1. An important tool in the prevention of animal diseases
Laboratory networks:
An important tool in the prevention of animal diseases
Mady Malheiros Barbeitas
OIE internship
Paris, June 05th 2009

2. What is a network?
A large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts or between the parts and a control centre.

3. What is a social network?
Social structure made up of nodes (which are generally individuals or organisations) that are linked by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship,conflict or trade.

4. What is a social network?

5. What is a social network?
From whole to part; from structure to relation to individual.
Weak links ≠ strong links.

6. Animal Health Laboratory Networks
They are an important part of a strategy to provide animal disease surveillance, technical assistance and diagnostic testing services.
3 classifications: geographical,
disease-based and common interest-based.

7. Geographical classification National level

8. Geographical classification Regional level
PANAFTOSA: Harmonization of the standards for diagnostic procedures in South America.
EURL: training, advice, organization of an annual inter-laboratory comparison tests; provide reference materials and confirm the results of some tests.

9. Geographical classification Global level
OIE Reference Laboratory Network:
177 Reference Laboratories: pursue all the scientific and technical issues relating to a named disease on the OIE lists.
29 Collaborating Centres: provide expertise in a specific designated sphere of competence.

10. Disease-based classification
FMD network: to understand global virus distribution and patterns to make vaccine recommendations, to improve the quality of laboratory tests from national and international laboratories and to provide expertise and advice to OIE, FAO and other international agencies.

11. Disease-based classification
Rabies network: to highlight the status of the disease in the world, to help WHO implement and evaluate national programs, to help OIE provide advice and guidance to OIE members, to provide transfer of technologies for the production of vaccines and to provide training or short term expertise.

12. Disease-based classification
Influenza network:
Several networks: GIP, OFFLU.
GIP: seasonal influenza and the human health aspects of the zoonotic influenza.
OFFLU: to support international efforts to monitor and control infections of avian influenza in poultry and other bird species, and to share biological material and data to support early development of human pandemic vaccines.

13. Common interest classification
Research network: EPIZONE
to integrate European research activities on epizootic animal disease diagnosis and control.
Animal-human-ecosystem interface: OWOH
international interdisciplinary approach for combating threats to the health of life on Earth.
Manhattan Principles: 12 recommendations for a more holistic approach to disease prevention, surveillance, control and mitigation, as well as to environmental conservation.

14. OIE Reference Laboratories

16. Most of the informal diseased-based networks come from the exchange of knowledge and expertise between the OIE Reference Laboratories…

18. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Bluetongue

19. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Brucellosis (B
Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Brucellosis (B.melitensis and B.abortus)

20. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Classical swine fever

21. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Foot and mouth disease

22. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Leptospirosis

23. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Newcastle disease

24. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for Rabies

25. Distribution of OIE Reference Laboratories for High and low pathogenic avian influenza

26. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme

27. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
Resolution: OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres enter into partnerships as advanced research institutes with developing and in-transition countries.
To achieve an even geographical distribution of expertise and Reference Laboratories.

30. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
Objective: to assist laboratories in developing or in-transition countries in order to strengthen the veterinary services - enabling them to more readily apply the guidelines and standards of the OIE.
Applying the concept: Parent Laboratory and Candidate Laboratory

31. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
I do not think that all of you are really familiar with the OIE and its objective which is important to understand the activities of the OIE and place them in the right perspective.
Since the OIE is an intergovernmental organization the operating expenses are paid by member country contributions 31

32. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
Enlargement of the network: the interaction between the Candidate Laboratory and other laboratories in the country or in the region would strengthen the regional level of the network and it will enable the country to become self-sufficient in the early detection and diagnosis of diseases.

33. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
Italy and Russia: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
UK and China: Classical swine fever and Rabies
USA and Brazil: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
Italy and Eritrea: Brucellosis
Germany and Egypt: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
Italy and Cuba: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease

34. OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
UK and Turkey: Brucellosis
Italy and Cuba: epidemiology
Italy and Botswana: Contagious bovine pleural pneumonia
UK and South Africa: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
UK and Morocco: Bluetongue and African horse sickness
UK and Botswana: Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
Germany and Turkey: Rabies

35. Parent Laboratories
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36. Candidate Laboratories

37. Candidate Laboratories

38. Newcastle disease and Avian influenza ongoing twinning projects

39. Conclusion
Laboratories are one important part of a surveillance system.
Each country should have more access to scientific expertise and knowledge.
Animal health laboratory networks and the Laboratory Twinning Programme are steps in the direction of a more equitable distribution of knowledge.
To streghthen the Global Surveillance System

40. Thank you for your attention.