1. Global Animal Health Situation
Solutions
International Forum for Food and Agriculture
« Green Week 2009 », Berlin, 18 January 2009
Bernard Vallat
Director General

2. Trends in Global Population70 65 60 55
1950 75 80 85 90 95
2000 05 10 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Billions
Total
Global Population:
Source: US Bureau of the Census
Less developed countries
More developed countries
Source : Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta

3. Trends in animal protein consumption
Shift from powerty to middle-class (1 billion people expected)
Increase of number of daily meals
More milk, eggs and meat in meals
Some projections toward 2020 indicate that the demand for animal protein will increase by 50%, especially in developing countries.

4. Globalisation
Unprecedent movments of commodities and people, used by pathogens to circulate worldwide
There is no where in the world from which we are remote and no one from whom we are disconnected

5. Nowadays pathogens are transported around the world faster than the average incubation time of most epizootics.
Climate changes and human behaviour allow colonisation of new territories by vectors and pathogens (e.g bluetongue in Europe

6. Animal health is a key component of food security and food safety
1 billion poor farmers survive thank to livestock
Impact of animal diseases on losses on animal production (and on animal products food security) worldwide exceed 20%
Strong links between animal health, food security and public health
Animal proteins are crucial for humans
Global intensification of animal production cannot be avoided at global level
We need to be ready

7. Zoonotic potential of animal pathogens
60% of human pathogens are zoonotic
75% of emerging diseases are zoonotic
80% of agents having a potential bioterrorist use are zoonotic pathogens

8. Solutions
Which concepts to promote for protecting countries and regions from current and emerging threats?

9. Outline The Global Public Good concept The Good governance concept
The « One World, One Health » concept
Horizontal and peace time approach

10. The Global Public Good Concept
Global public goods are goods whose benefits extend to all countries, people and generations.

11. The Global Public Good Concept
In the case of control and eradication of infectious diseases, the benefits are international and inter­generational in scope.
Countries depend on each other
Failure of one country may endanger all the planet
Animal health systems are not a commercial or a strictly agriculture good

12. Main benefits linked with improvement of animal health systems
Control of animal diseases contributes to:
Food Security
Public Health: zoonoses, food safety
Market Access: local, regional and international
Poverty Alleviation
Securing assets (animal capital)
Increasing productivity and food production
Animal welfare

13. The Good Governance Requirements for all countries
Need for appropriate legislation and implementation through national animal health systems providing for:
Appropriate surveillance, early detection, Transparency, Notification
Rapid response to animal disease outbreaks
Biosecurity
Compensation
Vaccination when appropriate

14. TRANSPARENCY must works in parallel with WHO-IHR Agreement
WAHIS – Secure Access system
OIE Listed disease
Non OIE listed disease
New Disease / Infection
Unusual epidemiological event
Emerging disease
Immediate notification
Early warning
Follow-up reports
WAHIS
Database
Final report
TRANSPARENCY
Six-monthly report
on OIE Listed disease / infection
absent or present
Monitoring
Annual report
Web interface
WAHID
must works in parallel with WHO-IHR Agreement

15. 78 countries already evaluated by the OIE on a volontary basis
The OIE-PVS Tool
Evaluation of the Performance of Veterinary Services
a tool for Good Governance of Veterinary Services
78 countries already evaluated by the OIE on a volontary basis

16. PVS Evaluation Missions – (as at 15 January 2009)
REGION
Official requests
from countries
Missions completed
Gap Analysis requests
TOTAL 90 78 19
Objective: 120 Countries
This global tool provided by the OIE will have a great impact on the promotion and improvement of Veterinary Services worldwide 16

17. The concept of “One World-One Health” (OWOH)
A global strategy for preventing and managing risks at the human-animal interface
Cooperation is important particularly for predictions

18. NEXT STEPS Improve animal health governance (legislation, budget…)
More investments in Veterinary Services (in both public and private components)
Horizontal approach (investment in peace time and in systems versus crisis treatment)
Crucial importance of initial and continuous training
Tend to be less outbreaks in newly affected countries so indicates that it isn’t spreading as effectively. May be a result of more rapid disease detection (awareness) and better biosecurity
Generally the response to outbreaks, following detection, appears to be better
International funds have been made available.

19. EU policies Welcome to the new animal health policy
Yes, prevention in peace time is the way to avoid crisis and to save a lot of public money
To help developing countries to eradicate diseases is a win/win deal
Research and education are crucial

20. What could be improved
More legal obligations of EU Members States on surveillance, early detection and rapid response,
EC Veterinary Fund is crucial as well as compensations to farmers: need to be reinforced
More resources for developing countries as well as for education and research in animal health
More synergies with OIE PVS tool could be beneficial for EU
The cost of animal health private insurances will be linked with the quality of Veterinary Services

21. Thank you for your attention
Organisation mondiale de la santé animale
World Organisation for Animal Health
Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal
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