Disease reporting and aquatic animal health pre-training session
June 12, 2023
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WOAH ensures the prompt dissemination of information on potentially devastating outbreaks and facilitates decision-making on the international trade of animals and animal products by collecting, verifying and publishing official animal health information following a standardised process, thus providing high-quality, reliable data. To support WOAH Members and non-members maintaining global transparency and reporting diseases of animal and public health, WOAH has developed an advanced reference platform for animal disease and veterinary capacities reporting, called the World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS).
WOAH disease notification, including the use of WAHIS for disease notification training aimed to provide good governance concepts for animal disease reporting for WOAH National Focal Points (FPs) and Focal Points substitutes for disease reporting from the Pacific island countries. Participants were expected to understand the roles and responsibilities of the focal points to the WOAH in term of disease reporting.
The WAHIS training was held in Cross Wave Makuhari in Chiba, Japan from 21 – 23 June 2023, attended by 47 participants and 3 observers.
Prior to the in-person training in Chiba, an online pre-training session was held on 13 June 2023 (Disease reporting and aquatic animal health pre-training session, 13 June) to support the participants (i.e., WOAH National Focal Points for Animal Disease Notification, WOAH National Focal Points for Aquatic Animals and Focal Points substitutes from the Pacific island countries) with basic theoretical and technical knowledge on WAHIS before attending the in-person session. The online session allowed the participants to ask questions regarding requirements needed to the in-person session.
The aims of the training were:
The training started with opening remarks from the organisers followed by an ‘icebreaker’ session to allow the participants to get to know each other. A group photo session followed after checking access to WAHIS training platform with the participants. The three-days training continued with introduction of the basic concepts of WAHIS system and disease reporting covering areas from objectives of the training, roles of focal points for animal disease notification, legal basis, and value of WAHIS data. Dedicated sessions for public interface, immediate notifications, follow up reports, six-monthly reports and early warning notifications were delivered respectively by the trainers from the World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department (WAHIAD) at WOAH headquarters, as well as practical exercises conducted in groups.
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Registration: Closed
Participants at an "ice breaker" session at the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
Jenny Hutchison, Head, World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department (WOAH Headquarters) leads a session at the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
Margarita Alonso, Senior Animal Health Information Officer, World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department (WOAH Headquarters) speaks during activities of the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
Participants at the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
Matteo Morini, Chargé de mission, World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department (WOAH Headquarters) speaks during group activities of the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
Group photo of participants and coordinators at the Focal Points for Disease Notification training held in Chiba, Japan (21-23 Jun 2023).
