1. Evolution of WAHIS and its interface WAHID
Alessandro Ripani
Animal Health Information Department
OIE
Animal Health Information Department

2. OIE HISTORICAL OBJECTIVE
INTRODUCTION
OIE HISTORICAL OBJECTIVE
To ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation in order to improve animal health worldwide

3. World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS).
WAHIS online application
World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS).
An access (login, password) is given to each Delegate, who has the possibility to create an access to his/her nominee (s). The system uses maps of first administrative divisions and geo-coordinates for outbreak location(s)

4. OBJECTIVES OF THE SYSTEM
Immediate notifications and Follows-up
OIE’s early warning system
Regular information by six-monthly and annual reports
OIE’s monitoring system

5. TYPES OF REPORTS
Immediate notification of disease, infection or unusual epidemiological events
Weekly reports: Follow-up to the immediate notification
Final report :
- if the outbreaks have ended
- if the situation becomes endemic
Six-monthly report
Annual report

6. OIE’s early warning system
Immediate notification
within 24 hours
Follow-up report
weekly report
Follow-up to the immediate notification to inform on changes in the epidemiological situation
Final report

7. OIE’s early warning system
Results since the launch of the new notification system (only for immediate notifications):

8. OIE’s early warning system
Results since the launch of the new notification system (Immediate notifications and follow-up):

9. OIE’s monitoring system
Six-monthly report
on the absence or presence of listed diseases
Part 1: Qualitative information
disease occurrence;
control, prophylaxis and prevention measures;
indication of the type of template to use to notify diseases or infections/infestations present in the country (=> part 2).

10. OIE’s monitoring system
Six-monthly report
on the absence or presence of listed diseases
Part 2: Quantitative information
Template 1: By first administrative division and by month;
Template 2: For the whole country by month;
Template 3: By first administrative division for the six months period;
Template 4: For the whole country for the six-months period.

11. OIE’s monitoring system
Annual report
The sum of information present into six-monthly report
and:
Non OIE-listed diseases;
Vet. Services’ staff;
National Reference Laboratories*;
Livestock census (by first administrative division*);
Zoonoses (human cases);
Production of vaccines*.

12. Need improvements in WAHIS
OIE is aware of the
sensitivity
of WAHIS data and
possible consequences
for trade but this should
not limit transparency
To obtain a clearer understanding of the disease situation in both domestic and wild animals and at the same time avoid unjustified trade barriers.

13. New functionalities
To generate in the database two separate six-monthly reports (one for terrestrial and one for aquatic animals: reason better management: send information that is available without blocking the process);
Improvement of the management of periodicity of reporting diseases within the six-monthly period (for an ongoing six-month period: send monthly information, that could be validated and made public, complete the rest of the report at the end of the period);
Differentiated registration and display for the occurrence code between domestic animals and wild animals;

14. New functionalities
For wildlife the system will offer a short list of known susceptible species in order to report the correct host animal:
- by scientific name (Latin name);
- by common name (in English, French and Spanish).
The system will allow the possibility to add in a box of free text another family (if it is not in the list) or another species (if it is not in the list), indicating the Latin name and common name;
There will be a different section in the OIE web site to show data about non-OIE listed disease in wildlife.

15. New functionalities (1)
Two separate six-monthly reports
one for
one for
Terrestrial animals
Aquatic animals
The OIE will receive from a given year 4 six-monthly reports
(2 for terrestrial animals and 2 for aquatic animals)

16. New functionalities (2)
Management of periodicity of reporting 1
Select diseases to notify on monthly basis
Ongoing six-monthly report 2
Terrestrial
aquatic 3
Disease A
- by administrative division
- for whole country
- serotype
At the end of the six-months
complete six-monthly report
for all diseases 5 4
Disease A □ Jan □ Feb □ Mar

17. New functionalities (3)
Occurrence code between domestic animals and wild animals
Each country has to indicate the occurrence code for
each disease on OIE list during the reporting period
by category of domestic species and wild species
Codes indicating disease presence in Domestic Species and / or in Wild Species
+ Positive occurrence of the disease
+() Positive occurrence of the disease limited to one or more zones of the country
Codes indicating the presence of the infection/infestation in Domestic Species and / or in Wild Species
+? Identification of the presence of infection/infestation
Codes indicating disease absence in domestic Species and / or Wild Species
- Negative occurrence of the disease

18. Occurrence code between domestic animals and wild animals
New functionalities (3)
Occurrence code between domestic animals and wild animals
Other codes in Domestic and/or in Wild Species
? Presence of the disease suspected but not confirmed
… No information available
0000 Disease never reported
For Disease never reported (in both Domestic Species and Wild Species):
It is not accepted to notify the disease as never reported if it was already reported in domestic species or wild animals and vice versa. Enter this occurrence code in both categories of species.

19. New functionalities (3)

20. New functionalities (3)

21. New functionalities (3)

22. To take out from the list « wild species »
New functionalities (4 e 5)
Current WAHIS
To create 2 categories
To take out from the list « wild species »
domestic animals
wild animals

23. the OIE staff will verify it and after validation, introduce it into
New functionalities (4 and 5)
For wild species category the system will offer a short list of known susceptible species
Family name
Latin nane
Common name
The short list of known susceptible species will be related to:
disease;
disease regional distribution (for some diseases).
When a user adds
a new name
the OIE staff will verify it and
after validation, introduce it into
the database

24. Wildlife questionnaire
The process of improving the system for wildlife has started in 2008 through the new questionnaire in Excel file that has been redesigned to take into account further new improvements and start the integration between WAHIS and data previously collected in the old questionnaire.
It was a good opportunity for focal points for wildlife disease notification to know about the ongoing changes to prepare countries to collect needed requested data in the future.
This questionnaire was organised to collect annual data one a year but divided into six-months period to be in-line with the actual six-monthly reporting procedure:
- qualitative data and
- quantitative data (by month or six-month and by first administrative division or for the entire country)

25. Animals Diseases Notification
WAHIS - Web application
National access
DELEGATE
WAHIS – Web application
National access
Terrestrial focal point
Aquatic focal point
(Nominated by the Delegate)
WAHIS – Wild web application
National access
(Annual wildlife report)
for Wildlife focal point nominated by the Delegate
WAHIS
Six-monthly report
Annual report
OIE listed diseases
Non OIE listed diseases

26. Wild Animals Diseases Notification – focal point
Annual reporting of data for wildlife animals
WAHIS - wild
Annual wildlife report
OIE listed diseases
Non OIE listed wildlife diseases
Web pages to display information
on wildlife disease that are
not OIE listed diseases

27. will not be used next year
Wild Animals Diseases Notification – focal point
The questionnaire on wildlife diseases
will not be used next year
because the information
will be entered by the
“Wild animal disease Notification”
focal point into WAHIS

28. Focal Point on wildlife
To ensure the optimal collection and submission of information on wildlife, Members were requested to nominate a National Focal Point to assist the OIE Delegate and act as a direct contact point with the OIE Animal Heath Information Department.
Focal point for animal disease notification
Focal point for aquatic animal
Focal point for wild animal disease

29. Thank you for your attention

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