Transcript 3 - OIE Laboratory twinning programme

OIE Laboratory twinning programme
Dr Gounalan Pavade
OIE Headquarters (Paris)
Background
• On the current 180 Members Countries of the OIE, more or
less 70% are developing or in-transition countries;
• In 2002, the World Assembly of Delegates adopted a
Resolution for the OIE Reference Laboratories and
Collaborating Centres to enter into partnership with
laboratories of developing and in-transition countries;
• The concept of Twinning between laboratories or
Collaborating Centres was born to address this Resolution
Mandate of an OIE Reference Laboratory
(disease based)
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Centre of expertise and standardisation – develop and uphold OIE
Standards
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Technical advice, diagnostic services and training
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Confirmatory testing, pathogen isolation and characterisation report positive findings to the international community
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Develop new diagnostic tests
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Publish and disseminate useful information
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Provide expert consultants to the OIE
252 Reference Laboratories covering 118 diseases or topics in 39 countries
Mandate of an OIE Collaborating Centres
(competence based)
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Centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of
techniques
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Provide technical advice and training
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Develop new techniques and procedures
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Publish and disseminate useful information
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Provide expert consultants to the OIE
49 Collaborating Centres covering 46 topics in 26 countries
The Twinning Concept
Sustainable enhancement of capacity and
expertise by supporting
a link between
an OIE RL or CC (parent) and
a national laboratory (candidate)
Aims and objectives - networking
• Provide better global geographical coverage of OIE
expertise for priority diseases in priority areas
• To form long and lasting links between the
institutes
• Strengthen global disease surveillance networks
• Strengthen national, regional, and international
scientific networks
• Create collaborative research opportunities improve sharing, and advance science
Aims and objectives - expertise
• Improve compliance with OIE standards
(surveillance and control)
• Improve access to high quality diagnostics and
technical assistance for more OIE Members
• For some Candidates to apply for ‘OIE
reference’ status
• Help more countries enter scientific debate on
an equal footing with others
The twinning project is just the start…
• Engaging with the international scientific
community
• Engaging with regional and global networks
• Supporting neighbour countries
• Pursuing opportunities for joint research
• Applying for OIE Reference Laboratory status
when ready
Twinning programme timelines
• Concept launched at 1st OIE RL/CC Conference in
Florianopolis in Dec ‘06
• OIE Resolution adopted in May ‘07
• Twinning manual published in Dec ‘07 and upated
in February 2012
• Inaugural project starts in Feb ’08
• First project completed Sept ‘09
Prerequisites
• Parent must be an OIE Reference Laboratory or
Collaborating Centre
• Candidate must have potential to provide
support
• Project needs full support of Veterinary Services
• OIE Delegates are directly involved in the project
Projects
Twinning can accommodate multiple diseases or
topics:
• Specific diseases (AI, ND, Brucellosis, CBPP, Rabies,
AHS, BT, ASF, CSF, EI, Equine piroplasmosis, FMD,
Glanders, Ovine chlamydiosis, Salmonellosis, West
Nile Virus, IBD, Infectious haemotopoietic necrois,
Koi Herpes virus, PPR, Shrimp diseases)
• Multiple diseases
(CSF/rabies; AI/ND; PPR/FMD/SGP)
• Topics: epidemiology, veterinary medicinal
products, molecular diagnostics, food safety,
improved diagnostic capacity
Status February 2016
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28 projects completed
35 projects underway
12 projects approved and waiting to start (‘in the pipeline’)
3 Most popular topics
 Avian influenza and Newcastle disease (10)
 Brucellosis (8)
 Rabies (5)
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Includes 6 aquatic diseases (one completed and five
underway)
Regional status
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Italy with Iran – Avian influenza and Newcastle disease
UK with Turkey – Brucellosis
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Germany with UAE – Brucellosis
UK with Afghanistan – Brucellosis and mycoplasmosis
Italy with UAE – Camel diseases
Italy with Turkey – CBPP
Germany with Turkey – Rabies
Italy with Turkey – West Nile virus
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France with Yemen – Bee diseases
South Africa with Oman – Rabies
South Africa with Yemen – Rift valley fever
Contribution of twinning to
OIE Reference Centre network
Adopted (May 2012)
• RABIES - Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, P. R. China
• AVIAN MYCOPLASMOSIS - National Centre for Animal and Plant Health, Cuba
• CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (CBPP) - National Veterinary
Laboratory, Botswana
Adopted (May 2014)
• OIE Reference Laboratory for infectious salmon anaemia - Aquaculture Pathology
Laboratory, Chile
• OIE Collaborating Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health - China
Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC), P.R. China
Steps after twinning
• Engaging with the international scientific community
• Joining disease networks
• Joint research opportunities
• Proficiency testing
• National and international disease diagnosis
• Research publications
• Applying for OIE Reference Laboratory status
Outputs from twinning
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Stronger global disease surveillance networks
Improved access to rapid and accurate detection and
characterisation of pathogens
Putting biosafety, biosecurity and bioethics on the
agenda
Stronger scientific networks
Capability to respond to disease events
Monitoring and evaluation
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Annual reports from parent institutes
Final report from parent institutes
Global twinning feedback workshop (March 2011)
Twinning survey among involved laboratories
Laboratory twinning audit missions
OIE Regional Seminar on the OIE Laboratory Twinning
Programme: Concepts and Perspectives
Johannesburg (South Africa), October 9-10, 2012
First Steering Committee meeting
Italy – UAE twinning for camel diseases
September 6 - 9, 2015
Twinning webpage
Under the tab ‘Support to OIE members’:
• http://www.oie.int/en/support-to-oiemembers/laboratory-twinning/
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Twinning guidelines
How to apply
Twinning template
Twinning status of projects
Twinning project outputs
Conclusions
• Twinning concept is functioning well to improve
capacity and expertise for priority animal diseases
• Countries in all 5 OIE regions are benefiting
• OIE twinning is addressing the current bias in the
geographical distribution of OIE Reference Centres
• Both terrestrial and aquatic diseases are covered
in OIE twinning programme
Thank you for your attention
Organisation
Mondiale
de la Santé
Animale
World
Organisation
for Animal
Health
Organización
Mundial
de Sanidad
Animal
12 rue de Prony, 75017 Paris, France - www.oie.int – [email protected]