Transcript Présentation de Telmo Valinhas

DISCONTOOLS
“Disease Control Tools”
Telmo Valinhas
Project Manager
CNA – Mirror Groups Meeting, February 27th, 2008
DISCONTOOLS
• Concept
• Objectives
• Working Plan and Structure
• Time table
Concept
• European Technology Platform for Global
Animal Health (ETPGAH) – December
2004
“Develop and deliver the most effective tools for
controlling animal diseases that are of major
importance to Europe and to the rest of the
world, thereby improving human and animal
health, food safety and quality, animal welfare
and market access, contributing to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals”
Concept
– ETPGAH Vision Paper – August 2005
– Strategic Research Agenda (61
recommendations) – May 2006
– Action Plan (28 major activity areas)
– July 2007
• DISCONTOOLS delivers part of the Action
Plan
Concept
• Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) calls for
research proposals related to “Knowledge Based
Bio-Economy” platforms
• “Optimising research efforts for the development
of the most effective tools for controling
infectious animal diseases” call designed to build
on the ETPGAH work
• IFAH-Europe submitted a Coordination Support
Action (CSA) – “DISease CONtrol TOOLS”
• Funded over a four year period (€978,660)
• Starting in March 1st, 2008
Objectives
• Primary Objective
– Enable research to be optimised by public and
private funders in a more effective manner
– Enable new and improved tools to be
developed and delivered
– Control of the major diseases of animals,
including zoonoses
Objectives
• Complimentary work strands
1. Provide a validated database and peer review
methodology in order to prioritise infectious
animal diseases
2. Gap analysis to identify areas where:
– information and knowledge of the disease
is deficient
– Current tools are lacking, inadequate or
could be improved
Objectives
• Complimentary work strands
3. Identify current and new technological tools
that may be used to improve the ability to
control infectious animal diseases
– Review of existing arrangements by
stakeholders
– Development of methodologies to
identify and evaluate nem tecnhology
Working Plan and Structure
• Interaction of 5 synergistic work
packages (WP)
WP1
Establish and maintain effective
management and coordination of the
project involving all stakeholders
• Appropriate governance structure agreed by
Animal Health stakeholders
Working Plan and Structure
WP2
Prioritise diseases
• Assemble up to date information from experts
(drawn from stakeholders and individuals)
• Place on a public website
• Invite input
• Update via approval of experts
• Living and evolving database
Working Plan and Structure
WP3
Gap analysis of the priority diseases
• Invite stakeholder representatives to decide on
the critical gaps
• Aim research at filling the gaps
Disease Criteria - 1
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK
Speed of spread
Number of species involved
Persistence of infectious agent
Spreading potential to susceptible populations
Wildlife diseases risk potential threat to animal health and public health
Disease Knowledge
Wildlife diseases that are a threat
Dynamic (temporal, spatial, species variability)
IMPACT ON WIDER SOCIETY
Disease Impact on Production
Economic direct impact (including cumulative cost eg enzootic vs
epizootic)
Economic indirect impact (social, trade)
Impact on specific production and supply channels
Security of food supply/Benefit for developing world
Disease Criteria - 2
IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH
Impact on Public Health and Food Safety
Risk of occurrence
Impact of occurrence
IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Impact on International Trade and EC trade due to existing regulations
CONTROL MEASURES
Effective prevention and control practices
Tools for surveillance
Tools for prevention crisis
Tools for control and implementation
Success of prevention and control in other countries
Technology (Vaccine/Treatment) / Tool Availability
Commercial Diagnostic Tools Availability
Prioritisation Outcome
• Prioritisation model on public website
• Invite input to scores for each criterion
• Experts evaluate input and propose scores
• Stakeholders agree priorities
• Priorities will change over time – model allows for this
• Target research & achieve early breakthroughs
• Potentially huge benefits if we learn how to control
serious zoonoses
Working Plan and Structure
WP4
Identify and evaluate new technologies
• Horizon scan for new technologies
• Human health, biotechnology, crop protection,
nanotechnology, chemistry, biocides, etc.
• Ensure deployment in the animal health sector as early as
possible
WP5
Ensure the effective communication and
dissemination of information from the project
Working Plan and Structure
• Main features of the project
– Stakeholders
• Involvement of a wide range (EU,
International)
• Active participation in the governance of the
project
• Contribution from research through to
delivery
Working Plan and Structure
• Main features of the project
– Assists
• DG Research and the ERA-Net in prioritising
research
• DG Sanco in the context of the Community
Animal Health Policy – CAHP
• EFSA and ECDC in attempting to prioritise
zoonoses and to look at emerging zoonoses
Working Plan and Structure
Agree, comment, support
Stakeholder Forum
Secretariat
Guide, endorse, support
Monitor, review,
decide, approve
(WP1, WP5)
Working
Group WP2
Advisory Council
Prepare, support, admin
(WP1, WP5)
Project Management Board
Working
Group WP3
Working
Group WP4
Time table
Group
Date
Action
Comments
Stakeholder Forum
September 2008
1st SF meeting
Discussion of the project,
structure and themes
Interim Board
May 2008
1st Interim Board
meeting
Terms of Reference, prepare
composition of WGs, working
rules and procedures
Advisory Council
June 2008
1st AC meeting
Confirm the PMB and set tasks of
WGs, Endorse DISCONTOOLS
Secretariat
August 2008
Web site activated
Access to web site
Working Group
November 2008
1st WP2 WG meeting
Tasks, working rules and
procedures
Working Group
November 2008
1st WP3 WG meeting
Tasks, working rules and
procedures
Working Group
March 2009
1st WP4 WG meeting
Tasks, working rules and
procedures
DISCONTOOLS
Let’s work
to fight infectious animal diseases.
Thank You!
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