidemiological information
Chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code for terrestrial animal diseases;
Chapter of the Aquatic Animal Health Code for aquatic animal diseases.

5. New guiding manuals and new forms
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
Weekly reports: Follow-up to the immediate notification
to inform on progress of the epidemiological situation
Final report :
- if the outbreaks are ended
- if the situation becomes endemic => six-monthly report
To report regularly on OIE-listed diseases at least once each six months
Annual questionnaire
New guiding manuals and new forms
New World Animal Health Information System
that allows to register these different kind of reports

6. The new obligations clearly address the concept of infection
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
The new obligations clearly address the concept of infection
without necessarily having clinical expression of the disease
Previous obligations did not take clearly into account changes
of epidemiological situations of prevalent diseases within a country
or a zone of a country (e.g. change in the behavior of a disease
such a new host species becoming susceptible to the disease, etc.).

7. The new obligations better address the problem of emerging diseases,
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
The new obligations better address the problem of emerging diseases,
including zoonotic emerging diseases and go further more
into a new concept which is to report on an emerging event,
even if the etiological agent is not yet identified

8. Which reasons for immediate notification ?
Terrestrial animals - reasons for immediate notification
Which reasons for immediate notification ?
The first occurrence of an OIE-listed disease or infection in a country
or zone/compartment;
The re-occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country
or zone/ compartment following a report by the Delegate of the Member
Country declaring the previous outbreak(s) eradicated;
the first occurrence of a new strain of a pathogen of a listed disease
in a country or zone/compartment;

9. Which reasons for immediate notification ?
Terrestrial animals - reasons for immediate notification
Which reasons for immediate notification ?
a sudden and unexpected increase in morbidity or mortality caused
by an existing listed disease;
an emerging disease with significant morbidity/mortality
or zoonotic potential;
evidence of change in the epidemiology of a listed disease
(e.g. host range, pathogenicity, strain of causative pathogen),
in particular if there is a zoonotic impact.

10. Terrestrial animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

11. Terrestrial animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

12. Terrestrial animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

13. Which reasons for immediate notification ?
Aquatic animals - reasons for immediate notification
Which reasons for immediate notification ?
for diseases listed by the OIE,
- the first occurrence or re-occurrence of a disease in a country
or zone of the country, if the country or zone of the country was previously
considered to be free of that particular disease;
- if the disease has occurred in a new host species;
- if the disease has occurred with a new pathogen strain
or in a new disease manifestation;

14. Which reasons for immediate notification ?
Aquatic animals - reasons for immediate notification
Which reasons for immediate notification ?
for diseases listed by the OIE,
- if there is potential for international spread of the disease;
- if the disease has newly recognised zoonotic potential;
for diseases not listed by the OIE,
if there is a case of an emerging disease
or pathogenic agent should there be findings that are of
epidemiological significance to other countries.

15. Aquatic animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

16. Aquatic animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

17. Aquatic animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

18. Part 1: Qualitative information
Six-monthly report on the absence or presence of OIE listed diseases
Part 1: Qualitative information
Disease occurence,
Control, prophylaxis and prevention measures
Indication of the type of report to be used to notify diseases or infections
present in the country (=> part 2)
IF THE DISEASE/INFECTION IS ABSENT or NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
=> it is not necessary to indicate the type of report to be used
IF A DISEASE/INFECTION IS PRESENT or SUSPECTED
=> you have to indicate only one type of report to be used

19. Six-monthly report – disease occurence

20. Six-monthly report – Part 1: qualitative information

21. Part 2: Quantative information
Six-monthly report on the presence of OIE listed diseases
Part 2: Quantative information
Template 1 (recommended): By First Administrative Division and by Month
Template 2: For the whole Country and by Month
Template 3: By First Administrative Division and for the six months period
Template 4: For the whole Country and for the six months period
TEMPLATE 1 IS RECOMMENDED FOR DISEASES
WHICH ARE NOTIFIABLE IN THE COUNTRY

22. Six-monthly report – Part 2: quantitative information

23. Six-monthly report – Part 2: quantitative information

24. Six-monthly report – Part 2: quantitative information

25. Six-monthly report – Part 2: quantitative information

26. For non OIE listed diseases for OIE member Countries
FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire
New form in January 2006
For non OIE listed diseases for OIE member Countries
For OIE and non OIE listed diseases for other Countries
Qualitative information (disease occurrence),
To notify diseases present in the country: template for the whole Country
for the six months period
Livestock population (by first administrative division)
Human cases and deaths for OIE listed zoonotic diseases
Veterinarians and animal health technicians
National reference laboratories
Production of vaccines

27. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005
Part « non OIE listed diseases » - draft

29. Data for Livestock population by first administrative unit – draft for 2005

30. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

31. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

32. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

34. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

35. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

36. FAO-WHO-OIE Annual Questionnaire – draft for 2005

37. Terrestrial animals – new forms for immediate notification and follow-up

38. The new World Animal Health Information System allows to register
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
The new World Animal Health Information System allows to register
all the different kinds of report – will be lauched in october 2005
The system uses maps and geographic coordinates for the outbreaks
An access (login, password) will be available to each Delegate
During the first access, the Delegate will check
* the choice of the administrative unit as the first administrative unit
* the list of the first administrative units
* the map used for his/her country with the first administrative unit

39. The Delegate can register the agents the Delegate nominates for
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
The Delegate can register the agents the Delegate nominates for
* notifying diseases or infections for Terrestrial or Aquatic animals
- for the immediate notification and follow-up report
- for the six-monthly report
* the annual questionnaire
Each nominee registered will receive an access to WAHIS
For a better management of the reports, if the report are sent
by a Delegate’s representative, it is better to give him/her an access

40. For each kind of report, the new World Animal Health Information
New World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)
For each kind of report, the new World Animal Health Information
System allows the Delegate or the nominee to save a draft, to print
the report, to save the report on their computer and to transmit
the report to the OIE
The Delegate or the nominee can edit existing reports
For the six-monthly report, the system will agregate existing data
for the refered period for the diseases which have been notified
The six-monthly report can be made in several steps

41. SIGNIFICANT SPREAD IN NAIVE POPULATIONS
Decision Tree
INTERNATIONAL SPREAD
Has international spread been proven on three or more occasions? OR
Are more than three countries with populations of susceptible animals free of the disease or facing impending freedom (based on Code provisions, especially Appendix 3.8.1)? OR
Do OIE annual reports indicate that at least three countries with susceptible populations are reporting absence of the disease?
EMERGING
(A newly recognised pathogen or known
pathogen behaving differently)
Is there rapid spread and/or
apparent zoonotic properties?
EXCLUDE NO
YES
ZOONOTIC
Has transmission to humans been proven? (with the exception of artificial circumstances) AND
Is human infection associated with severe consequences? (death or prolonged illness)
SIGNIFICANT SPREAD IN NAIVE POPULATIONS
Does the disease exhibit significant mortality at level of a country or zone? AND/OR
Does the disease exhibit significant morbidity at the level of a country or zone? NO NO
INCLUDE
YES
YES
INCLUDE NO
EXCLUDE

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