1. OIE Activities for the Global Improvement of Animal Health and their Benefits for Public Health
IMED 2009, Vienna, 13 February 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 poverty 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 movements 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 thanks 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 the entire planet
Animal health systems are not a commercial nor a strictly agricultural good

12. Main benefits linked with improvement of animal health systems
Control of animal diseases contributes to:
Food Security: strong link with Public Health
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. Requirements for all countries
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 measures
Compensation
Vaccination when appropriate
Education and research

14. TRANSPARENCY must work 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 work in parallel with WHO-IHR Agreement

15. Key elements: efficient Veterinary Services under responsability of all Governments
Building and maintaining efficient epidemiosurveillance networks and territorial meshing in the entire national territory, coordinated by an efficient national chain of command
Alliances between public and private sectors (veterinarians, farmers)
Concept and standards of ‘Quality of Services’ democratically adopted by all OIE Members
If needed, use of the global OIE evaluation tool (PVS)

16. 79 countries already evaluated by the OIE on a voluntary basis
The OIE-PVS Tool
Evaluation of the Performance of Veterinary Services
a tool for Good Governance of Veterinary Services
79 countries already evaluated by the OIE on a voluntary basis

17. OIE-PVS Assessment Procedure
Official request from the Country (voluntary basis)
Proposal of dates and PVS Expert Team trained and accredited by the OIE
Acceptance by the Country
Preparation of the mission between country and Team Leader
PVS Mission / visit to the country /Peer review
Dialogue and report release

18. PVS Evaluation Missions – (as of 10 February 2009)
REGION
Official requests
from countries
Missions completed
Gap Analysis requests
TOTAL 91 79 13
Objective: 120 Countries
This global tool provided by the OIE will have a great impact on the promotion and improvement of Veterinary Services worldwide

19. OIE-PVS Next Steps After PVS evaluations… Next steps:
PVS gap analysis process; and
preparation of priority investment projects for supporting and funding requests :
- with Governments (PVS internal impact),
- with partners and potential donors (PVS external impact);
Legislation support
OIE PVS Follow Up missions (1-2 years after 1st mission)

20. 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, prevention and response

21. NEXT STEPS Improve animal health governance (legislation, budget…)
Demonstrate economic and social justification
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
Cooperation with public health policy makers
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.

22. Thank you for your attention
Organisation mondiale de la santé animale
World Organisation for Animal Health
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