The purpose of this proposal, ?Strengthening animal health systems to enhance prevention, detection and response to emerging zoonotic diseases? is to enhance the capacities of OIE Members to address emerging infectious diseases at the animal-human-environment interface and other public health threats, as well as to strengthen animal health and public health services. These capacities will help countries and regions conduct disease surveillance, monitoring and response; map, identify and assess disease risks; and prevent and control disease emergence and re-emergence in animal populations and potential subsequent spread to human populations.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health and welfare worldwide. This ambitious mandate stems from the International Agreement which led to its creation in 1924, its organic statutes, as well as successive resolutions adopted by the World Assembly, composed of Delegates appointed by its Members. The leadership of the OIE is solidly anchored in the evidence and risk-based decision-making process that underpins its work. Moreover, the standards developed by the OIE are recognised as the reference for animal health and zoonoses-related matters within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement).
Composed of 182 Members, the mission of the OIE is to foster global commitment to improve animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide, by:
? promoting the coordination of animal health and welfare management, including the impact of such coordination on safer trade, by developing sound international standards and implementing global strategies;
? fostering transparency in the global animal disease situation, in a world that is increasingly shaped by globalisation, where trade is continually growing and undergoing change in digital capabilities;
? supporting national Veterinary Services to improve their capacities to prevent and control animal diseases, including those transmissible to humans (zoonoses), as well as to manage animal welfare.
By facilitating a coordinated multi-sectoral approach to strengthening national, regional and global capacities to prevent, detect, and to respond to infectious disease threats, the OIE proposal intends to accelerate progress towards a healthier and safer world. In line with the requirements of CDC-RFA-CK21-2105, the OIE is proposing activities that support CDC Strategies 1 (Surveillance), 4 (Facilitate Development/strengthening of One Health Platforms), 5 (Organizational Capacity Building), 7 (Develop capacity and implement response activities for rapidly emerging zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases) and 8 (Enhance animal vaccination activities) during Year 1 of the grant. Future years of the grant may incorporate other Strategies.
