Challenges of animal health information systems and surveillance for animal diseases and zoonoses

Challenges of animal health
information systems
and surveillance for
animal diseases and zoonoses

FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH
Proceedings 14

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2011

Abstract

Animal Disease Surveillance is key to improving disease analysis, early warning and predicting disease emergence and spread. As a preventive measure, disease surveillance is aimed at reducing animal health-related risks and major consequences of disease outbreaks on food production and livelihoods. Early warning systems are dependent on the quality of animal disease information collected at all levels via effective surveillance; therefore, data gathering and sharing is essential to understand the dynamics of animal diseases in diverse agro-ecological settings to support effective decision-making to prevent disease and for emergency response. Animal Disease surveillance systems track zoonotic diseases and identify emerging diseases and as such, are recognised as a global public good to support improved animal and global public health.

Table of Contents

Acronyms

Introduction

Group discussion and recommendations

Surveillance for the present and the future

Surveillance for animal diseases and animal health information management in Australia

Progress and challenges in official information systems for disease surveillance in Chile

Animal health information systems in Indonesia

Animal health information system in Viet Nam

Animal Resources Information System (ARIS) of the AU-IBAR

Global surveillance: suggestions for a strategic approach

Digital pen technology for animal disease surveillance in Southern Africa

Active surveillance of H5N1 HPAI using sms gateway in Bangladesh

Surveillance for rinderpest: beyond eradication

The german animal disease notification and information systems

SADC animal health and livestock network

OIRSA data collection system for animal and plant health

SIVCONT epidemiological information and surveillance system

REPIVET: epidemiosurveillance network of REMESA

Caribvet: a regional animal health surveillance network

SADC animal health and livestock network

Wildlife disease surveillance and reporting

FAO EMPRES-i Asia: regional animal disease information system for Asia

Information systems and surveillance for animal diseases in saarc countries

PROMED: global early warning system for animal, plant and human diseases

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in Australia and Indonesia

FAO/OIE FMD Reference Laboratories Information System: ReLais

OFFLU’s contribution to global animal influenza surveillance

BioPortal: a web-based system for global surveillance of animal diseases

Surveillance needs, tools and options: experiences between developed and developing worlds

TADinfo

Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL)

FAO wildlife disease surveillance

The OIE World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS)

Event management at WHO: an all hazards approach

The FAO/OIE/WHO Global Early Warning System

FAO EMPRES-i: an integrated tool for early warning and animal disease surveillance

List of participants

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