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inTERnaTiOnal hEalTh REGulaTiOnS (2005) ihR CORE CaPaCiTY mOniTORinG FRamEWORK
handbook
Global capacities alert and response
for the assessment of capacities at the
human-animal interface
handbook
inTERnaTiOnal hEalTh REGulaTiOnS (2005) ihR CORE CaPaCiTY mOniTORinG FRamEWORK
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WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataHandbook for the assessment of capacities at the human-animal interface.
1. Zoonoses. 2. Risk assessment. 3. animal Diseases. 4. Ecosystem. 5. human. 6. animals. i. World health Organization. ii. World Organisation for animal health.
ISBN 978 92 4 154932 5 (NLM classification: WC 950)
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Table of ConTenTs
CONTEXT 5
OBJECTIVE OF THE HANDBOOK 6
CONTENT OF THE HANDBOOK 6
STRUCTURE OF THE HANDBOOK 7
HOw TO USE THE HANDBOOK 8
TABlES OF CORRESpONDENCE BETwEEN QUESTIONS IN THE IHR MONITORING FRAMEwORK AND ASSOCIATED pVS CRITICAl COMpETENCIES 10
ANNEX 1. Key obligations associated with the IHR (2005) for which the veterinary services obviously contribute 34
ANNEX 2. list of pVS Critical Competencies to be considered in the IHR Monitoring Framework 35
ANNEX 3. Table of correspondence between the questions in the IHR MF Questionnaire and the Critical Capacities cards in the OIE pathway tools 36
ANNEX 4. Description of the IHR Monitoring Framework and the OIE pVS pathway 39
SECTION 1: ENABLING ENVIRONMENT.................................................................................................................... 10
lEGAl AND REGUlATORy FRAMEwORK ............................................................................................................................................... 10
• Review of the legal landscape .................................................................................................................................................... 10• Regulation and policies enabling the IHR NFP and the strengthening of the Core Capacities
defined in the IHR (2005) ............................................................................................................................................................. 11• Definition of roles in the IHR Monitoring Framework ....................................................................................................................... 12• Existing references ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
REVIEw OF STRUCTURES AND RESOURCES AVAIlABlE .......................................................................................................................... 15• Mapping of existing structures and operational resources ........................................................................................................... 15• Financial resources....................................................................................................................................................................... 16• Human resources ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
COORDINATION BETwEEN SECTORS .................................................................................................................................................... 17• Facilitating mechanisms between responsible Authorities .......................................................................................................... 17• Coordination with stakeholders .................................................................................................................................................... 18• Operational frameworks ............................................................................................................................................................... 19• Operational procedures ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
SECTION 2: OpERATIONAL CApACITy ..................................................................................................................... 22CApACITy TO DETECT AN UNUSUAl EVENT AND IDENTIFy ITS ETIOlOGy .................................................................................................. 22
• Global review of the network of collaboration and shared references ........................................................................................ 22• Interactions during routine surveillance programmes and assessment of potential risks .............................................................. 24• Capacity to assess a correct diagnosis ........................................................................................................................................ 25• Ensuring laboratory quality ........................................................................................................................................................... 26• Information on risk factors ............................................................................................................................................................. 26• Sharing protocols for the management of public health events .................................................................................................. 27• Actions for rapid configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 28• Specific surveillance for AMR........................................................................................................................................................ 28
CApACITy TO ENSURE A COORDINATED RESpONSE .............................................................................................................................. 30• Rapid response teams (RRT) ......................................................................................................................................................... 30• Mechanisms for rapid action ....................................................................................................................................................... 31• Evaluation of the interventions and quality review ........................................................................................................................ 32• Development of a communication plan ..................................................................................................................................... 33
N.B. For ease of reference, sub-sections are colour-coded
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ConTexTWith the coming into force of the revised international health Regulations (ihR (2005)), all States Parties1 are required to assess the ability of their national structure and resources to meet minimum national core capacities for surveillance and response as specified in Annex 1 of the IHR (2005)2, and to develop a plan of action to ensure that these capacities be present and functioning throughout their territories.
Annex 1 of the IHR (2005) provides a list of core functions – the capacity to detect, report, assess and respond to Public health Event(s) of international Concern (PHEIC) - expected at the three levels of implementation in countries – national, intermediate and local community levels. all States Parties have committed to report their level of compliance with IHR Annex 1 to the World health assembly (Wha) on a yearly basis.in order to assist States Parties in their responsibility to report to the Wha, WhO has developed a data collection tool which enables each State Party to provide standardized information on progress of its core capacity development in the implementation of the ihR (2005).
The data collection tool is linked with an online questionnaire derived from the Checklist and indicators for monitoring progress in the development of IHR core capacities in States Parties3
developed through the ihR monitoring Framework. This questionnaire is designed primarily for use by national ihR Focal Points (nFPs) in collaboration with public health professionals, managers and other sectors and stakeholders responsible for implementing the ihR. This process aims to capture the contribution of the specific sectoral authorities, in reaching the objectives of the ihR (2005).
national Veterinary Services contri-bute to the implementation of ihR – and it is therefore necessary for na-tional ihR Focal Points to obtain this information when filling out the IHR monitoring Framework Question-naire. Information relating to the Veterinary Services’ contribution can be gathered from the outputs of the OIE Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway. The OiE PVS Pathway, among others, assesses the performance of national Veterinary Services and their compliance with OiE intergovernmental standards on the quality of Veterinary Services.
all aspects relevant to the OiE Terrestrial Animal Health Code4 and the quality of Veterinary Services, as per the OIE definition5, are reviewed using the PVS Tool. During a PVS Evaluation mission, the PVS Expert Team collects and analyses baseline information against 47 Critical Competencies, each of which is described in a specific card (Critical Competency card). more details on the structure of the ihR monitoring Framework and the PVS Pathway can be found in Annex 4.
1 - Certain States Parties that are not members States of WhO may become a party to the ihR by notifying acceptance of the Regulations to the Director-General of the World health Organisation. Currently, 196 States Parties to the ihR (2005) include all WhO member States (194) as well as the holy See and liechtenstein.2 - Annex 1 of the IHR (2005) includes 2 sections: A - Core capacity requirements for surveillance and Response, and B - Core capacity requirements for designated airports, ports and ground crossing. available at www.who.int/ihr/9789241596664/en/3 - Checklist and indicators for monitoring progress in the development of IHR core capacities in States Parties. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2013. Available at www.who.int/ihr/checklist/en4 - The OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code is available at http://www.oie.int/en/international-standard-setting/terrestrial-code/access-online/5 - In this manual, the terms “Veterinary Authorities” and “Veterinary Services” refer to the definitions in the Terrestrial Cod- Veterinary authority means the Governmental Authority of an OIE Member Country, comprising veterinarians, other professionals and paraprofessionals, having the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervising the implementation of animal health and welfare measures, international veterinary certification and other standards and recommendations in the Terrestrial Code in the whole territory.- “Veterinary Services” means the governmental and non-governmental organisations that implement animal health and welfare measures and other standards and recommendations in the Terrestrial Code in a territory. The Veterinary Services are under the overall control and direction of the Veterinary Authority. Private sector organisations, veterinarians, veterinary paraprofessionals or aquatic animal health professionals are normally accredited or approved by the Veterinary Authority to deliver the delegated functions.
"Each State Party shall develop, strengthen and maintain, as soon as possible but no later than five years from the entry into force of these Regulations (…), the capacity to detect, assess, notify and report events in accordance with these Regulations… and ...the capacity to respond promptly and effectively…" IHR (2005), Articles 5 and 13
The OiE and the PVS Pathway
The World Organisation for animal health (OiE) is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. One of the OIE’s key strengths is providing international cooperation and coordination against the spread of animal diseases, in line with its core mandate, “improvement of animal health, veterinary public health and animal welfare world-wide”. OiE is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and in 2015 counted a total of 180 member Countries.
The OiE provides assistance to its member Countries to improve the governance of their national Veterinary Services in order that their capacity may be strengthened and better-aligned with OiE international quality standards. For that purpose, since 2006, the OiE has progressively developed a global programme, the PVS (Performance of Veterinary Services) Pathway. The PVS Pathway is a comprehensive, multi-staged continuous process to strengthen Veterinary Services to and help them improve their governance mechanisms by better aligning with the OiE intergovernmental standards that they have democratically adopted. This process focuses on building capacities of horizontal systems, giving national Veterinary Services tools to identify weaknesses and develop strategies to address these gaps.
more information on the PVS Pathway is provided on page 45
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The use of the PVS Evaluation reports can greatly facilitate the work of the ihR nFPs. When the ihR monitoring Framework questionnaire is completed, the country PVS Evaluation report provides concrete elements on the contribution of a country’s Veterinary Services to specific core capacities defined in the ihR (2005). national ihR Focal Points can issue a request for their country’s PVS Pathway reports by writing to the national Delegate to the OiE of their country. The OiE website provides up to date list of all national Delegates to the OiE6.
The contribution of Veterinary Services to the implementation of the IHR may be obvious for some specific hazards (zoonosis, food safety), however there are other key areas that are useful for answering other core capacities in the ihR monitoring Framework Questionnaire. This handbook has been developed to facilitate this exercise. It contains detailed information on the connection between the two processes and how the data contained in a PVS Evaluation report can assist and aid countries to better answer the ihR monitoring Framework questionnaire.
obJeCTIVe of THe HanDbooKThe objective of the Handbook is to facilitate the assessment of existing capacities for areas in which Veterinary Services contribute to the implementation of the ihR (2005). more particularly, it aims at facilitating the annual report on country compliance with IHR (2005) requirements by using the results of the PVS Pathway missions. Through this process, it also endeavours to increase the visibility of Veterinary Services and their contribution to the implementation of IHR (2005).
ConTenT of THe HanDbooKIn order to achieve the above-specified objectives, parallels between the IHR Monitoring Framework questionnaire and the PVS Tool have been established. The questions from the questionnaire for which a contribution of the Veterinary Services can be identified have been matched with the relevant Critical Competency(ies) in the PVS Tool.
The ihR monitoring Framework questionnaire is derived from the ihR Checklist and indicators for monitoring progress in the development of IHR core capacities in States Parties. Figure 1 illustrates the translation from the Checklist to the online questionnaire, using the first indicator of core capacity 1: National legislation, policy and financing as an example.
6 - Available at: http://www.oie.int/en/about-us/our-members/delegates-new/
The OiE Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Aquatic Animal Health Code sets out intergovernmental standards for the improvement of animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide, including through standards for safe international trade in terrestrial animals (mammals, birds and bees), aquatic animals and their products.
The measures outlined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Aquatic Animal Health Code are used by the veterinary authorities (and the aquatic Animal Health Services) of importing and exporting countries for early detection, reporting and control of pathogenic agents to terrestrial animals and, in the case of zoonoses, to humans, and to prevent the transfer via international trade in animals and animal products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers to trade.
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The Indicators are specified by several attributes reflecting a ‘one of four capability levels’, (Foundational Level: prerequisites; Level 1: inputs and processes; Level 2: outputs and outcomes; Level 3: additional).
Attributes are reflected in “Yes, No, or Not Known“ answers in the online ihR questionnaire. if a question is not applicable for the country context, this is indicated in the comment box.
When filling out the online IHR questionnaire, this Handbook will help users take into consideration the contribution made by the country’s Veterinary Services in implementing the IHR (2005) and guide them in locating this information from the relevant PVS Critical Competency card(s) in the country’s PVS Evaluation or PVS Evaluation Follow-up report.
Figure 2: Correspondence between a question in the online ihR questionnaire and the relevant PVS Critical Competency cards in the PVS Evaluation report
QuESTiOnS in ThE ihR QuESTiOnnaiRE PVS CRiTiCal COmPETEnCY
1.1.1.1. has an assessment of relevant legislation, regulations, administrative requirements and other government instruments for ihR implementation been carried out?
iV-1. Preparation of legislation and regulations
ii-7. Disease prevention, control and eradication
ii-6. Emergency response
sTRUCTURe of THe HanDbooKThe online ihR questionnaire follows the same structure as that of the ihR Checklist and indicators for monitoring progress in the development of IHR core capacities in States Parties: the questions are organized along the eight IHR core capacities, plus Point-of-Entry (PoE), and four sections on specific hazards: zoonoses; food safety; chemical emergencies; and radiation emergencies (Table 1).
Table 1: The core and specific capacities used in the IHR Monitoring Framework
CORE CaPaCiTiES SPECiFiC CaPaCiTiES
1. National legislation, policy and financing2. Coordination and nFP communications3. Surveillance4. Preparedness5. Response6. Risk communications7. human resource capacity8. laboratory9. Points-of-Entry
10. hazards10.1. Zoonotic10.2. Food safety10.3. Chemical emergencies10.4. Radiation emergencies
Figure 1: IHR Monitoring Framework tools: Translation of the attributes from the checklist to the questions in the online questionnaireThe indicator is the following: “Legislation, laws, regulations, administrative requirements, policies or other government instruments in place are sufficient for implementation of IHR”
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It is apparent that a country’s Veterinary Services contribute to specific hazards on zoonosis7 and food safety, but their activities and actions are also relevant for many other components of the eight core capacities8. To avoid redundancies and confusion, a linear review along the structure of the questionnaire has been judged inappropriate therefore the questions from the ihR monitoring Framework questionnaire have been organized around the following two pillars9 (Table 2):
1) The first pillar includes questions referring to the environment that enables the implementation of IHR: legal and regulatory framework, resources, coordination mechanisms between the two sectors, etc.
2) The second pillar includes questions exploring the operational capacities used to detect an unusual event, identify its etiology, and ensure a coordinated response.
Table 2: Structure used in the handbook (N.B. For ease of reference, sub-sections are colour-coded)
7 - The term zoonosis here refers to the definition given in the Checklist and indicator document of WHO, namely: “Any infection or infectious disease that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animal to human”. In this document, the definition is limited to infectious diseases. 8 - In this version, the specific capacities for PoE, chemical and radiation emergencies have not been considered, as the contribution of Veterinary Services is more difficult to objectify.9 - The delimitations of these sections have been defined using the experience of strategies and roadmaps developed for intersectoral coordination for zoonosis and of the pilot PVS One health missions (in Costa Rica, Kenya and the Philippines). it should be noted that the OiE has preferred to systematically incorporate a One health approach into all PVS Pathway missions rather than conduct isolated One health PVS missions. moreover, the OiE and WhO are now undertaking WhO/OIE National Bridging Workshops ; these workshops are centred on country perspectives on IHR/PVS assessments and the development of a national roadmap for improved intersectoral collaboration among animal and human health sectors. more information on these workshops is provided in the “WhO-OiE Operational Framework for Good Governance at the human-animal interface: Bridging WHO and OIE tools for the assessment of national capacities”. This can be accessed at: http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/WHO-OIE_Operational_Framework/, http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/fr/Media_Center/docs/pdf/WHO_OIE_Operational_Framework_Final2.pdf.
SECTION 1: ENABlING ENVIRONMENT SECTION 2: OpERATIONAl CApACITy
LEGAL ANd REGuLATORy fRAMEwORk• Review of the legal landscape• Regulation and policies enabling the NFP and
strengthening the Core Capacities as defined in the ihR (2005)
• Definition of roles and duties in the IHR framework• Existing references
REVIEw Of STRuCTuRES ANd RESOuRCES AVAILABLE
• Mapping of existing structures and operational resources
• Financial resources• Human resources
COORdINATION BETwEEN SECTORS• Facilitating mechanisms between responsible
authorities• Coordination with stakeholders• Operational frameworks• Procedures • Operations
CApACITy TO dETECT AN uNuSuAL EVENT ANd IdENTIfy ITS ETIOLOGy
• Global review of the network of collaboration and shared references
• Interactions during routine surveillance programs and assessment of potential risks
• Existing capacities for obtaining a diagnostic• Insuring quality in the laboratories• Information on risk factors• Sharing protocols for events management• Actions for rapid confirmation• Specific surveillance of AMR
CApACITy TO ENSuRE A COORdINATEd RESpONSE
• Rapid response teams• Mechanisms for rapid action• Evaluation of the interventions and quality review• Development of a communication plan
HoW To Use THIs HanDbooKThere are 256 questions in the IHR Monitoring Framework questionnaire. These questions are identified by numbers, the first character(s) being the number of the core capacity they refer to (e.g. 7.x.x.x for a question associated with the core capacity 7), the second character referring to the component, and the third character to the Indicator. The final character is the number of the question (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Codes used to identify questions in the ihR monitoring Framework questionnaire
Example: the first question (1.1.1.1) is identified by1.-.-.-. : Core capacity 11.1.-.-. : Component 11.1.1.-. : Indicator 11.1.1.1. : Question 1
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all of the questions selected from the ihR questionnaire are organized by theme in the structure described above. Users can explore the contribution of their country’s Veterinary Services to IHR implementation by consulting the selection of corresponding Critical Competency card(s) provided in the tables. The definition and the area covered by the Critical Competency cards are provided in the last column, with special references to areas of interest for the specific question of the IHR Monitoring Framework questionnaire. Where appropriate, a short paragraph has been added below the question to describe or highlight the Veterinary Services’ contribution to the implementation of the respective ihR Core Capacity. Figure 4 illustrates the structure of these tables.
Figure 4: Example of table of correspondence included in this Handbook demonstrating the linkages between a question in the ihR monitoring Framework Questionnaire and the information provided in a PVS Critical Competency card.
QUESTIONS IN THE IHR MONITORING FRAMEwORK
QUESTIONNAIRE
pVS CRITICAl COMpETENCy
DESCRIpTION
1.1.1.1. has an assessment of relevant legis-lation, regulations, administrative require-ments and other government instruments for ihR implementation been carried out?
Veterinary Services (VS) have an active role in the development of the legal and regulatory framework for the prevention and control of animal diseases including zoonoses, food safety, medicines, and several other areas under their mandate10. The main issues to consider here are: i) the involvement of the VS in the review of existing legal, and the regulatory and administrative instruments covering the core functions defined in the IHR (2005), ii) the description of synergies, overlapping or possible conflicting areas between the legal, regulatory and administrative frameworks developed in the human and animal sectors for the core functions defined in the IHR (2005).
iV-1. Preparation of legislation and regulations
This CC reviews the authority and capability of the VS to actively participate in the preparation of national legis-lation and regulations in domains that are under their mandate, in order to guarantee its quality with respect to principles of legal drafting and legal issues and its acces-sibility, acceptability, and technical, social and economical applicability. This competency involves collaboration with relevant authorities, including other ministries and Competent authorities, national agencies and decen-tralised institutions that share authority or have mutual interest in relevant areas.The CC reviews inter alia:- The legislative and regulatory framework of the veteri-nary domain and the mandate of the Veterinary Authority;- The coordination of the VS with relevant authorities in the development of legislation and regulations regarding areas of joint or shared responsibility;- Evidence that national legislation identifies the VS’ roles and responsibilities related to activities where there is shared authority with other Competent authorities
In total, the Handbook identifies the contributions made by a country to 98 questions of the IHR Monitoring Framework questionnaire, with additional information extracted from 36 PVS Critical Competencies. The table of correspondence in Annex 3 summarizes the relationship between the selected questions from the IHR monitoring Framework questionnaire and the PVS Critical Competencies. This table facilitates rapid review and overview of the specific actions provided by national Veterinary Services that contribute to the global objectives of the ihR (2005).
10 - Terrestrial Code: Articles 3.2.8 on Animal Health controls and Articles 3.2.9. on Veterinary Public Health controls
How to access pVS pathway reports
The annual IHR report and detailed filled checklist are not available online and interested persons should approach the ihR national focal point (ihR nFP). however, annual summaries per core capacity can be found on the WHO Global Health Observatory: www.who.int/gho/ihr/en/
The results of PVS Pathway reports are the property of the country concerned and are kept confidential by the OiE. To access the report, the ihR nFP may contact the appropriate national authority.A number of countries have waived the confidentiality of their PVS reports, authorizing that their PVS report be shared with OiE partner organizations and to international donors working jointly with the OiE to strengthen Veterinary Services. In addition, some countries have authorized the OIE to make their PVS Pathway reports fully public; these can be viewed on the OIE website:- for the PVS Evaluation and PVS Evaluation Follow-Up reports: under www.oie.int/en/support-to-oie-members/pvs-evaluations/oie-pvs-evaluation-reports/- for the PVS Gap Analysis (PVS Costing Tool) reports: under www.oie.int/en/support-to-oie-members/pvs-gap-analysis/pvs-gap-analysis-reports/
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nerg
ic, o
verla
ppin
g or
pos
sible
con
flict
ing
area
s be
twee
n th
e le
gal,
regu
lato
ry a
nd a
dmin
istra
tive
fram
ewor
ks d
evel
oped
in
the
hum
an a
nd a
nim
al s
ecto
rs f
or t
he c
ore
func
tions
defi
ned
in t
he
IHR
(200
5).
iV-1
. Pre
para
tion
of le
gisl
atio
n
and
regu
latio
nsT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
act
ivel
y pa
rtic
ipat
e in
the
pre
para
tion
of n
atio
nal
legi
slat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns in
dom
ains
tha
t ar
e un
der
thei
r m
anda
te, i
n or
der
to g
uara
ntee
its
qual
ity w
ith r
espe
ct
to p
rinc
iple
s of
leg
al d
raft
ing
and
lega
l is
sues
and
its
acc
essi
bilit
y, ac
cept
abili
ty, a
nd t
echn
ical
, soc
ial
and
econ
o-m
ical
app
licab
ility
. Thi
s co
mpe
tenc
y in
clud
es c
olla
bora
tion
with
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
, inc
ludi
ng o
ther
min
istr
ies
and
Com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s, na
tiona
l age
ncie
s an
d de
cent
ralis
ed in
stitu
tions
that
sha
re a
utho
rity
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
s.T
he C
C r
evie
ws
inte
r al
ia:
-The
legi
slat
ive
and
regu
lato
ry fr
amew
ork
of t
he v
eter
inar
y do
mai
n an
d th
e m
anda
te o
f the
Vet
erin
ary
Aut
hori
ty;
- VS’
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
on
the
deve
lopm
ent
of le
gisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
reg
ardi
ng a
reas
of
join
t or
sha
red
resp
onsi
bilit
y;- E
vide
nce
that
nat
iona
l leg
isla
tion
iden
tifies
the
VS’
rol
es a
nd r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s re
late
d to
act
iviti
es w
ith s
hare
d au
tho-
rity
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es.
ii-7.
Dis
ease
pre
vent
ion,
con
trol
and
er
adic
atio
nT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of
the
VS
to a
ctiv
ely
perf
orm
act
ions
to
prev
ent,
cont
rol
or
erad
icat
e O
iE li
sted
dis
ease
s13 a
nd/o
r to
dem
onst
rate
tha
t th
e co
untr
y or
a z
one
is fr
ee o
f rel
evan
t di
seas
es.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:- T
he le
gisl
ativ
e fr
amew
ork,
cha
in o
f co
mm
and,
and
reg
ulat
ions
rel
atin
g to
the
sur
veill
ance
and
con
trol
of
anim
als
dise
ases
, inc
ludi
ng z
oono
ses;
- Pr
oced
ures
and
/or
prot
ocol
s re
gard
ing
role
s an
d re
spon
sibi
litie
s of
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es.
Tabl
es o
f C
oRR
esPo
nD
enC
e be
TWee
n Q
UesT
Ion
s In
TH
e IH
R M
on
ITo
RIn
G f
RaM
eWo
RK a
nD
ass
oC
IaTe
D P
Vs
CRI
TIC
al
Co
MPe
Ten
CIe
s
p 11
Reg
ula
tion
and
po
licie
s e
nab
ling
the
IHR
Nfp
and
the
str
eng
the
ning
of t
he C
ore
Ca
pa
citi
es
de
fine
d in
the
IHR
(200
5)
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nse
rapi
dly
to a
san
itary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a s
igni
-fic
ant
dise
ase
outb
reak
or
a fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
.T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
-The
lega
l fra
mew
ork
supp
ortin
g th
e ra
pid
resp
onse
s to
san
itary
em
erge
ncie
s; -T
he c
hain
of c
omm
and
and
the
regu
lato
ry fr
amew
ork
incl
udin
g in
the
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es.
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
2.1.
2.6.
has
inf
orm
atio
n on
obl
igat
ions
of
the
ihR
nFP
und
er
the
ihR
bee
n di
ssem
inat
ed t
o re
leva
nt n
atio
nal
auth
oriti
es a
nd
stak
ehol
ders
?
1.1.
1.3.
has
a r
evie
w o
f nat
iona
l pol
icie
s to
faci
litat
e ih
R n
FP fu
nc-
tions
and
ihR
tec
hnic
al c
ore
capa
citie
s be
en c
arri
ed o
ut?
1.1.
1.4.
Hav
e po
licie
s to
faci
litat
e IH
R N
FP c
ore
and
expa
nded
func
-tio
ns a
nd t
o st
reng
then
cor
e ca
paci
ties
been
impl
emen
ted?
The
IHR
NFP
is in
cha
rge
of d
issem
inat
ing
info
rmat
ion
to a
nd co
nsol
idat
ing
inpu
t fro
m a
ll re
leva
nt g
over
nmen
t au
thor
ities
, rep
ortin
g to
WH
O e
vent
s w
hich
may
con
stitu
te a
PH
EIC
, as
wel
l as
repo
rtin
g on
the
stre
ngth
enin
g of
nat
iona
l cor
e ca
paci
ties
as d
efine
d in
the
IHR
Mon
itorin
g Fr
amew
ork.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he IH
R N
FP: i
) th
e ex
isten
ce o
f coo
rdin
atio
n m
echa
nism
s be
twee
n th
e VS
an
d th
e IH
R N
F, in
clud
ing
a go
od
unde
rsta
ndin
g by
the V
S of
the
role
and
obl
igat
ions
of t
he IH
R N
FP; ii
) the
co
mm
unic
atio
n ch
anne
ls an
d po
licie
s en
ablin
g th
e VS
to p
rovid
e re
quire
d in
form
atio
n to
the
IH
R N
F, in
clud
ing
info
rmat
ion
rela
ted
to o
pera
tiona
l ca
paci
ties
as d
efine
d in
the
IHR
(200
5).
iV-2
.impl
emen
tatio
n of
leg
isla
tion
and
regu
latio
ns a
nd c
ompl
ianc
e th
ereo
f T
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
ens
ure
com
plia
nce
with
legi
slat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns
unde
r th
e V
S m
anda
te.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- T
he c
apac
ity o
f th
e V
S to
tak
e le
gal a
ctio
n an
d in
itiat
e pr
osec
utio
n in
are
as o
f no
n-co
mpl
ianc
e in
rel
evan
t fie
lds
of a
ctiv
ity;
- Fo
rmal
agr
eem
ents
and
sta
ndar
d op
erat
ing
proc
edur
es fo
r co
llabo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
.
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed i
n a
tran
spar
ent,
effe
ctiv
e an
d tim
ely
man
ner,
on V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es, a
nd o
f dev
elop
men
ts in
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y. Thi
s co
mpe
tenc
y in
clud
es c
olla
bora
tion
with
rel
evan
t aut
hori
ties,
incl
udin
g ot
her
min
istri
es a
nd C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal a
genc
ies
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns t
hat
shar
e au
thor
ity o
r ha
ve m
utua
l int
eres
t in
rel
evan
t ar
eas.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- F
orm
al c
omm
unic
atio
n pr
oced
ures
and
mec
hani
sms
to in
form
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s, in
clud
ing
coor
dina
tion
mec
hani
sms
with
oth
er r
elev
ant a
utho
ritie
s in
clud
ing
publ
ic h
ealth
aut
horit
ies
and
wild
life
agen
cies
, am
ong
othe
rs.
i-6. C
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
y of
the
Ve
teri
nary
Ser
vice
sB.
Ext
erna
l Coo
rdin
atio
n
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to c
oord
inat
e its
res
ourc
es a
nd a
ctiv
ities
(pu
blic
and
pri
vate
) at
al
l lev
els
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es a
s ap
prop
riat
e, in
ord
er t
o im
plem
ent
all n
atio
nal a
ctiv
ities
rel
evan
t fo
r O
iE C
odes
(i.e
. sur
veill
ance
, dis
ease
con
trol
and
era
dica
tion,
foo
d sa
fety
and
ear
ly d
etec
tion
and
rapi
d re
spon
se
prog
ram
mes
). R
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es i
nclu
de o
ther
min
istr
ies
and
Com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s, na
tiona
l ag
enci
es a
nd
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Coo
rdin
atio
n m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
in a
reas
of j
oint
res
pons
ibili
ty;
- D
escr
ibed
pro
cedu
res
or a
gree
men
ts r
elat
ing
to jo
int
com
mitt
ees
invo
lvin
g th
e V
S an
d ot
her
rele
vant
aut
hori
ties.
ii-5.
Ep
idem
iolo
gica
l su
rvei
llanc
e an
d ea
rly
war
ning
a. P
assi
ve e
pide
mio
logi
cal s
urve
illan
ceB.
act
ive
surv
eilla
nce
The
se C
Cs
dem
onst
rate
the
aut
horit
y an
d ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
det
erm
ine,
verif
y an
d re
port
on
the
sani
tary
sta
tus
of
the
anim
al p
opul
atio
ns, in
clud
ing
wild
life,
unde
r th
eir
man
date
. T
he C
C c
onsid
er in
ter a
lia:
- List
of n
otifi
able
dise
ases
;- A
sses
smen
t of a
nim
al d
iseas
e st
atus
, incl
udin
g zo
onos
es, o
f the
cou
ntry
;- H
uman
and
phy
sical
res
ourc
es fo
r co
nduc
ting
surv
eilla
nce;
- Col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rele
vant
aut
horit
ies
and
part
ies
in re
leva
nt a
reas
(e.g
. food
saf
ety;
zoon
oses
, em
ergi
ng d
iseas
es,
wild
life)
as
wel
l as
esta
blish
ed p
roce
dure
s fo
r sh
arin
g re
leva
nt s
urve
illan
ce in
form
atio
n;- K
now
ledg
e of
OIE
sta
ndar
ds o
n su
rvei
llanc
e, in
clud
ing
oblig
atio
ns to
rep
ort t
he s
uspi
cion
and
occ
urre
nce
of n
otifi
able
di
seas
es.
p 12
de
finiti
on
of r
ole
s in
the
IHR
fra
me
wo
rk
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
2.1.
2.5.
hav
e na
tiona
l sta
keho
lder
s re
spon
sibl
e fo
r th
e im
plem
enta
-tio
n of
IHR
bee
n id
entifi
ed?
2.1.
2.7
a &
b. h
ave
the
role
s an
d re
spon
sibi
litie
s of
rel
evan
t au
-th
oriti
es a
nd s
take
hold
ers
in r
egar
d to
ih
R i
mpl
emen
tatio
n be
en
defin
ed (
a)?
diss
emin
ated
(b)
?
The
OIE
Ter
rest
rial A
nim
al H
ealth
and
Aqu
atic
Ani
mal
Hea
lth C
odes
de
fined
VS
as t
he g
over
nmen
tal
and
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l or
gani
zatio
ns
that
impl
emen
t an
imal
hea
lth a
nd w
elfa
re m
easu
res
and
are
unde
r th
e ov
eral
l con
trol
and
dire
ctio
n of
the V
eter
inar
y Aut
horit
y. VS
also
col
labo
rate
w
ith o
ther
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s fro
m b
oth
the
publ
ic a
nd p
rivat
e se
ctor
s.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by th
e IH
R N
FP: i)
ens
ure
that
the
oblig
atio
ns o
f th
e VS
and
thei
r con
trib
utio
ns to
war
ds th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e IH
R ar
e cl
early
defi
ned
and
unde
rsto
od b
y al
l par
ties;
ii) e
nsur
e th
at c
ritic
al d
utie
s ha
ve b
een
clea
rly a
ssig
ned
to th
e ap
prop
riate
bod
ies.
i-6. C
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
y of
the
Ve
teri
nary
Ser
vice
s B.
Ext
erna
l coo
rdin
atio
n
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the V
S to
coo
rdin
ate
its r
esou
rces
and
act
iviti
es (p
ublic
and
pri
vate
sec
tors
) at
all
leve
ls w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
as
appr
opri
ate,
in o
rder
to
impl
emen
t al
l nat
iona
l act
iviti
es r
elev
ant
for
OiE
Cod
es (
i.e. s
urve
illan
ce, d
isea
se c
ontr
ol a
nd e
radi
catio
n, f
ood
safe
ty a
nd e
arly
det
ectio
n an
d ra
pid
resp
onse
pr
ogra
mm
es).
Thi
s C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
-
Coo
rdin
atio
n m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
in a
reas
of j
oint
res
pons
ibili
ty;
- Des
crib
ed p
roce
dure
s or
agr
eem
ents
rel
atin
g to
join
t co
mm
ittee
s in
volv
ing
the
VS
and
othe
r re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s.
iii-2
. Con
sulta
tion
with
inte
rest
ed
part
ies
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to c
onsu
lt ef
fect
ivel
y w
ith in
tere
sted
par
ties
on V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd
prog
ram
mes
, and
on
deve
lopm
ents
in a
nim
al h
ealth
and
food
saf
ety.
Thi
s co
mpe
tenc
y in
clud
es c
olla
bora
tion
with
re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s, in
clud
ing
othe
r m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal
agen
cies
and
dec
entr
alis
ed
inst
itutio
ns t
hat
shar
e au
thor
ities
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
s.T
his
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia
- Pr
oced
ures
for
and
evid
ence
of f
orm
al c
onsu
ltatio
n w
ith in
tere
sted
par
ties.
iii-6
. Par
ticip
atio
n of
pro
duce
rs a
nd
othe
r in
tere
sted
par
ties
in jo
int
prog
ram
mes
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
and
prod
ucer
s an
d in
tere
sted
par
ties
to fo
rmul
ate
and
impl
emen
t jo
int
prog
ram
mes
in r
egar
d to
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal a
genc
ies
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns
that
sha
re a
utho
ritie
s or
hav
e m
utua
l int
eres
t in
rel
evan
t ar
eas.
Thi
s C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
-
Evid
ence
of a
ctiv
e in
volv
emen
t of
pro
duce
rs a
nd in
tere
sted
par
ties
in t
he d
evel
opm
ent,
orga
nisa
tion
and
deliv
ery
of p
rogr
amm
es.
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed, i
n a
tran
spar
ent,
effe
ctiv
e an
d tim
ely
man
ner,
of V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es, a
nd o
f de
velo
pmen
ts i
n an
imal
hea
lth a
nd f
ood
safe
ty. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
-tie
s, na
tiona
l age
ncie
s an
d de
cent
ralis
ed in
stitu
tions
tha
t sh
are
auth
ority
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
s. T
his
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia
- Fo
rmal
com
mun
icat
ion
proc
edur
es a
nd m
echa
nism
s to
info
rm in
tere
sted
par
ties,
incl
udin
g co
ordi
natio
n m
echa
-ni
sms
with
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s.
p 13
Exis
ting
refe
renc
es
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
3.2.
1.11
. Hav
e al
l of
eve
nts
that
mee
t th
e cr
iteri
a fo
r no
tifica
tion
unde
r Ann
ex 2
of I
HR
bee
n no
tified
by
the
IHR
NFP
to W
HO
with
in
24 h
ours
of c
ondu
ctin
g ri
sk a
sses
smen
ts o
ver
the
last
12
mon
ths
14?
All
OIE
Mem
ber C
ount
ries
mus
t rep
ort t
he o
ccur
renc
e of
ani
mal
dise
ases
, th
e em
erge
nce
of n
ew d
iseas
es a
nd s
igni
fican
t ep
idem
iolo
gica
l ev
ents
w
ithin
24
hour
s of
the
even
t (O
IE, 2
012)
. Thi
s al
so in
clud
es d
iseas
es tr
ans-
miss
ible
to h
uman
s an
d th
e de
liber
ate
intr
oduc
tion
of p
atho
gens
.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he I
HR
NFP
: i)
mec
hani
sms
used
by
the
VS
to r
ecei
ve a
nd s
hare
rel
evan
t san
itary
info
rmat
ion;
ii) m
echa
nism
s fo
r of
fi-ci
al r
epor
ting
with
in t
he c
ount
ry; i
ii) h
istor
y of
rep
orts
to
the
inte
rnat
iona
l co
mm
unity
and
to th
e O
IE
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
and
ea
rly
war
ning
a. P
assi
ve e
pide
mio
logi
cal s
urve
illan
ce
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
det
erm
ine,
ver
ify a
nd r
epor
t on
the
san
itary
st
atus
of t
he a
nim
al p
opul
atio
ns, i
nclu
ding
wild
life,
und
er t
heir
man
date
. T
he C
C c
onsi
der
inte
r al
ia:
- ass
essm
ent
of a
nim
al d
isea
se s
tatu
s, in
clud
ing
zoon
oses
, of t
he c
ount
ry-
Hum
an a
nd p
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
for
cond
uctin
g su
rvei
llanc
e;-
Col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
in r
elev
ant
area
s (e
.g. f
ood
safe
ty; z
oono
ses,
emer
ging
dis
ease
s, w
ildlif
e) a
s w
ell a
s es
tabl
ishe
d pr
oced
ures
for
shar
ing
rele
vant
sur
veill
ance
info
rmat
ion;
- K
now
ledg
e of
OiE
sta
ndar
ds o
n su
rvei
llanc
e, in
clud
ing
thei
r ob
ligat
ion
to r
epor
t th
e su
spic
ion
and
occu
rren
ce
of n
otifi
able
dis
ease
s.
iV-6
. Tra
nspa
renc
yT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
not
ify t
he O
iE o
f its
san
itary
sta
tus
and
othe
r re
leva
nt
mat
ters
(and
to n
otify
the
WTO
SPS
Com
mitt
ee w
here
app
licab
le),
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith e
stab
lishe
d pr
oced
ures
. T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- Pr
oced
ures
and
mec
hani
sms
to n
otify
the
OIE
and
oth
er r
elev
ant
inte
rnat
iona
l org
anis
atio
ns, C
odex
and
WTO
no
tifica
tion
and
enqu
iry
poin
ts w
here
app
licab
le);
- O
IE F
ocal
Poi
nts
netw
ork;
- Fa
mili
arity
of d
utie
s an
d ob
ligat
ions
of m
embe
rshi
p to
inte
rnat
iona
l and
reg
iona
l org
anis
atio
ns.
11.1
.1.1
. are
nat
iona
l or
inte
rnat
iona
l foo
d sa
fety
sta
ndar
ds a
vaila
ble?
Inte
rnat
iona
l fo
od s
afet
y st
anda
rds
are
deve
lope
d th
roug
h th
e Co
dex
Alim
enta
rius.
The
VS h
ave
the
oppo
rtun
ity t
o co
ntrib
ute
to t
he d
evel
op-
men
t of t
hese
sta
ndar
ds a
nd a
lso to
par
ticip
ate
to th
e In
tern
atio
nal F
ood
Safe
ty A
utho
ritie
s N
etw
ork
(INFO
SAN
) fo
r sh
arin
g in
form
atio
n on
impo
r-ta
nt fo
od s
afet
y re
late
d iss
ues
of g
loba
l int
eres
t.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by th
e IH
R N
FP: i)
the
adop
tion
of n
orm
ative
refe
-re
nces
rel
ated
to
food
saf
ety
at t
he n
atio
nal l
evel
; ii)
the
conc
urre
nce
of
polic
ies
and
impl
emen
tatio
n w
ith th
ese
stan
dard
s
III-3
. Offi
cial
rep
rese
ntat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to r
egul
arly
and
act
ivel
y pa
rtic
ipat
e in
, coo
rdin
ate
and
prov
ide
follo
w-u
p on
rel
evan
t m
eetin
gs o
f reg
iona
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l org
anis
atio
ns in
clud
ing
the
OIE
(an
d C
odex
Alim
en-
tariu
s C
omm
issi
on a
nd W
TO S
PS C
omm
ittee
whe
re a
pplic
able
).
ii-8.
Foo
d Sa
fety
a. R
egul
atio
n, a
utho
risa
tion
and
insp
ec-
tion
of e
stab
lishm
ents
for
pro
duct
ion,
pr
oces
sing
and
dis
trib
utio
n of
foo
d of
an
imal
ori
gin.
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to e
stab
lish
and
enfo
rce
sani
tary
sta
ndar
ds fo
r es
ta-
blis
hmen
ts t
hat
prod
uce,
pro
cess
and
dis
trib
ute
food
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Proc
edur
es fo
r in
spec
tion
of e
stab
lishm
ents
and
pre
mis
es in
con
form
ity w
ith in
tern
atio
nal s
tand
ards
;-
Reg
ulat
ion
and
auth
oris
atio
n of
est
ablis
hmen
ts a
nd p
rem
ises
;-
Rec
ords
of i
nspe
ctio
ns, a
udits
and
san
ctio
ns.
ii-8.
Foo
d Sa
fety
B. a
nte
and
post
mor
tem
insp
ectio
n at
ab
atto
irs
and
asso
ciat
ed p
rem
ises
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent
and
man
age
the
insp
ectio
n of
ani
mal
s de
stin
ed fo
r sl
augh
ter
at a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises
, incl
udin
g fo
r as
suri
ng m
eat h
ygie
ne a
nd fo
r th
e co
llec-
tion
of in
form
atio
n re
leva
nt t
o liv
esto
ck d
isea
ses
and
zoon
oses
. T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- Pr
oced
ures
rel
ated
to in
spec
tion
at s
laug
hter
ing
faci
litie
s an
d as
soci
ated
pre
mis
es, in
clud
ing
for
the
colle
ctio
n of
in
form
atio
n re
leva
nt t
o fo
od-b
orne
dis
ease
s an
d zo
onos
es in
con
form
ity w
ith in
tern
atio
nal s
tand
ards
.
14 -
" E
ach
Stat
e Pa
rty
shal
l not
ify W
HO
, by
the
mos
t effi
cient
mea
ns o
f com
mun
icatio
n av
aila
ble,
by w
ay o
f the
Nat
iona
l IH
R Fo
cal P
oint
, and
with
in 2
4 ho
urs
of a
sses
smen
t of p
ublic
hea
lth in
form
atio
n, of
all
even
ts w
hich
may
con
stitu
te a
pub
lic h
ealth
em
erge
ncy
of in
tern
atio
nal c
once
rn
with
in it
s te
rrito
ry in
acc
orda
nce
with
the
decis
ion
inst
rum
ent,
as w
ell a
s an
y he
alth
mea
sure
impl
emen
ted
in re
spon
se to
thos
e ev
ents
". I
HR
(200
5), A
rtic
le 6
.
p 14
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
ii-8.
Foo
d Sa
fety
C. i
nspe
ctio
n fo
r co
llect
ion,
pro
cess
ing
and
dist
ribu
tion
of p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al
orig
in
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
im
plem
ent,
man
age
and
coor
dina
te f
ood
safe
ty
mea
sure
s on
col
lect
ion,
pro
cess
ing
and
dist
ribu
tion
of p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n, i
nclu
ding
pro
gram
mes
for
the
pr
even
tion
of s
peci
fic fo
od-b
orne
zoo
nose
s an
d ge
nera
l foo
d sa
fety
pro
gram
mes
. T
he C
C c
onsi
der
inte
r al
ia:
- Pr
oced
ures
rel
atin
g to
the
insp
ectio
n of
faci
litie
s, pr
emis
es a
nd e
stab
lishm
ents
col
lect
ing,
proc
essi
ng a
nd d
istr
ibu-
ting
prod
ucts
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n;
- G
uida
nce
for
coor
dina
tion
rega
rdin
g th
e oc
curr
ence
of h
uman
food
-bor
ne il
lnes
s;-
Rol
es a
nd r
elat
ions
hips
of a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties.
iV-3
. int
erna
tiona
l har
mon
isat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to b
e ac
tive
in th
e in
tern
atio
nal h
arm
onis
atio
n of
reg
u-la
tions
and
san
itary
mea
sure
s an
d to
ens
ure
that
the
nat
iona
l leg
isla
tion
and
regu
latio
ns u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te t
ake
acco
unt
of r
elev
ant
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds, a
s ap
prop
riat
e.T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- The
legi
slat
ive
fram
ewor
k gi
ving
the
VS
the
auth
ority
to
play
a r
ole
in t
he in
tern
atio
nal a
nd/o
r re
gion
al h
arm
oni-
satio
n of
act
iviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es.
p 15
REV
IEw
Of
STR
uC
TuR
ES A
Nd
RES
Ou
RC
ES A
VAIL
ABL
E
Ann
ex 1
of t
he IH
R (
2005
) st
ipul
ates
tha
t St
ates
Par
ties
shou
ld u
tiliz
e ex
istin
g na
tiona
l str
uctu
res
and
reso
urce
s to
mee
t th
e co
re c
apac
ity r
equi
rem
ents
as
defin
ed b
y th
e IH
R.
Thi
s in
clud
es fi
nanc
ial r
esou
rces
, hum
an r
esou
rces
(bo
th in
ter
ms
of n
umbe
r an
d qu
alifi
catio
n of
sta
ff), i
nfra
stru
ctur
es a
nd p
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
. Thi
s se
ctio
n co
ncer
ns t
he e
xist
ing
natio
nal s
truc
ture
s an
d fin
anci
al r
esou
rces
ava
ilabl
e as
wel
l as
the
capa
city
to
mob
ilize
the
se r
esou
rces
to
mee
t IH
R c
ore
capa
city
req
uire
men
ts.
Ma
pp
ing
of e
xist
ing
str
uctu
res
and
op
era
tiona
l re
sour
ce
s
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
5.1.
1.1.
Has
an
asse
ssm
ent o
f the
cap
acity
of e
xist
ing
natio
nal s
truc
-tu
res
and
reso
urce
s to
mee
t ih
R c
ore
capa
city
req
uire
men
ts b
een
cond
ucte
d?5.
1.1.
2. h
as a
nat
iona
l pla
n to
mee
t th
e ih
R c
ore
capa
city
req
uire
-m
ents
bee
n de
velo
ped?
5.1.
1.3.
Doe
s th
e na
tiona
l pu
blic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se p
lan
inco
rpor
ate
ihR
rel
ated
haz
ards
and
PoE
? 5.
2.1.
3. h
ave
natio
nal r
esou
rces
bee
n m
appe
d fo
r ih
R r
elev
ant
ha-
zard
s an
d pr
iori
ty r
isks
?
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he I
HR
NFP
: i)
exist
ing
phys
ical
res
ourc
es
and
func
tioni
ng c
apac
ities
of
the
VS; i
i) re
sour
ce c
oord
inat
ion
capa
citie
s (b
oth
inte
rnal
and
ext
erna
l) to
impl
emen
t ac
tiviti
es a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith t
he
dete
ctio
n, as
sess
men
t, re
port
ing
and
resp
onse
to
pote
ntia
l PH
EIC
at a
ll 3
leve
ls of
impl
emen
tatio
n (n
atio
nal,
inte
rmed
iate
, loc
al c
omm
unity
); iii)
co
ordi
natin
g m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t an
d co
mpe
tent
aut
horit
ies
incl
udin
g pu
blic
hea
lth a
utho
ritie
s an
d th
e Ve
terin
ary
Auth
ority
; iv)
the
de
velo
pmen
t of
pre
pare
dnes
s an
d co
ntin
genc
y pl
ans;
v) s
trat
egie
s fo
r st
reng
then
ing
natio
nal (
infra
)str
uctu
re a
nd o
pera
tiona
l res
ourc
es.
i-7. P
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
VS’
acc
ess
to r
elev
ant
phys
ical
res
ourc
es in
clud
ing
build
ings
, tra
nspo
rt, t
elec
omm
unic
a-tio
ns, c
old
chai
n, a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t eq
uipm
ent.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-T
he g
eogr
aphi
cal a
nd fu
nctio
nal d
istr
ibut
ion
of p
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
and
the
exi
stin
g of
and
adh
eren
ce t
o pr
oce-
dure
s fo
r th
eir
mai
nten
ance
.
i-6. C
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
y of
the
Vet
e-ri
nary
Ser
vice
s a
. in
tern
al
coor
dina
tion
(cha
in
of
com
man
d)B.
Ext
erna
l coo
rdin
atio
n
The
se C
Cs
dem
onst
rate
the
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to c
oord
inat
e its
res
ourc
es a
nd a
ctiv
ities
(pu
blic
and
priv
ate
sect
ors)
-
(A)
with
a c
lear
cha
in o
f com
man
d, fr
om t
he c
entr
al le
vel (
the
Chi
ef V
eter
inar
y O
ffice
r), t
o th
e fie
ld le
vel o
f the
VS
- (B
) at
all
leve
ls w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
as
appr
opria
te -
in o
rder
to
impl
emen
t al
l nat
iona
l act
iviti
es r
elev
ant
for
the
Cod
es (i
.e. s
urve
illan
ce, d
iseas
e co
ntro
l and
era
dica
tion,
food
saf
ety
and
early
det
ectio
n an
d ra
pid
resp
onse
pro
gram
mes
).T
his
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
defi
nitio
n an
d do
cum
enta
tion
of r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s (c
hain
of c
omm
and)
, str
uctu
res
and
coor
dina
tion
mec
hani
sms
for
the
vete
rina
ry d
omai
n, fr
om n
atio
nal t
o lo
cal c
omm
unity
leve
l; -
Inte
rnal
rev
iew
/aud
iting
mec
hani
sms
in p
lace
; -
Sim
ulat
ion
exer
cise
s re
port
s;-
Col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
ated
aut
hori
ties
in t
he im
plem
enta
tion
of fi
eld
activ
ities
with
in t
he v
eter
inar
y do
mai
n in
are
as o
f jo
int
resp
onsi
bilit
y (i.
e. a
ctiv
ities
and
pro
gram
mes
rel
atin
g to
foo
d sa
fety
, vet
erin
ary
publ
ic h
ealth
, zo
onos
es, e
mer
ging
issu
es, c
ontr
ol o
f mov
emen
t of
ani
mal
s an
d go
ods)
;-
Coo
rdin
atio
n m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
in a
reas
of j
oint
res
pons
ibili
ty;
- Des
crib
ed p
roce
dure
s or
agr
eem
ents
rel
atin
g to
join
t co
mm
ittee
s in
volv
ing
the V
S an
d ot
her
rele
vant
aut
hori
ties;
- D
evel
opm
ent
of t
rans
-sec
tora
l nat
iona
l pre
pare
dnes
s pl
ans.
i-11.
m
anag
emen
t of
re
sour
ces
and
oper
atio
nsT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
doc
umen
t an
d m
anag
e th
eir
reso
urce
s an
d op
erat
ions
in o
rder
to
ana
lyse
, pla
n an
d im
prov
e bo
th e
ffici
ency
and
effe
ctiv
enes
s.T
his
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Pr
oced
ures
and
acc
ess
to f
undi
ng f
or e
stab
lishi
ng,
mai
ntai
ning
and
/or
impr
ovin
g op
erat
iona
l in
fras
truc
ture
(b
udge
ts, p
hysi
cal a
nd/o
r hu
man
res
ourc
es);
- C
oste
d st
rate
gic
plan
s
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nse
rapi
dly
to a
san
itary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
sign
ifica
nt d
isea
se o
utbr
eak
or a
food
saf
ety
emer
genc
y).
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Net
wor
k of
hum
an a
nd p
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
ava
ilabl
e to
det
erm
ine
and
resp
ond
rapi
dly
to a
san
itary
em
erge
ncy;
- Le
gal a
nd fi
nanc
ial s
uppo
rt t
o re
spon
d to
an
emer
genc
y
p 16
fina
ncia
l re
sour
ce
s
Hum
an
reso
urc
es
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
Add
ition
al Q
, CC
1: F
undi
ng is
ava
ilabl
e fo
r IH
R c
ore
capa
citie
s, IH
R
rele
vant
haz
ards
and
PO
E.
The
regu
lar
activ
ities
of
the
VS c
ontr
ibut
e to
mos
t of
the
IH
R co
re
capa
citie
s an
d ar
e fu
nded
th
roug
h th
eir
annu
al
budg
et.
Acce
ss
to
exce
ptio
nal
fund
ing
to
supp
ort
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
ad
ditio
nal
prog
ram
mes
or
for
emer
genc
ies
may
also
con
trib
ute
to th
e ac
hiev
emen
t of
exp
ecte
d IH
R co
re c
apac
ities
.
i-8. O
pera
tiona
l fun
ding
The
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ab
ility
of t
he V
S to
acc
ess
finan
cial
res
ourc
es a
dequ
ate
for
thei
r co
ntin
ued
and
expa
nded
op
erat
ions
(i.e
. dis
ease
sur
veill
ance
, ear
ly d
etec
tion
and
rapi
d re
spon
se, a
nd v
eter
inar
y pu
blic
hea
lth),
inde
pend
ent
of p
oliti
cal p
ress
ure.
ii-9.
Em
erge
ncy
fund
ing
The
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
acc
ess
extr
aord
inar
y fin
anci
al r
esou
rces
in o
rder
to
resp
ond
to e
mer
-ge
ncy
situa
tions
or
emer
ging
issu
es.
i-10.
Cap
ital i
nves
tmen
tT
he C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to a
cces
s fu
ndin
g fo
r ba
sic
and
addi
tiona
l inv
estm
ents
(m
ater
ial a
nd
non-
mat
eria
l) th
at le
ad t
o a
sust
aine
d im
prov
emen
t in
the
VS
oper
atio
nal i
nfra
stru
ctur
e.
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
7.1.
1.2.
has
a n
eeds
ass
essm
ent
been
con
duct
ed t
o id
entif
y ga
ps in
hu
man
res
ourc
es a
nd t
rain
ing
to m
eet
ihR
req
uire
men
ts?
7.1.
1.3.
D
oes
a w
orkf
orce
de
velo
pmen
t or
tr
aini
ng
plan
th
at
incl
udes
hum
an r
esou
rces
req
uire
men
ts fo
r IH
R e
xist
?7.
1.1.
7. A
re t
here
spe
cific
pro
gram
mes
, with
allo
cate
d bu
dget
s, to
tr
ain
wor
kfor
ces
for
ihR
-rel
evan
t ha
zard
s?
The
need
s as
sess
men
t sh
ould
also
incl
ude
the
need
s of
tho
se o
pera
ting
with
in t
he v
eter
inar
y do
mai
n, bo
th i
n te
rms
of n
umbe
r of
sta
ff15 a
nd
qual
ifica
tions
16 .
Appr
opria
te s
taffi
ng o
f the
VS
allo
ws
tech
nica
l fun
ctio
ns
to b
e un
dert
aken
effi
cien
tly a
nd e
ffect
ively.
The
maj
ority
of v
eter
inar
y an
d ot
her p
rofe
ssio
nal p
ositi
ons
shou
ld b
e oc
cupi
ed b
y ap
prop
riate
ly qu
alifi
ed
pers
onne
l at c
entr
al, s
tate
/ pr
ovin
cial
and
loca
l com
mun
ity (
field
) le
vels
.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he I
HR
NFP
: i)
appr
opria
te n
umbe
r of
qu
alifi
ed s
taff
(vet
erin
aria
n an
d pa
ra-v
eter
inar
y an
d ot
her
rele
vant
pr
ofes
siona
l pr
ofile
s)
to
cove
r th
e na
tiona
l te
rrito
ry
and
all
key
func
tions
, inc
ludi
ng a
dequ
ate
capa
citie
s to
det
ect,
asse
ss a
nd r
espo
nd
to e
pide
mio
logi
cal e
vent
s; ii)
app
ropr
iate
initi
al a
nd c
ontin
uing
edu
catio
n of
sta
ff, in
clud
ing,
for
the
latte
r, th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of a
dapt
ed t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
to e
nsur
e ef
fect
ive im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e IH
R..
I-1 P
rofe
ssio
nal a
nd te
chni
cal s
taffi
ng o
f th
e Ve
teri
nary
Ser
vice
sa
- V
eter
inar
y an
d ot
her
prof
essi
onal
s (u
nive
rsity
qua
lifica
tion)
B - V
eter
inar
y pa
ra-p
rofe
ssio
nals
17 a
nd
othe
r te
chni
cal p
erso
nnel
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
appr
opri
ate
staf
fing
of t
he V
S to
allo
w fo
r ve
teri
nary
and
tec
hnic
al fu
nctio
ns t
o be
und
erta
ken
effic
ient
ly a
nd e
ffect
ivel
y.T
he C
C r
evie
ws
inte
r al
ia:
- The
app
roac
h fo
r de
finin
g jo
b de
scri
ptio
ns, q
ualifi
catio
ns, e
xper
ienc
es a
nd fo
rmal
app
oint
men
t pr
oced
ures
;- T
he p
roce
dure
s fo
r pe
rfor
man
ce a
sses
smen
t an
d m
anag
emen
t;- T
he p
roce
dure
s fo
r su
perv
isio
n of
tec
hnic
al s
taff.
i-2.C
ompe
tenc
ies
of v
eter
inar
ians
and
ve
teri
nary
par
a-pr
ofes
sion
als
a -
Pro
fess
iona
l com
pete
ncie
s of
vet
e-ri
nari
ans
incl
udin
g ad
here
nce
to O
iE
guid
elin
es
and
reco
mm
enda
tions
on
ve
teri
nary
edu
catio
n18
B -
Com
pete
ncie
s of
vet
erin
ary
para
-pro
fess
iona
ls
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
capa
bilit
y of
the V
S to
effi
cien
tly c
arry
out
thei
r ve
terin
ary
and
tech
nica
l fun
ctio
ns, m
easu
red
by th
e qu
alifi
catio
ns o
f the
ir pe
rson
nel i
n ve
terin
ary
and
tech
nica
l pos
ition
s. T
he C
C r
evie
ws
inte
r al
ia:
- The
cur
ricu
lum
offe
red
by v
eter
inar
y fa
culti
es, i
nclu
ding
spe
cific
com
pete
nces
rel
ated
to
publ
ic h
ealth
, pub
lic v
ete-
rina
ry h
ealth
and
oth
er ‘O
ne h
ealth
’ iss
ues;
- The
cur
ricu
lum
pro
vide
d to
vet
erin
ary
para
-pro
fess
iona
ls, a
nd a
des
crip
tion
of s
peci
alis
t qu
alifi
catio
ns a
nd c
ompe
-te
ncie
s as
cert
aine
d by
vet
erin
ary
para
-pro
fess
iona
ls.
i-3. C
ontin
uing
edu
catio
nT
he C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to m
aint
ain
and
impr
ove
the
com
pete
nce
of t
heir
per
sonn
el in
ter
ms
of r
elev
ant i
nfor
mat
ion
and
unde
rsta
ndin
g; m
easu
red
in te
rms
of th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of r
elev
ant t
rain
ing
prog
ram
mes
. T
his
CC
rev
iew
s in
ter
alia
:-
Exis
ting
trai
ning
pro
gram
mes
for
pers
onne
l as
wel
l as
proc
edur
es in
pla
ce t
o ta
ilor
cont
inui
ng e
duca
tion
on t
he
basi
s of
sta
ff fu
nctio
n or
pos
ition
, inc
ludi
ng o
n tr
anss
ecto
ral a
nd ‘O
ne H
ealth
-rel
ated
’ top
ics;
- Ev
iden
ce o
f in
tera
ctio
n an
d co
llabo
ratio
n be
twee
n th
e Ve
teri
nary
aut
hori
ty a
nd p
rofe
ssio
nal o
rgan
isat
ions
(e.
g. Ve
teri
nary
Sta
tuto
ry B
ody)
, inc
ludi
ng e
xist
ence
of c
ontin
uing
pro
fess
iona
l dev
elop
men
t pr
ogra
mm
es fo
r pr
ivat
e ve
teri
nari
ans,
vete
rina
ry p
arap
rofe
ssio
nals
, and
oth
er p
rofe
ssio
nals
.
15 -
For
the
pur
pose
s of
the
OiE
Ter
rest
rial A
nim
al H
ealth
Cod
e an
d th
e O
iE P
VS
Tool
, Vet
erin
ary
Serv
ices
mea
ns t
he g
over
nmen
tal a
nd n
on-g
over
nmen
tal o
rgan
isatio
ns t
hat
impl
emen
t an
imal
hea
lth a
nd w
elfa
re m
easu
res
and
othe
r st
anda
rds
and
reco
mm
enda
tions
in t
he
Terr
estr
ial C
ode
and
the
OiE
Aqu
atic
Anim
al H
ealth
Cod
e in
the
ter
rito
ry. I
n th
is co
ntex
t, th
is C
ritic
al C
ompe
tenc
e co
vers
bot
h th
e pu
blic
and
the
pri
vate
Vet
erin
ary
para
-pro
fess
iona
ls an
d ot
her
tech
nica
l per
sonn
el.
16 -
Ref
eren
ce in
the
OiE
Ter
rest
rial A
nim
al H
ealth
Cod
e, A
rtic
le 3
.2.5
.1.: T
he V
eter
inar
y Se
rvic
es s
houl
d de
mon
stra
te t
hat
thei
r hu
man
res
ourc
e co
mpo
nent
incl
udes
an
inte
gral
cor
e of
full-
time
civi
l ser
vice
em
ploy
ees.
Thi
s co
re s
houl
d al
way
s in
clud
e ve
teri
nari
ans.
It sh
ould
al
so in
clud
e ad
min
istra
tive
offic
ials
and
vete
rina
ry p
ara-
prof
essio
nals.
The
hum
an r
esou
rces
may
also
incl
ude
part
-tim
e an
d pr
ivat
e se
ctor
vet
erin
aria
ns a
nd v
eter
inar
y pa
ra-p
rofe
ssio
nals.
It is
ess
entia
l tha
t al
l the
abo
ve c
ateg
orie
s of
per
sonn
el b
e su
bjec
t to
lega
l disc
iplin
ary
prov
ision
s. D
ata
rela
ting
to t
he r
esou
rce
base
of t
he V
eter
inar
y Se
rvic
es u
nder
goin
g ev
alua
tion
shou
ld b
e av
aila
ble
17 -
Vet
erin
ary
para
-pro
fess
iona
l mea
ns a
per
son
who
, for
the
pur
pose
s of
the
OiE
Ter
rest
rial A
nim
al H
ealth
Cod
e, is
auth
orise
d by
the
vet
erin
ary
stat
utor
y bo
dy t
o ca
rry
out
cert
ain
desig
nate
d ta
sks
in a
ter
rito
ry, a
nd d
eleg
ated
to
them
und
er t
he r
espo
nsib
ility
and
dire
ctio
n of
a v
eter
inar
ian.
The
tas
ks fo
r ea
ch c
ateg
ory
of v
eter
inar
y pa
ra-p
rofe
ssio
nal s
houl
d be
defi
ned
by t
he v
eter
inar
y st
atut
ory
body
dep
endi
ng o
n qu
alifi
catio
ns a
nd t
rain
ing,
and
acco
rdin
g to
nee
d.18
- in
201
2, t
he O
iE p
ublis
hed
Reco
mm
enda
tions
on
the
Com
pete
ncie
s of
gra
duat
ing
vete
rinar
ians
(‘D
ay 1
gra
duat
es’)
to a
ssur
e na
tiona
l Vet
erin
ary
Serv
ices
of q
ualit
y, ta
rget
ing
entr
y-le
vel. T
hese
rec
omm
enda
tions
are
rel
evan
t to
all
mem
ber
Cou
ntri
es, r
egar
dles
s of
the
pre
vaili
ng
soci
etal
, eco
nom
ic a
nd p
oliti
cal c
ircum
stan
ces.
To s
uppo
rt t
hese
rec
omm
enda
tions
, the
OiE
also
dev
elop
ed g
uide
lines
for
a m
odel
cor
e ve
teri
nary
cur
ricu
lum
. The
OiE
Gui
delin
es o
n Ve
teri
nary
Edu
catio
n C
ore
Cur
ricu
lum
rep
rese
nt a
bas
is on
whi
ch n
atio
nal n
eeds
and
ci
rcum
stan
ces
coul
d be
add
ed, a
nd a
re o
ffere
d pr
imar
ily t
o de
velo
ping
and
in-t
rans
ition
cou
ntri
es a
s an
initi
al s
tep
to e
nhan
ce a
nd s
usta
in n
atio
nal V
eter
inar
y Se
rvic
es. T
his
docu
men
t ca
n be
acc
esse
d at
: htt
p://w
ww
.oie
.int/
Vete
rina
ry_E
duca
tion_
Cor
e_C
urri
culu
m.p
df
p 17
CO
OR
dIN
ATIO
N B
ETw
EEN
SEC
TOR
S
The
effe
ctiv
e im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he ih
R r
equi
res
a m
ulti-
sect
oral
/mul
tidis
cipl
inar
y ap
proa
ch im
plem
ente
d th
roug
h na
tiona
l par
tner
ship
s. it
req
uire
s fr
eque
nt a
nd c
oord
inat
ed
colla
bora
tion
amon
g al
l int
eres
ted
part
ies
in o
rder
to
put
into
pla
ce a
nd m
aint
ain
effe
ctiv
e al
ert
and
resp
onse
sys
tem
s. T
he c
oord
inat
ion
of n
atio
n-w
ide
reso
urce
s is
als
o a
key
requ
isite
for
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
IHR
. In
fact
, spe
cific
mec
hani
sms
and
netw
orks
alr
eady
exi
st in
bot
h th
e ve
teri
nary
and
pub
lic h
ealth
sec
tors
and
are
wel
l str
uctu
red.
T
here
fore
, the
rol
e of
the
NFP
is
to e
stab
lish
the
links
bet
wee
n th
e tw
o se
ctor
s an
d op
timiz
e th
e us
e of
the
se e
xist
ing
fram
ewor
ks t
o en
hanc
e th
eir
cont
ribu
tion
to t
he
impl
emen
tatio
n of
the
ih
R. C
once
rnin
g th
e ve
teri
nary
pub
lic h
ealth
sec
tor,
the
natio
nal V
eter
inar
y a
utho
rity
is
the
mai
n in
terl
ocut
or f
or t
he n
FP, a
nd i
s co
nnec
ted
to a
br
oad
rang
e of
pot
entia
l con
trib
utor
s (e
.g.,
prod
ucer
ass
ocia
tions
/rep
rese
ntat
ives
, ind
ustr
y, ph
arm
aceu
tical
com
pani
es, a
cade
mia
, vet
erin
ary
stat
utor
y bo
dies
…).
inte
rsec
tora
l an
d in
term
inis
teri
al c
oord
inat
ion
shou
ld b
e or
gani
zed
thro
ugh
form
al m
echa
nism
s an
d pr
oced
ures
cov
erin
g th
e IH
R’s
requ
irem
ents
for
sur
veill
ance
and
res
pons
e. T
his
also
ne
cess
itate
s m
aint
aini
ng a
reg
ular
ly u
pdat
ed n
etw
ork
of c
onta
cts
in t
he d
iffer
ent
sect
ors
as w
ell a
s a
good
und
erst
andi
ng o
f res
pect
ive
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
and
man
date
s.
fac
ilita
ting
me
cha
nism
s b
etw
ee
n re
spo
nsib
le A
utho
ritie
s
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
2.1.
1.3.
is
a m
ulti-
sect
oral
, m
ultid
isci
plin
ary
body
, co
mm
ittee
or
task
forc
e in
pla
ce a
ddre
ssin
g ih
R r
equi
rem
ents
on
surv
eilla
nce
and
resp
onse
for
publ
ic h
ealth
em
erge
ncie
s of
nat
iona
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l co
ncer
n?
10.1
.1.1
. Doe
s co
ordi
natio
n ex
ist
with
in t
he r
espo
nsib
le g
over
n-m
ent a
utho
rity
(ies
) for
the
dete
ctio
n of
and
res
pons
e19 to
zoo
notic
ev
ents
?
10.1
.1.3
. hav
e fo
cal p
oint
s re
spon
sibl
e fo
r an
imal
hea
lth (
incl
udin
g w
ildlif
e) b
een
desi
gnat
ed f
or c
oord
inat
ion
with
the
moh
and
/or
ihR
nFP
?
11.1
.1.6
. is
you
r co
untr
y an
act
ive
mem
ber
of t
he i
nFO
San
20
netw
ork?
11.1
.1.4
. has
a c
oord
inat
ion
mec
hani
sm b
een
esta
blis
hed
betw
een
the
food
saf
ety
auth
oriti
es, e
.g. t
he in
FOSa
n E
mer
genc
y C
onta
ct
Poin
t (if
mem
ber)
and
the
ihR
nFP
?
The
esta
blish
men
t of
cle
ar in
ters
ecto
ral m
echa
nism
s an
d ag
reem
ents
to
supp
ort e
fficie
nt c
olla
bora
tion
(at a
ll le
vels)
is o
ften
poss
ible
in e
mer
genc
y sit
uatio
ns. S
usta
inin
g su
ch in
tera
ctio
ns is
eve
n m
ore
chal
leng
ing
in ‘p
eace
-tim
e’, w
hen
dise
ases
app
ear t
o be
und
er co
ntro
l and
oth
er p
riorit
ies d
eman
d at
tent
ion.
How
ever
, the
scop
e of
the
IHR
is pr
ecise
ly to
rein
forc
e an
d de
velo
p in
ters
ecto
ral m
echa
nism
s and
col
labo
ratio
n, as
effi
cient
resp
onse
s to
urge
nt
even
ts re
ly on
per
man
ently
func
tioni
ng, fl
exib
le, in
tera
ctive
sys
tem
s ca
pabl
e of
man
agin
g th
e un
expe
cted
and
the
unpr
edict
able
in th
e m
idst
of r
outin
e.
i-6. C
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
y of
the
Ve
teri
nary
Ser
vice
s B.
Ext
erna
l coo
rdin
atio
n
The
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of th
e VS
to c
oord
inat
e its
res
ourc
es a
nd a
ctiv
ities
(pub
lic a
nd p
rivat
e se
ctor
s) a
t all
leve
ls (n
atio
nal t
o lo
cal c
omm
unity
leve
l) w
ith o
ther
rele
vant
aut
horit
ies
as a
ppro
pria
te, in
ord
er to
impl
emen
t all
natio
nal
activ
ities
rele
vant
for
OiE
Cod
es (i
.e. s
urve
illan
ce, d
iseas
e co
ntro
l and
era
dica
tion,
food
safe
ty a
nd e
arly
det
ectio
n an
d ra
pid
resp
onse
pro
gram
mes
). R
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es in
clud
e ot
her
min
istrie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
horit
ies,
natio
nal a
genc
ies
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Coo
rdin
atio
n m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
in a
reas
of j
oint
res
pons
ibili
ty;
- D
escr
ibed
pro
cedu
res
or a
gree
men
ts r
elat
ing
to jo
int
com
mitt
ees
invo
lvin
g th
e V
S an
d ot
her
rele
vant
aut
hori
ties.
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed in
a t
rans
pare
nt, e
ffect
ive
and
timel
y m
anne
r, on
VS
activ
ities
and
pro
gram
mes
, and
of d
evel
opm
ents
in a
nim
al h
ealth
and
food
saf
ety. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
co
llabo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inist
ries
and
Com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s, na
tiona
l ag
enci
es a
nd
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns th
at s
hare
aut
horit
y or
hav
e m
utua
l int
eres
t in
rele
vant
are
as.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Form
al c
omm
unic
atio
n pr
oced
ures
and
mec
hani
sms
to in
form
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s, in
clud
ing
coor
dina
tion
mec
hani
sms
with
oth
er r
elev
ant a
utho
ritie
s in
clud
ing
publ
ic h
ealth
aut
horit
ies
and
wild
life
agen
cies
, am
ong
othe
rs;
- C
omm
unic
atio
n to
ols,
plan
s an
d st
rate
gies
also
rel
atin
g to
in c
ount
ry p
repa
redn
ess/
cont
inge
ncy
plan
s an
d hi
ghlig
htin
g ar
eas
of s
hare
d re
spon
sibili
ties;
- N
etw
ork
of c
onta
ct p
oint
s gr
oupi
ng e
xper
ts fr
om r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es in
clud
ing
publ
ic h
ealth
aut
horit
ies
and
wild
life
agen
cies
, am
ong
othe
rs, o
n ar
eas
requ
iring
inte
rsec
tora
l col
labo
ratio
n an
d co
oper
atio
n.
19 -
not
e th
at c
oord
inat
ion
for
surv
eilla
nce
and
coor
dina
tion
for
resp
onse
may
be
the
resp
onsi
bilit
y of
diff
eren
t au
thor
ities
. 20
- T
he in
tern
atio
nal F
ood
Safe
ty a
utho
ritie
s n
etw
ork
(inFO
San
) is
a g
loba
l net
wor
k of
177
nat
iona
l foo
d sa
fety
aut
hori
ties,
deve
lope
d an
d m
anag
ed b
y W
hO
in c
olla
bora
tion
with
the
Foo
d an
d a
gric
ultu
re O
rgan
izat
ion
of t
he u
nite
d n
atio
ns (
FaO
), w
hich
di
ssem
inat
es im
port
ant
glob
al fo
od s
afet
y in
form
atio
n an
d im
prov
es n
atio
nal a
nd in
tern
atio
nal c
olla
bora
tion.
p 18
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
The
colla
bora
tion
may
be
inst
itutio
naliz
ed t
hrou
gh t
he e
stab
lishm
ent
of
inte
rsec
tora
l and
inte
r-min
ister
ial c
oord
inat
ion
com
mitt
ees,
at t
he v
ario
us
leve
ls of
impl
emen
tatio
n, an
d th
roug
h tra
nsdi
scip
linar
y ne
twor
ks o
f fo
cal
poin
ts a
nd e
xper
ts.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he IH
R N
FP: i
) ex
isten
ce o
f a
mul
ti-se
ctor
al,
mul
tidisc
iplin
ary
body
, com
mitt
ee o
r ta
skfo
rce
at th
e na
tiona
l lev
el w
hich
in
clud
es th
e en
gage
men
t/par
ticip
atio
n of
the V
S; ii)
est
ablis
hed
netw
orks
an
d no
min
ated
foca
l poi
nts;
iii) e
xist
ence
of p
roce
dure
s an
d m
echa
nism
s en
surin
g a
coor
dina
ted
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pre
vent
ion
and
cont
rol a
ctio
ns.
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly to
a s
anita
ry e
mer
genc
y (s
uch
as a
sig
nifi-
cant
dise
ase
outb
reak
or
a fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
.T
his
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
lega
l fra
mew
ork
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly to
san
itary
em
erge
ncie
s;- T
he r
egul
ator
y fr
amew
ork
and
chai
n of
com
man
d, in
clud
ing
the V
S’s c
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant a
utho
ritie
s;- T
he o
rgan
isatio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of p
repa
redn
ess
and
simul
atio
n ex
erci
ses
enga
ging
all
rele
vant
aut
horit
ies
and
part
ies.
Co
ord
ina
tion
with
sta
keho
lde
rs
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
2.1.
2.8.
hav
e pl
ans
to s
ensi
tize
stak
ehol
ders
to
thei
r ro
les
and
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
been
impl
emen
ted?
2.1.
1.6.
are
an
nual
up
date
s co
nduc
ted
on
the
stat
us
of
ihR
im
plem
enta
tion
to s
take
hold
ers
acro
ss a
ll re
leva
nt s
ecto
rs?
The
VS
colla
bora
te
with
an
d ar
e in
co
ntac
t w
ith
a la
rge
num
ber
of
othe
r in
tere
sted
pa
rtie
s or
st
akeh
olde
rs.
Man
y of
th
ese
part
ies
(live
stoc
k ke
eper
s, re
pres
enta
tives
of
food
pro
cess
ing
esta
blish
men
ts,
priva
te v
eter
inar
ians
) ar
e of
ten
the
first
com
ing
into
con
tact
with
new
ep
idem
iolo
gica
l cas
es o
r un
usua
l hea
lth e
vent
s.
iii-2
. Con
sulta
tion
with
inte
rest
ed
part
ies21
The
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
con
sult
effe
ctiv
ely
with
int
eres
ted
part
ies
on V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd
prog
ram
mes
, and
on
deve
lopm
ents
in a
nim
al h
ealth
and
food
saf
ety.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Proc
edur
es fo
r an
d ev
iden
ce o
f for
mal
con
sulta
tion
with
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s;- E
xist
ence
of i
nter
-inst
itutio
nal t
echn
ical
com
mitt
ees
(Min
istry
of H
ealth
, pol
ice,
cus
tom
s, pr
oduc
er a
ssoc
iatio
n, e
tc.);
-
Proc
edur
es fo
r st
akeh
olde
r co
nsul
tatio
n.
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed in
a t
rans
pare
nt, e
ffect
ive
and
timel
y m
anne
r, on
VS
activ
ities
and
pro
gram
mes
, and
of d
evel
opm
ents
in a
nim
al h
ealth
and
food
saf
ety.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Com
mun
icat
ion
mec
hani
sms
and
tool
s (e
.g. b
ulle
tin, w
ebsi
te, h
otlin
e).
iii-6
. Par
ticip
atio
n of
pro
duce
rs a
nd
othe
r in
tere
sted
par
ties
in jo
int
prog
ram
mes
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
and
prod
ucer
s an
d in
tere
sted
par
ties
to fo
rmul
ate
and
impl
emen
t jo
int
prog
ram
mes
in r
egar
d to
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal a
genc
ies
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns
that
sha
re a
utho
ritie
s or
hav
e m
utua
l int
eres
t in
rel
evan
t ar
eas.
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Proc
edur
es fo
r an
d ev
iden
ce o
f act
ive
invo
lvem
ent
of p
rodu
cers
and
oth
er in
tere
sted
par
ties
in t
he d
evel
opm
ent,
orga
nisa
tion
and
deliv
ery
of V
S’s
prog
ram
mes
; -
Mec
hani
sms
for
chan
nelli
ng i
nfor
mat
ion
and/
or r
aisi
ng a
war
enes
s to
oth
er i
nter
este
d pa
rtie
s on
offi
cial
VS’
pr
ogra
mm
es;
- m
echa
nism
s fo
r co
nsul
tatio
n w
ith t
he p
artic
ipat
ion
of p
rodu
cers
and
oth
er in
tere
sted
par
ties,
incl
udin
g in
tra
inin
g ev
ents
.
21 -
Inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
clud
e re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s, in
clud
ing
othe
r m
inis
trie
s an
d co
mpe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal a
genc
ies,
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns t
hat
shar
e au
thor
ities
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
. The
ter
ms ‘
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s’ is
als
o ex
tend
ed
to in
clud
e in
dust
ry, p
rodu
cers
and
gen
eral
pub
lic (
cons
umer
org
anis
atio
ns a
nd c
onsu
mer
s).
p 19
0pe
ratio
nal f
ram
ew
ork
s
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
10.1
.1.2
. is
ther
e a
natio
nal p
olic
y, st
rate
gy o
r pl
an in
pla
ce fo
r th
e su
rvei
llanc
e an
d re
spon
se t
o zo
onot
ic e
vent
s?
A nu
mbe
r of
inst
itutio
nal a
nd a
dmin
istra
tive
prob
lem
s m
ay h
ampe
r th
e co
llabo
ratio
n be
twee
n th
e hu
man
and
ani
mal
hea
lth s
ecto
rs a
nd o
ther
re
leva
nt a
utho
rites
for t
he d
evel
opm
ent o
f joi
nt s
trat
egie
s an
d as
soci
ated
po
licie
s an
d pl
ans.
This
may
be
due
to b
e le
gal b
arrie
rs, o
ther
str
uctu
ral
obst
acle
s or
diff
erin
g pr
iorit
ies.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he I
HR
NFP
: i)
the
sect
or s
peci
fic o
r jo
int
(whe
re t
here
is o
ne)
stra
tegy
for
sur
veilla
nce
and
resp
onse
to
zoon
otic
di
seas
es a
t th
e na
tiona
l le
vel;
ii) t
he c
ontr
ibut
ion
of t
he V
S in
the
de
velo
pmen
t an
d th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of t
his
stra
tegy
, iii)
the
pre
vailin
g le
gal a
nd r
egul
ator
y fra
mew
ork
and
poss
ible
lim
itatio
ns.
ii-5.
Ep
idem
iolo
gica
l su
rvei
llanc
e an
d ea
rly
dete
ctio
na
. Pas
sive
epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
B. a
ctiv
e ep
idem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
The
se C
C d
emon
stra
te t
he a
utho
rity
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry
stat
us o
f the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
, inc
ludi
ng w
ildlif
e, u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:- A
sses
smen
t of
ani
mal
dis
ease
sta
tus,
incl
udin
g zo
onos
es, o
f the
cou
ntry
;- C
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es i
n pe
rtin
ent
area
s (e
.g. f
ood
safe
ty, z
oono
ses,
emer
ging
dis
ease
s, w
ildlif
e) a
s w
ell a
s es
tabl
ishe
d pr
oced
ures
for
shar
ing
rele
vant
sur
veill
ance
info
rmat
ion;
- Kno
wle
dge
of O
iE s
tand
ards
on
surv
eilla
nce,
incl
udin
g th
eir
oblig
atio
n to
rep
ort
the
susp
icio
n an
d oc
curr
ence
of
notifi
able
ani
mal
dis
ease
s;- P
roce
dure
s fo
r sh
arin
g re
leva
nt d
isea
se s
urve
illan
ce in
form
atio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
and
par
ties.
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
signi
fican
t di
seas
e ou
tbre
ak o
r a
food
saf
ety
emer
genc
y).
Thi
s in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- T
he le
gal f
ram
ewor
k to
res
pond
rap
idly
to s
anita
ry e
mer
genc
ies,
incl
udin
g pr
oced
ures
in p
lace
that
cle
arly
defi
ne r
oles
an
d re
spon
sibili
ties
of a
ll re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s an
d pa
rtie
s, at
all
leve
ls;- T
he r
egul
ator
y fr
amew
ork
and
chai
n of
com
man
d, in
clud
ing
the V
S’ c
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es.
ii-7.
Dis
ease
pre
vent
ion,
con
trol
and
er
adic
atio
nT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of
the
VS
to a
ctiv
ely
perf
orm
act
ions
to
prev
ent,
cont
rol o
r er
adic
ate
OiE
list
ed d
isea
ses22
and
/or
to d
emon
stra
te t
hat
the
coun
try
or a
zon
e is
free
of r
elev
ant
dise
ases
. T
his
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
pre
vent
ion,
con
trol
and
era
dica
tion
prog
ram
mes
of
anim
al a
nd z
oono
tic p
rior
ity d
isea
ses
of e
cono
mic
al,
epiz
ootic
or
publ
ic h
ealth
impo
rtan
ce, c
ondu
cted
in c
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es;
- Pr
oced
ures
and
/or
prot
ocol
s re
gard
ing
role
s an
d re
spon
sibi
litie
s of
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es (V
S an
d ot
her
rele
-va
nt a
utho
ritie
s).
i-5 S
tabi
lity
of s
truc
ture
s an
d su
stai
na-
bilit
y of
pol
icie
s T
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of th
e VS
stru
ctur
e an
d/or
lead
ersh
ip to
impl
emen
t and
sus
tain
pol
icie
s ov
er ti
me.
T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Cha
in o
f com
man
d an
d te
chni
cal p
olic
ies
are
sust
aina
ble
and
not a
ffect
ed b
y ch
ange
s in
pol
itica
l lea
ders
hip;
- Su
stai
nabi
lity
of n
atio
nal s
trat
egic
pla
n an
d fr
amew
orks
.
11.1
.1.2
. are
the
re n
atio
nal
food
law
s, re
gula
tions
or
polic
ies
in
plac
e23 t
o fa
cilit
ate
food
saf
ety
cont
rol?
11.1
.1.3
a. a
re n
atio
nal f
ood
law
s, re
gula
tions
or
polic
ies
up to
dat
e?
11.1
.1.3
b. a
re
natio
nal
food
la
ws,
regu
latio
ns
or
polic
ies
impl
emen
ted?
iV-1
. Pr
epar
atio
n of
le
gisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
Thi
s CC
dem
onst
rate
s the
aut
horit
y an
d ca
pabi
lity
of th
e VS
to a
ctiv
ely
part
icip
ate
in th
e pr
epar
atio
n of
nat
iona
l leg
islat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns in
dom
ains
tha
t ar
e un
der
thei
r m
anda
te, i
n or
der
to g
uara
ntee
its
qual
ity w
ith r
espe
ct t
o pr
inci
ples
of
lega
l dr
aftin
g an
d le
gal
issue
s an
d its
acc
essib
ility
, acc
epta
bilit
y, an
d te
chni
cal,
soci
al a
nd e
cono
mic
al a
pplic
abili
ty. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inist
ries
and
Com
pete
nt a
utho
ritie
s, na
tiona
l age
ncie
s an
d de
cent
ralis
ed in
stitu
tions
that
sha
re a
utho
rity
or h
ave
mut
ual i
nter
est i
n re
leva
nt a
reas
.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- T
he le
gisla
tive
and
regu
lato
ry fr
amew
ork
of th
e ve
terin
ary
dom
ain
and
the
man
date
of t
he V
eter
inar
y Aut
horit
y;- V
S’ c
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es o
n th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
legi
slatio
n an
d re
gula
tions
reg
ardi
ng a
reas
of
join
t or
shar
ed r
espo
nsib
ility
;-
Rev
ision
, pre
para
tion
and
follo
w u
p of
legi
slativ
e m
atte
rs;
- Ev
iden
ce t
hat
natio
nal l
egisl
atio
n id
entifi
es t
he V
S’ r
oles
and
res
pons
ibili
ties
rela
ted
to a
ctiv
ities
with
sha
red
auth
ority
w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t aut
horit
ies.
22 -
OIE
-Lis
ted
dise
ases
, inf
ectio
ns a
nd in
fest
atio
ns in
forc
e in
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ble
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23 -
A n
atio
nal f
ood
safe
ty c
ontr
ol s
yste
m in
clud
es: f
ood
law
and
reg
ulat
ions
, foo
d co
ntro
l man
agem
ent,
insp
ectio
n se
rvic
es, l
abor
ator
y se
rvic
es, f
ood
mon
itori
ng, e
pide
mio
logi
cal d
ata,
info
rmat
ion,
edu
catio
n, c
omm
unic
atio
n an
d tr
aini
ng.
p 20
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
iV-2
. im
plem
enta
tion
of l
egis
latio
n an
d re
gula
tions
and
com
plia
nce
ther
eof
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to e
nsur
e co
mpl
ianc
e w
ith le
gisla
tion
and
regu
latio
ns u
nder
th
e VS
man
date
.T
his
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- T
he c
apac
ity o
f the
VS
to ta
ke le
gal a
ctio
n an
d in
itiat
e pr
osec
utio
n in
are
as o
f non
-com
plia
nce
in r
elev
ant fi
elds
of a
ctiv
ity;
- Exi
sten
ce o
f con
trol
and
insp
ectio
n pr
oced
ures
; - F
orm
al a
gree
men
ts a
nd s
tand
ard
oper
atin
g pr
oced
ures
for
colla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es (
e.g.
cust
oms,
polic
e, ar
my,
etc.
);- C
oope
ratio
n ar
rang
emen
ts w
ith V
eter
inar
y a
utho
ritie
s of
nei
ghbo
urin
g co
untr
ies
for
activ
ities
rel
atin
g to
the
sur
veil-
lanc
e, co
ntro
l and
pre
vent
ion
of tr
ansb
ound
ary
dise
ases
.
ii-8.
Foo
d Sa
fety
a
. Reg
ulat
ion,
aut
hori
satio
n an
d in
spec
-tio
n of
est
ablis
hmen
ts f
or p
rodu
ctio
n,
proc
essi
ng a
nd d
istr
ibut
ion
of f
ood
of
anim
al o
rigi
n
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to e
stab
lish
and
enfo
rce
sani
tary
sta
ndar
ds fo
r es
tabl
ishm
ents
th
at p
rodu
ce, p
roce
ss a
nd d
istrib
ute
food
of a
nim
al o
rigin
. T
his
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- l
egisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
rela
ted
to th
e in
spec
tion
of e
stab
lishm
ents
that
pro
duce
, pro
cess
and
dist
ribut
e fo
od o
f ani
mal
or
igin
;- R
egul
atio
n an
d au
thor
isatio
n of
est
ablis
hmen
ts in
con
form
ity w
ith in
tern
atio
nal s
tand
ards
.
ii-8.
Foo
d sa
fety
B. a
nte-
and
pos
t m
orte
m in
spec
tion
at
abat
toir
s an
d as
soci
ated
pre
mis
es (
e.g.
mea
t bo
ning
/cut
ting
esta
blis
hmen
ts a
nd
rend
erin
g pl
ants
)
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent a
nd m
anag
e th
e in
spec
tion
of a
nim
als
dest
ined
fo
r sla
ught
er a
t aba
ttoi
rs a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d pr
emise
s, in
clud
ing
for
assu
ring
mea
t hyg
iene
and
for
the
colle
ctio
n of
info
rmat
ion
rele
vant
to li
vest
ock
dise
ases
and
zoo
nose
s.T
his
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- L
egisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
rel
ated
to a
nte-
and
pos
t mor
tem
insp
ectio
n at
aba
ttoi
rs a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d pr
emise
s; - T
he c
hain
of c
omm
and
and
coor
dina
tion
mec
hani
sms
with
oth
er r
elev
ant a
utho
ritie
s an
d pa
rtie
s;- P
roce
dure
s fo
r in
spec
tion
in a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises
in c
onfo
rmity
with
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds;
- Cap
acity
to c
olle
ct a
nd r
epor
t dise
ase
info
rmat
ion.
ii-8.
Foo
d sa
fety
C
. in
spec
tion
of c
olle
ctio
n, p
roce
ssin
g an
d di
stri
butio
n of
pro
duct
s of
ani
mal
or
igin
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent,
man
age
and
coor
dina
te fo
od s
afet
y m
easu
res
on c
olle
ctio
n, p
roce
ssin
g an
d di
strib
utio
n of
pro
duct
s of
ani
mal
orig
in, in
clud
ing
prog
ram
mes
for
the
prev
entio
n of
spe
cific
fo
od-b
orne
zoo
nose
s an
d ge
nera
l foo
d sa
fety
pro
gram
mes
.T
his
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- L
egisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tory
fram
ewor
k re
late
d to
the
insp
ectio
n, p
roce
ssin
g an
d di
strib
utio
n of
pro
duct
s of
ani
mal
orig
in;
- The
cha
in o
f com
man
d an
d co
ordi
natio
n m
echa
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t aut
horit
ies
and
part
ies;
- Pro
cedu
res
for
insp
ectio
n of
faci
litie
s pr
oces
sing
and
dist
ribut
ing
prod
ucts
of a
nim
al o
rigin
.
2.1.
1.1.
: Is
ther
e co
ordi
natio
n w
ithin
rel
evan
t m
inis
trie
s on
eve
nts
that
may
con
stitu
te a
pub
lic h
ealth
eve
nt o
r ri
sk o
f nat
iona
l or
inte
r-na
tiona
l con
cern
?
2.1.
1.5
hav
e ac
tion
plan
s be
en d
evel
oped
to
inco
rpor
ate
less
ons
lear
nt o
f m
ultis
ecto
ral a
nd m
ultid
isci
plin
ary
coor
dina
tion
and
com
-m
unic
atio
n m
echa
nism
s?
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed, i
n a
tran
spar
ent,
effe
ctiv
e an
d tim
ely
man
ner,
of V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es, a
nd o
f dev
elop
men
ts in
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
co
llabo
ratio
n w
ith re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s, in
clud
ing
othe
r m
inist
ries a
nd C
ompe
tent
aut
horit
ies,
natio
nal a
genc
ies a
nd d
ecen
-tr
alise
d in
stitu
tions
that
sha
re a
utho
rity
or h
ave
mut
ual i
nter
est i
n re
leva
nt a
reas
. T
his
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- F
orm
al p
roce
dure
s an
d m
echa
nism
s fo
r co
mm
unic
atio
n w
ith p
ublic
hea
lth a
utho
ritie
s, w
ildlif
e an
d ot
her
agen
cies
iden
-tifi
ed a
nd e
ngag
ed in
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
nat
iona
l pre
pare
dnes
s an
d co
ntin
genc
y pl
ans.
p 21
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
2.1.
1.2
are
Sta
ndar
d O
pera
ting
Proc
edur
es (
SOP)
or
equi
-va
lent
ava
ilabl
e fo
r co
ordi
natio
n be
twee
n ih
R n
FP a
nd r
e-le
vant
sec
tors
?
2.1.
1.4
a &
b: H
ave
mul
tisec
tora
l and
mul
tidisc
iplin
ary
coor
-di
natio
n an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n m
echa
nism
s be
en
upda
ted
regu
larly
(a)
? be
en t
este
d th
roug
h ex
erci
ses
or t
hrou
gh t
he
occu
rren
ce o
f an
actu
al e
vent
(b)?
i-6. C
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
y of
the V
eter
i-na
ry S
ervi
ces
B. E
xter
nal c
oord
inat
ion
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the V
S to
coo
rdin
ate
its r
esou
rces
and
act
iviti
es (p
ublic
and
priv
ate)
at a
ll le
vels
with
oth
er r
ele-
vant
aut
horit
ies
as a
ppro
pria
te, in
ord
er to
impl
emen
t all
natio
nal a
ctiv
ities
rel
evan
t for
OiE
Cod
es (i
.e. s
urve
illan
ce, d
iseas
e co
ntro
l and
er
adic
atio
n, fo
od s
afet
y an
d ea
rly d
etec
tion
and
rapi
d re
spon
se p
rogr
amm
es).
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- D
escr
ibed
pro
cedu
res
or a
gree
men
ts re
latin
g to
col
labo
ratio
n an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n be
twee
n VS
and
publ
ic h
ealth
aut
horit
ies
to id
entif
y di
seas
es in
adv
ance
(e.g
. indi
cato
rs),
asse
ss r
isks
and
cost
s, an
d re
spon
d to
an
emer
ging
epi
dem
iolo
gica
l eve
nt;
- Inc
lusio
n of
pub
lic h
ealth
-rel
ated
issu
es in
nat
iona
l pre
pare
dnes
s pl
ans
for
emer
ging
issu
es;
- Evi
denc
e of
the
orga
nisa
tion
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
sim
ulat
ion
exer
cise
s;- P
roce
dure
s fo
r au
dit,
repo
rts,
and
upda
ting
of th
ese
activ
ities
.
i-11.
man
agem
ent o
f res
ourc
es a
nd
oper
atio
nsT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
doc
umen
t an
d m
anag
e th
eir
reso
urce
s an
d op
erat
ions
in o
rder
to
anal
yse,
plan
and
im
prov
e bo
th e
ffici
ency
and
effe
ctiv
enes
s.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- Rec
ords
and
doc
umen
ted
proc
edur
es fo
r th
e m
anag
emen
t of o
pera
tions
and
res
ourc
es;
- Rec
ords
and
doc
umen
ted
proc
edur
es u
sed
to d
evel
op s
trat
egic
pla
ns:
- Doc
umen
ted
eval
uatio
n an
d re
gula
r up
datin
g of
str
ateg
ic p
lans
and
ope
ratio
ns.
11.1
.1.5
. a
re
ther
e fu
nctio
nal
mec
hani
sms
in
plac
e fo
r m
ultis
ecto
ral c
olla
bora
tions
for
food
saf
ety
even
ts?
ii-8.
Food
saf
ety
B. a
nte
and
post
mor
tem
ins
pect
ion
at
abat
toirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises
(e.g
. m
eat
boni
ng/c
uttin
g es
tabl
ishm
ents
and
re
nder
ing
plan
ts)
Thi
s CC
dem
onst
rate
s the
aut
horit
y an
d ca
pabi
lity
of th
e VS
to im
plem
ent a
nd m
anag
e th
e in
spec
tion
of a
nim
als d
estin
ed fo
r sla
ught
er a
t ab
atto
irs a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d pr
emise
s, in
clud
ing
for
assu
ring
mea
t hyg
iene
and
for
the
colle
ctio
n of
info
rmat
ion
rele
vant
to li
vest
ock
dise
ases
an
d zo
onos
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- C
olle
ctio
n of
info
rmat
ion
rele
vant
to li
vest
ock
dise
ases
, food
born
e di
seas
e an
d zo
onos
es;
- Evi
denc
e of
coo
rdin
atio
n be
twee
n pu
blic
hea
lth a
utho
ritie
s and
the V
S re
gard
ing
the
occu
rren
ce o
f hum
an fo
odbo
rne
illne
ss a
nd p
oten
-tia
l lin
kage
s to
food
of a
nim
al o
rigin
;- I
nfor
mat
ion
on V
S’ a
ctiv
ities
and
ope
ratio
ns in
rel
atio
n to
ant
e an
d po
st m
orte
m in
spec
tion
at a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises.
ii-8.
Food
saf
ety
C. in
spec
tion
of c
olle
ctio
n, pr
oces
sing
and
dist
ribut
ion
of p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al o
rigin
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent,
man
age
and
coor
dina
te fo
od s
afet
y m
easu
res
on c
olle
ctio
n,
proc
essin
g an
d di
strib
utio
n of
pro
duct
s of a
nim
als,
incl
udin
g pr
ogra
mm
es fo
r th
e pr
even
tion
of sp
ecifi
c fo
od-b
orne
zoo
nose
s and
gen
eral
fo
od s
afet
y pr
ogra
mm
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- D
ocum
ente
d ro
les
and
resp
onsib
ilitie
s of
aut
horit
ies
enga
ged
in th
e in
spec
tion
of c
olle
ctio
n, pr
oces
sing
and
dist
ribut
ion
of p
rodu
cts
of
anim
al o
rigin
(e.g
. VS,
othe
r sp
ecifi
c na
tiona
l age
ncie
s or
dep
artm
ents
, Min
istry
of H
ealth
, loca
l gov
ernm
ent,
priv
ate
sect
or, e
tc.);
- Evi
denc
e of
pro
cedu
res
follo
wed
by V
S st
aff, i
nclu
ding
the
colle
ctio
n an
d an
alys
is of
rel
evan
t sam
ples
;- E
vide
nce
of c
oord
inat
ion
betw
een
the
VS
and
othe
r re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s re
gard
ing
the
occu
rren
ce o
f hum
an fo
odbo
rne
illne
ss a
nd
pote
ntia
l lin
kage
s to
food
of a
nim
al o
rigin
.
5.1.
1.5.
are
pro
cedu
res,
plan
s or
str
ateg
ies
in p
lace
to r
eallo
-ca
te o
r m
obili
ze r
esou
rces
from
nat
iona
l and
sub
-nat
iona
l le-
vels
to su
ppor
t act
ion
at c
omm
unity
/prim
ary
resp
onse
leve
l?
5.1.
1.6.
hav
e pr
oced
ures
, pl
ans
or s
trat
egy
been
im
ple-
men
ted
to r
eallo
cate
or
mob
ilize
res
ourc
es f
rom
nat
iona
l an
d su
b-na
tiona
l le
vels
to s
uppo
rt a
ctio
n at
com
mun
ity /
prim
ary
resp
onse
leve
l?
5.2.
1.7.
is a
pla
n fo
r m
anag
emen
t and
dist
ribut
ion
of n
atio
nal
stoc
kpile
s av
aila
ble?
ii-6.
Emer
genc
y re
spon
seT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
res
pond
rap
idly
to
a sa
nita
ry e
mer
genc
y (s
uch
as a
sig
nific
ant
dise
ase
outb
reak
or
food
saf
ety
emer
genc
y).
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- M
echa
nism
s to
ens
ure
acce
ss t
o ph
ysic
al a
nd fi
nanc
ial
reso
urce
s du
ring
an e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se, i
nclu
ding
for
equ
ipm
ent
and
cons
umab
les;
- Evi
denc
e of
pro
cedu
res
and
role
s an
d re
spon
sibili
ties
durin
g an
em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
.
i-9. E
mer
genc
y fu
ndin
gT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of th
e VS
to a
cces
s ex
trao
rdin
ary
finan
cial
res
ourc
es in
ord
er to
res
pond
to e
mer
genc
y sit
uatio
ns
or e
mer
ging
issu
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
:- F
undi
ng a
rran
gem
ents
for
emer
genc
y op
erat
ions
incl
udin
g do
cum
ente
d ru
les
of o
pera
tion
of a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties;
- App
rova
l pro
cess
for
addi
tiona
l fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es (e
.g. s
peci
al fu
nds)
is e
stab
lishe
d an
d cl
ear.
Op
era
tiona
l pro
ce
dur
es
p 22
SEC
TIO
N 2
: O
pER
ATIO
NA
L C
ApA
CIT
y
CA
pAC
ITy
TO d
ETEC
T A
N u
Nu
SuA
L EV
ENT
AN
d I
dEN
TIfy
ITS
ETI
OLO
Gy
The
IHR
(200
5) r
equi
re th
e ra
pid
dete
ctio
n of
pub
lic h
ealth
ris
ks, a
s w
ell a
s th
e pr
ompt
ass
essm
ent,
notifi
catio
n, a
nd r
espo
nse
to th
ese
risk
s. To
this
end
, a p
erfo
rman
t and
flexi
ble
syst
em is
nee
ded
to d
etec
t un
usua
l eve
nts
and
rapi
dly
com
mun
icat
e on
the
se e
vent
s, w
hen
appr
opri
ate.
an
unus
ual e
pide
mio
logi
cal e
vent
can
occ
ur in
hum
ans
and
in a
nim
als,
or in
bot
h. T
he s
truc
ture
of t
he h
ealth
sys
tem
and
the
rol
es a
nd r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s of
tho
se in
volv
ed m
ust
be c
lear
ly d
efine
d an
d, s
houl
d be
pre
fera
bly
docu
men
ted
in p
ublic
hea
lth
polic
y an
d re
gula
tions
. In
the
case
of
infe
ctio
us d
isea
ses,
it is
cri
tical
tha
t di
agno
stic
cap
aciti
es a
ssur
e a
relia
ble
and
timel
y id
entifi
catio
n of
the
epi
dem
iolo
gica
l age
nt a
nd t
hat
mec
hani
sms
to fa
cilit
ate
coor
dina
tion
and
that
exc
hang
e of
exp
ertis
e, r
esou
rces
and
dat
a ta
ke p
lace
bet
wee
n la
bora
tori
es in
the
hum
an a
nd th
e an
imal
hea
lth s
ecto
rs. L
abor
ator
y an
alys
is o
f sam
ples
can
be
perf
orm
ed e
ither
dom
estic
ally
or
sent
to
colla
bora
ting
cent
res
with
sec
ured
shi
pmen
t of
spe
cim
ens
to t
he a
ppro
pria
te la
bora
tori
es, w
hen
nece
ssar
y. Fi
nally
, the
cha
in o
f com
man
d (r
oles
and
res
pons
ibili
ty)
mus
t be
cle
arly
iden
tified
to
ensu
re e
ffect
ive
com
mun
icat
ion
and
colla
bora
tion
with
in t
he c
ount
ry, w
ith W
HO
and
oth
er
coun
trie
s, w
hen
rele
vant
.
Glo
ba
l re
vie
w o
f the
ne
two
rk o
f co
llab
ora
tion
and
sha
red
refe
renc
es
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
10.1
.1.4
. hav
e fu
nctio
nal
mec
hani
sms
for
inte
rsec
tora
l co
llabo
ra-
tions
tha
t in
clud
e an
imal
and
hum
an h
ealth
sur
veill
ance
uni
ts a
nd
labo
rato
ries
bee
n es
tabl
ishe
d?
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
and
ea
rly
dete
ctio
na
. Pas
sive
epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
B. a
ctiv
e ep
idem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
The
se C
C d
emon
stra
te t
he a
utho
rity
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry s
tatu
s of
the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
, inc
ludi
ng w
ildlif
e, u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Li
st o
f no
tifiab
le d
isea
ses,
incl
udin
g lis
t of
pri
ority
zoo
notic
dis
ease
s (e
.g. r
abie
s, br
ucel
losi
s, bo
vine
tub
ercu
-lo
sis,
anth
rax,
lep
tosp
iros
is a
nd o
ther
rel
evan
t di
seas
es f
or t
he c
ount
ry)
cove
red
by s
peci
fic a
ctiv
e su
rvei
llanc
e pr
ogra
mm
es;
- The
pro
cedu
res
for
sam
ple
subm
issi
on a
nd p
roce
ssin
g to
labo
rato
ries
;- T
he p
roce
dure
s fo
r da
ta r
ecor
ding
and
man
agem
ent,
and
notifi
catio
ns o
f dis
ease
s;-
Col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
and
par
ties
in r
elev
ant
area
s (e
.g. f
ood
safe
ty; z
oono
ses,
emer
ging
di
seas
es, w
ildlif
e) a
s w
ell a
s es
tabl
ishe
d pr
oced
ures
for
shar
ing
rele
vant
sur
veill
ance
info
rmat
ion;
- K
now
ledg
e of
OiE
sta
ndar
ds o
n su
rvei
llanc
e, in
clud
ing
oblig
atio
ns t
o re
port
the
sus
pici
on a
nd o
ccur
renc
e of
not
i-fia
ble
dise
ases
.
i-11.
man
agem
ent
of r
esou
rces
and
op
erat
ions
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to d
ocum
ent
and
man
age
thei
r re
sour
ces
and
oper
atio
ns in
ord
er t
o an
alys
e, p
lan
and
impr
ove
both
effi
cien
cy a
nd e
ffect
iven
ess.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- R
ecor
ds a
nd d
ocum
ente
d pr
oced
ures
for
the
man
agem
ent
of o
pera
tions
and
res
ourc
es;
- R
ecor
ds a
nd d
ocum
ente
d pr
oced
ures
are
use
d to
dev
elop
str
ateg
ic p
lans
:-
Doc
umen
ted
eval
uatio
n an
d re
gula
r up
datin
g of
str
ateg
ic p
lans
and
ope
ratio
ns.
3.2.
1.9.
are
the
re a
rran
gem
ents
with
nei
ghbo
urin
g co
untr
ies
to
shar
e da
ta o
n su
rvei
llanc
e an
d th
e co
ntro
l of
publ
ic h
ealth
eve
nts
that
may
be
of in
tern
atio
nal c
once
rn?
III-3
. Offi
cial
rep
rese
ntat
ion
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
capa
bilit
y of
VS
to r
egul
arly
and
act
ivel
y pa
rtic
ipat
e in
, coo
rdin
ate
and
prov
ide
follo
w-u
p on
re
leva
nt m
eetin
g of
reg
iona
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l org
anis
atio
ns, i
nclu
ding
the
OiE
.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- T
he p
artic
ipat
ion
of t
he V
S in
reg
iona
l and
inte
rnat
iona
l eve
nts
of r
egio
nal a
nd in
tern
atio
nal o
rgan
isat
ion,
incl
udin
g th
e O
IE a
nd t
he C
odex
Alim
enta
rius
Com
mis
sion
.
p 23
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
iV-6
. Tra
nspa
renc
yT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
not
ify t
he O
iE o
f its
san
itary
sta
tus
and
othe
r re
le-
vant
mat
ters
(and
to n
otify
the
WTO
SPS
Com
mitt
ee w
here
app
licab
le),
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith e
stab
lishe
d pr
oced
ures
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- A
dher
ence
to
OIE
sta
ndar
ds, i
nclu
ding
obl
igat
ions
to
repo
rt t
he s
uspi
cion
and
occ
urre
nce
of n
otifi
able
dis
ease
s ;
- N
otifi
catio
n to
oth
er r
elev
ant i
nter
natio
nal o
rgan
isat
ions
(Cod
ex a
nd W
TO n
otifi
catio
n an
d en
quir
y po
ints
whe
re
appl
icab
le);
- R
epor
ted
info
rmat
ion
and
evid
ence
of
data
base
s re
latin
g to
the
nat
iona
l di
seas
e st
atus
and
con
cern
ing
dise
ase
cont
rol m
easu
res
and
met
hods
;-
Stak
ehol
ders
’ kno
wle
dge
of c
hang
es in
reg
ulat
ions
and
dec
isio
ns r
egar
ding
the
con
trol
of d
isea
ses
in t
he c
ount
ry
and
in c
ount
ries
of t
radi
ng p
artn
ers
or n
eigh
bour
ing
coun
trie
s.
3.1.
1.1.
is
ther
e a
list
of p
rior
ity d
isea
ses,
cond
ition
s an
d ca
se
defin
ition
s fo
r su
rvei
llanc
e?
10.1
.1.5
. Is
a lis
t of
pri
ority
zoo
notic
dis
ease
s w
ith c
ase
defin
ition
s av
aila
ble?
11.1
.1.7
. is
a lis
t of
pri
ority
food
saf
ety
risk
s av
aila
ble?
The
list o
f prio
rity
zoon
otic
dise
ases
to b
e re
port
ed (e
.g. r
abie
s, br
ucel
losis
, bo
vine
tube
rcul
osis
, ant
hrax
, lep
tosp
irosis
or
othe
r re
leva
nt d
iseas
es f
or
the
coun
try)
may
diff
er b
etw
een
the
hum
an a
nd a
nim
al h
ealth
sec
tors
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
an
d ea
rly
dete
ctio
na
- P
assi
ve e
pide
mio
logi
cal
surv
eilla
nce
B - a
ctiv
e su
rvei
llanc
e
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry s
tatu
s of
the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
, inc
ludi
ng w
ildlif
e, u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Li
st o
f not
ifiab
le d
isea
ses;
- Li
st o
f not
ifiab
le d
isea
ses,
incl
udin
g lis
t of
pri
ority
zoo
notic
dis
ease
s, in
the
cou
ntry
.
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
sign
ifica
nt d
isea
se o
utbr
eak
or fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Fund
ing
arra
ngem
ents
for
emer
genc
y op
erat
ions
rel
ated
to p
rior
ity z
oono
tic d
isea
ses,
incl
udin
g do
cum
ente
d ru
les
of o
pera
tion
of a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties.
11.1
.1.2
1. h
as i
nfor
mat
ion
from
foo
dbor
ne o
utbr
eaks
and
foo
d co
ntam
inat
ion
been
use
d to
str
engt
hen
food
man
agem
ent
syst
ems,
safe
ty s
tand
ards
and
reg
ulat
ions
?
11.1
.1.2
0. h
ave
food
saf
ety
cont
rol m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
s (in
clud
ing
for
impo
rted
food
) be
en im
plem
ente
d?
ii-8.
Foo
d sa
fety
a. R
egul
atio
n, a
utho
risa
tion
and
insp
ectio
n of
est
ablis
hmen
ts fo
r pr
oduc
tion,
pro
cess
ing
and
di
stri
butio
n of
food
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to e
stab
lish
and
enfo
rce
sani
tary
sta
ndar
ds fo
r es
tabl
i-sh
men
ts t
hat
prod
uce,
pro
cess
and
dis
trib
ute
food
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
legi
slat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns r
elat
ed t
o th
e in
spec
tion
of e
stab
lishm
ents
tha
t pr
oduc
e, p
roce
ss a
nd d
istr
ibut
e fo
od
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n;-
Reg
ulat
ion
and
auth
oris
atio
n of
est
ablis
hmen
ts in
con
form
ity w
ith in
tern
atio
nal s
tand
ards
.
iV-1
. Pre
para
tion
of le
gisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
act
ivel
y pa
rtic
ipat
e in
the
pre
para
tion
of n
atio
nal l
egis
-la
tion
and
regu
latio
ns in
dom
ains
tha
t ar
e un
der
thei
r m
anda
te, i
n or
der
to g
uara
ntee
its
qual
ity w
ith r
espe
ct t
o pr
inci
ples
of
lega
l dr
aftin
g an
d le
gal
issu
es a
nd i
ts a
cces
sibi
lity,
acce
ptab
ility
, and
tec
hnic
al, s
ocia
l an
d ec
onom
ical
ap
plic
abili
ty.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
legi
slat
ive
and
regu
lato
ry fr
amew
ork
of t
he v
eter
inar
y do
mai
n an
d th
e m
anda
te o
f the
Vet
erin
ary
Aut
hori
ty;
- VS’
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
on
the
deve
lopm
ent
of le
gisl
atio
n an
d re
gula
tions
reg
ardi
ng a
reas
of
join
t or
sha
red
resp
onsi
bilit
y;-
Form
al p
roce
dure
s fo
r pr
epar
atio
n an
d re
visi
on o
f leg
isla
tion,
incl
udin
g ev
alua
tion
(e.g
. ana
lysi
s of
impa
ct);,
- Ev
iden
ce o
f rev
isio
n, p
repa
ratio
n an
d fo
llow
-up
of le
gisl
ativ
e m
atte
rs.
p 24
Inte
rac
tions
dur
ing
rout
ine
sur
veill
anc
e p
rog
ram
me
s a
nd a
sse
ssm
ent
of p
ote
ntia
l ris
ks
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
10.1
.1.6
. is
ther
e sy
stem
atic
and
tim
ely
colle
ctio
n an
d co
llatio
n of
zo
onot
ic d
isea
se d
ata?
10.1
.1.9
. is
zoon
otic
dis
ease
sur
veill
ance
impl
emen
ted
that
incl
udes
a
com
mun
ity c
ompo
nent
?
3.1.
1.7.
has
reg
ular
fee
dbac
k of
sur
veill
ance
res
ults
bee
n di
ssem
i-na
ted
to a
ll le
vels
and
oth
er r
elev
ant
stak
ehol
ders
?
The
VS
cond
uct
pass
ive
and
activ
e su
rvei
llanc
e an
d re
port
at
th
e na
tiona
l le
vel
in c
ompl
ianc
e w
ith O
IE s
tand
ards
for
rel
evan
t, no
tifiab
le
dise
ases
. Pas
sive
surv
eilla
nce
cons
ider
s th
at a
ppro
pria
te fi
eld
netw
orks
fo
r th
e de
tect
ion
of d
iseas
e ev
ents
, col
lect
ion
of s
ampl
es a
nd s
ubm
issio
n fo
r la
bora
tory
dia
gnos
is of
sus
pect
cas
es a
re i
n pl
ace.
Stak
ehol
ders
’ in
volve
men
t an
d co
mpl
ianc
e w
ith t
heir
oblig
atio
n to
rep
ort
the
susp
icio
n an
d oc
curr
ence
of
notifi
able
dise
ases
to
the
VS i
s al
so a
sses
sed.
Activ
e su
rvei
llanc
e pr
esup
pose
s th
e ex
isten
ce o
f a
list
of p
riorit
y di
seas
es, t
he
colle
ctio
n of
dat
a on
susc
eptib
le (s
ub)p
opul
atio
ns o
n w
hich
the
surv
eilla
nce
is ap
plie
d, pr
otoc
ols
and
qual
ity a
sses
smen
t of
the
pro
gram
mes
, and
co
llabo
ratio
n w
ith s
take
hold
ers.
For
zoon
otic
dise
ases
and
foo
d sa
fety
issu
es, t
his
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith
rele
vant
au
thor
ities
, in
clud
ing
othe
r m
inist
ries
and
com
pete
nt
auth
oriti
es, n
atio
nal
agen
cies
, and
dec
entr
aliz
ed i
nstit
utio
ns t
hat
shar
e au
thor
ities
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est i
n re
leva
nt a
reas
.
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
and
ea
rly
dete
ctio
na
- P
assi
ve e
pide
mio
logi
cal
surv
eilla
nce
B - a
ctiv
e su
rvei
llanc
e
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry s
tatu
s of
the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
und
er t
heir
man
date
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Kno
wle
dge
of z
oono
ses
that
sho
uld/
coul
d be
the
sub
ject
of p
assi
ve s
urve
illan
ce in
the
cou
ntry
; -
Prio
risa
tion
of z
oono
ses
and
dise
ases
of e
cono
mic
impo
rtan
ce s
ubje
ct o
f act
ive
surv
eilla
nce;
- N
etw
ork
of h
uman
(lo
catio
ns, q
ualifi
catio
ns, t
rain
ing)
, phy
sica
l and
fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es a
vaila
ble
for
impl
emen
ting
pass
ive
and
activ
e su
rvei
llanc
e;-
Proc
edur
es fo
r sa
mpl
e co
llect
ion
(in fa
rms,
mar
kets
, aba
ttoi
rs)
and
corr
espo
ndin
g su
bmis
sion
to
and
proc
essi
ng
in la
bora
tori
es;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
data
rec
ordi
ng a
nd m
anag
emen
t (d
isea
se m
aps)
;-
Kno
wle
dge
of O
iE s
tand
ards
on
surv
eilla
nce,
incl
udin
g ob
ligat
ions
to
repo
rt t
he s
uspi
cion
and
occ
urre
nce
of n
oti-
fiabl
e di
seas
es;
- D
ocum
ente
d in
form
atio
n of
sta
ff an
d ot
her
part
ies
invo
lved
in s
urve
illan
ce a
ctiv
ities
(e.
g. pr
ofes
sion
als,
para
pro-
fess
iona
ls, p
rodu
cers
, etc
.);-
Evid
ence
of r
epor
ts, r
egul
ar m
eetin
gs a
nd t
rain
ing
even
ts fo
r in
tere
sted
par
ties;
- R
egul
ar r
epor
ts t
o pr
oduc
ers,
othe
r in
tere
sted
par
ties
and
the
inte
rnat
iona
l com
mun
ity (w
here
app
licab
le) o
n th
e fin
ding
s of
pas
sive
sur
veill
ance
pro
gram
mes
.
ii-7.
Dis
ease
pre
vent
ion,
con
trol
and
er
adic
atio
nT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of
the
VS
to a
ctiv
ely
perf
orm
act
ions
to
prev
ent,
cont
rol
or
erad
icat
e O
iE li
sted
dis
ease
s an
d/or
to
dem
onst
rate
tha
t th
e co
untr
y, or
a z
one,
is fr
ee o
f rel
evan
t di
seas
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- n
atio
nal a
ppro
ach
to s
elec
t di
seas
es o
f eco
nom
ical
, epi
zoot
ic o
r zo
onot
ic im
port
ance
tha
t co
uld
be r
elev
ant
to
prev
entio
n, c
ontr
ol o
r er
adic
atio
n pr
ogra
mm
es in
the
cou
ntry
; -
Proc
edur
es a
nd/o
r pr
otoc
ols
rega
rdin
g ro
les
and
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
of o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
(V
S an
d ot
her
rele
-va
nt a
utho
ritie
s); .
legi
slat
ive
fram
ewor
k an
d ch
ain
of c
omm
and;
- The
pre
vent
ion,
con
trol
and
era
dica
tion
prog
ram
mes
of
anim
al a
nd z
oono
tic p
rior
ity d
isea
ses
of e
cono
mic
al,
epiz
ootic
or
publ
ic h
ealth
impo
rtan
ce, c
ondu
cted
in c
olla
bora
tion
with
oth
er r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es;
- H
uman
, phy
sica
l and
fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es in
volv
ed;
- D
atab
ase
of t
he h
erds
and
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ion
subj
ect
to n
atio
nal p
rogr
amm
es ta
rget
ing
cont
rol a
nd/o
r er
adic
atio
n;-
Doc
umen
ted
resu
lts o
f ev
alua
tions
rel
atin
g to
effe
ctiv
enes
s an
d ef
ficie
ncy
of n
atio
nal
prog
ram
mes
tar
getin
g di
seas
e pr
even
tion,
con
trol
and
era
dica
tion.
iii-2
. Con
sulta
tion
with
inte
rest
ed
part
ies
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
and
prod
ucer
s an
d in
tere
sted
par
ties
to fo
rmul
ate
and
impl
emen
t jo
int
prog
ram
mes
in r
egar
d to
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal a
genc
ies
and
dece
ntra
lised
inst
itutio
ns
that
sha
re a
utho
ritie
s or
hav
e m
utua
l int
eres
t in
rel
evan
t ar
eas.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
Evid
ence
of a
ctiv
e in
volv
emen
t of
pro
duce
rs a
nd in
tere
sted
par
ties
in t
he d
evel
opm
ent,
orga
nisa
tion
and
deliv
ery
of
surv
eilla
nce
activ
ities
and
dat
a sh
arin
g.
p 25
Ca
pa
city
to
ac
ce
ss a
co
rre
ct
dia
gno
sis
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
8.1.
1.5a
.: Is
an
up t
o da
te in
vent
ory
of p
ublic
and
pri
vate
labo
rato
-ri
es w
ith r
elev
ant
diag
nost
ic c
apac
ity a
vaila
ble?
8.1.
1.4.
is t
here
nat
iona
l lab
orat
ory
capa
city
to
mee
t di
agno
stic
and
co
nfirm
ator
y la
bora
tory
req
uire
men
ts fo
r pr
iori
ty d
isea
ses?
10.1
.1.8
. Doe
s th
e co
untr
y ha
ve a
cces
s to
labo
rato
ry c
apac
ity, n
atio
-na
lly o
r in
tern
atio
nally
(thr
ough
est
ablis
hed
proc
edur
es) t
o co
nfirm
pr
iori
ty z
oono
tic e
vent
s?
11.1
.1.1
3. D
oes
the
coun
try
have
acc
ess
to l
abor
ator
y ca
paci
ty
(thr
ough
est
ablis
hed
proc
edur
es)
to c
onfir
m p
rior
ity f
ood
safe
ty
even
ts o
f na
tiona
l or
int
erna
tiona
l co
ncer
n in
clud
ing
mol
ecul
ar
tech
niqu
es?
8.1.
1.3.
Doe
s yo
ur c
ount
ry h
ave
acce
ss to
net
wor
ks o
f int
erna
tiona
l la
bora
tori
es t
o m
eet
diag
nost
ic a
nd c
onfir
mat
ory
labo
rato
ry r
equi
-re
men
ts, a
nd s
uppo
rt o
utbr
eak
inve
stig
atio
ns fo
r ev
ents
spe
cifie
d in
A
nnex
2 o
f IH
R?
The
OIE
rev
iew
s th
e VS
’ acc
ess
to p
ublic
and
priv
ate
labo
rato
ries
with
in
the
vete
rinar
y la
bora
tory
net
wor
k in
clud
ing
colla
bora
tion
with
hum
an
publ
ic h
ealth
lab
orat
orie
s an
d /o
r ne
twor
k of
nat
iona
l or
int
erna
tiona
l re
fere
nce
labo
rato
ries
(e.g
. an
OIE
Ref
eren
ce L
abor
ator
y). T
he O
IE a
lso
asse
sses
the
labo
rato
ry n
etw
ork’
s ca
paci
ty t
o id
entif
y pa
thog
enic
age
nts,
incl
udin
g th
ose
rele
vant
for
publ
ic h
ealth
.
In c
onsid
erat
ion
of t
he a
fore
men
tione
d, th
e fo
llow
ing
issue
s sh
ould
be
take
n in
to c
onsid
erat
ion
by t
he I
HR
NFP
: i: i
) th
e na
tiona
l la
bora
tory
ne
twor
k; ii)
the
tec
hnic
al c
apac
ity a
nd a
dher
ence
to
qual
ity a
ssur
ance
sy
stem
s of
the
nat
iona
l la
bora
tory
net
wor
k; an
d, iii)
acc
ess
to a
nd
colla
bora
tion
with
labo
rato
ries
outs
ide
the
coun
try.
ii-1.
Vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
a. a
cces
s to
vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry
diag
nosi
s
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
hav
e ac
cess
to
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
in o
rder
to
iden
tify
and
reco
rd p
atho
geni
c ag
ents
, inc
ludi
ng t
hose
rel
evan
t fo
r pu
blic
hea
lth, t
hat
can
adve
rsel
y af
fect
ani
mal
s an
d an
imal
pro
duct
s. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
List
labo
rato
ries
in t
he c
ount
ry a
nd t
ypes
of a
naly
ses
they
per
form
;-
Phys
ical
, hum
an a
nd fi
nanc
ial r
esou
rces
of l
abor
ator
ies
and
docu
men
ted
trai
ning
;-
List
of
notifi
able
and
rep
orta
ble
dise
ases
pre
sent
in t
he c
ount
ry, i
n th
e re
gion
or
that
cou
ld e
nter
the
cou
ntry
, in
clud
ing
emer
ging
dis
ease
s;- A
naly
ses
of la
bora
tory
dia
gnos
tic c
apac
ities
;-
List
of i
nter
natio
nal l
abor
ator
ies
prov
idin
g ac
cess
to
obta
in a
cor
rect
dia
gnos
is;
- acc
ess
to h
uman
hea
lth la
bora
tory
ser
vice
s w
hen
need
ed, a
nd a
gree
men
t on
dia
gnos
tic m
etho
ds a
nd p
roce
dure
s al
so fo
r em
ergi
ng e
vent
/new
pat
hoge
ns, i
n bo
th a
nim
al a
nd h
uman
pop
ulat
ions
;-
List
of d
iagn
ostic
tes
ts (
defin
ed fo
r ea
ch d
isea
se)
avai
labl
e to
the
VS.
ii-1.
Vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
B.
Sui
tabi
lity
of n
atio
nal l
abor
ator
y in
fras
truc
ture
s
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
suita
bilit
y, ef
fect
iven
ess
and
effic
ienc
y of
the
nat
iona
l (p
ublic
and
pri
vate
) la
bora
tory
in
fras
truc
ture
s to
ser
vice
the
nee
ds o
f the
VS.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- O
rgan
isat
ion,
man
agem
ent
and
finan
cing
of t
he n
atio
nal l
abor
ator
y in
fras
truc
ture
;- A
naly
sis
of t
he a
vaila
ble
labo
rato
ry s
ervi
ces
and
geog
raph
ical
dis
trib
utio
n;-
Und
erst
andi
ng o
f the
nee
ds o
f the
VS
base
d on
nat
iona
l dis
ease
sur
veill
ance
and
con
trol
pro
gram
mes
;-
Form
al li
nks
betw
een
labo
rato
ries
and
the
labo
rato
ry n
etw
ork
stru
ctur
e, in
clud
ing
exis
tenc
e of
a s
hare
d da
taba
se
syst
em;
- D
ocum
ente
d pl
an fo
r th
e de
velo
pmen
t, m
aint
enan
ce a
nd e
valu
atio
n of
the
nat
iona
l lab
orat
ory
netw
ork.
ii-2.
lab
orat
ory
qual
ity a
ssur
ance
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
qual
ity o
f lab
orat
orie
s (t
hat
cond
uct
diag
nost
ic t
estin
g or
ana
lysi
s fo
r ch
emic
al r
esid
ues,
antim
icro
bial
res
idue
s, to
xins
, or
test
s fo
r, bi
olog
ical
effi
cacy
, etc
.) as
mea
sure
d by
the
use
of f
orm
al Q
ualit
y A
sses
s-m
ent
syst
ems,
incl
udin
g pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in r
elev
ant
profi
cien
cy t
estin
g pr
ogra
mm
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Li
st o
f acc
redi
ted
labo
rato
ries
;-
Part
icip
atio
n in
OiE
lab
orat
ory
Twin
ning
Pro
gram
me.
8.1.
1.14
. Can
clin
ical
spe
cim
ens
from
inve
stig
atio
n of
urg
ent p
ublic
hea
lth
even
ts b
e de
liver
ed f
or t
estin
g to
app
ropr
iate
nat
iona
l or
int
erna
tiona
l re
fere
nce
labo
rato
ries
with
in th
e ap
prop
riate
tim
efra
me
of c
olle
ctio
n?
8.1.
1.7.
Are
mor
e th
an 1
0 no
n-AF
P (A
cute
Fla
ccid
Par
alys
is) h
azar
dous
sp
ecim
ens
per
year
re
ferr
ed
to
natio
nal
refe
renc
e la
bora
torie
s fo
r ex
amin
atio
n?
8.1.
1.15
. Hav
e at
leas
t 10
haz
ardo
us s
peci
men
per
yea
r be
en s
hipp
ed
inte
rnat
iona
lly t
o a
colla
bora
ting
labo
rato
ry a
s pa
rt o
f an
inv
estig
atio
n or
exe
rcise
?
ii-1.
Vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
a. a
cces
s to
vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry
diag
nosi
s
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
hav
e ac
cess
to
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
in o
rder
to
iden
tify
and
reco
rd p
atho
geni
c ag
ents
, inc
ludi
ng t
hose
rel
evan
t fo
r pu
blic
hea
lth, t
hat
can
adve
rsel
y af
fect
ani
mal
s an
d an
imal
pro
duct
s. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Rec
ords
of s
ampl
es s
ubm
itted
to
loca
l, na
tiona
l, in
tern
atio
nal l
abor
ator
ies,
incl
udin
g O
IE R
efer
ence
Lab
orat
orie
s;-
Doc
umen
ted
proc
edur
es a
nd r
epor
ts o
f sam
ple
trac
ing,
sam
ple
colle
ctio
n an
d la
bora
tory
res
ults
, inc
ludi
ng t
ime
fram
es fo
r di
agno
sis
and
supp
ly o
f res
ults
;-
Doc
umen
ted
evid
ence
of c
old
chai
n an
d ap
prop
riat
e sa
mpl
e co
llect
ion
kits
;-
Kno
wle
dge
of p
roce
dure
s fo
r sa
mpl
e co
llect
ion
and
subm
issi
on t
o O
iE R
efer
ence
lab
orat
orie
s, in
clud
ing
the
diss
emin
atio
n of
res
ults
.
p 26
Ensu
ring
lab
ora
tory
qua
lity
Info
rma
tion
on
risk
fac
tors
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
8.1.
1.2.
are
nat
iona
l lab
orat
ory
qual
ity s
tand
ards
/gui
delin
es a
vaila
ble?
8.1.
1.1.
is t
here
a p
olic
y to
ens
ure
the
qual
ity o
f lab
orat
ory
diag
nost
ic
capa
citie
s (e
.g. li
cens
ing,
accr
edita
tion,
etc
.)?
8.1.
1.6.
Do
natio
nal
refe
renc
e la
bora
torie
s pa
rtic
ipat
e su
cces
sful
ly
in E
xter
nal
Qua
lity
Ass
essm
ent
sche
mes
for
maj
or p
ublic
hea
lth
disc
iplin
es fo
r di
agno
stic
labo
rato
ries?
8.2.
1.1.
are
bio
safe
ty g
uide
lines
acc
essib
le to
labo
rato
ries?
8.2.
1.4.
are
rel
evan
t sta
ff tr
aine
d in
labo
rato
ry b
iosa
fety
and
labo
rato
ry
bios
ecur
ity g
uide
lines
?
8.2.
1.6.
has
a b
ioris
k*as
sess
men
t be
en c
ondu
cted
in
labo
rato
ries
to g
uide
and
upd
ate
bios
afet
y re
gula
tions
, pro
cedu
res
and
prac
tice,
in
clud
ing
for
deco
ntam
inat
ion
and
man
agem
ent o
f inf
ectio
us w
aste
?
ii-2.
lab
orat
ory
qual
ity a
ssur
ance
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
qual
ity o
f lab
orat
orie
s (t
hat
cond
uct
diag
nost
ic t
estin
g or
ana
lysi
s fo
r ch
emic
al r
esid
ues,
antim
icro
bial
res
idue
s, to
xins
, or
test
s fo
r, bi
olog
ical
effi
cacy
, etc
.) as
mea
sure
d by
the
use
of f
orm
al Q
ualit
y A
ssu-
ranc
e (Q
A)
syst
ems
and
part
icip
atio
n in
rel
evan
t pr
ofici
ency
tes
ting
prog
ram
mes
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- T
he Q
A s
yste
ms
used
(in
clud
ing
stan
dard
ope
ratin
g pr
oced
ures
, tes
ting
man
uals
, rec
ords
of r
esul
ts);
- Pr
oced
ures
for
audi
t;-
Org
anis
atio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of Q
A t
rain
ing;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
auth
oris
atio
n/ a
ccre
dita
tion
of n
atio
nal l
abor
ator
ies;
- Ex
istin
g ac
cred
itatio
n pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd/o
r pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in O
IE L
abor
ator
y Tw
inni
ng P
rogr
amm
e.
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
3.2.
1.4.
hav
e in
form
atio
n so
urce
s fo
r pu
blic
hea
lth e
vent
s an
d ri
sks
been
iden
tified
?
3.2.
1.5.
is t
here
a s
yste
m o
r m
echa
nism
in p
lace
at
natio
nal a
nd/o
r su
b-na
tiona
l lev
els
for
capt
urin
g pu
blic
hea
lth e
vent
s fr
om a
var
iety
of
sou
rces
?
5.2.
1.2.
Has
a n
atio
nal r
isk
asse
ssm
ent
to id
entif
y po
tent
ial ‘
urge
nt
publ
ic h
ealth
eve
nt’,
and
the
mos
t lik
ely
sour
ces
of t
hese
eve
nts
been
con
duct
ed?
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
and
ea
rly
dete
ctio
na
- P
assi
ve e
pide
mio
logi
cal
surv
eilla
nce
B - a
ctiv
e su
rvei
llanc
e
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry s
tatu
s of
the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
, inc
ludi
ng w
ildlif
e, u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
cha
in o
f com
man
d an
d flo
w o
f inf
orm
atio
n re
latin
g to
man
agem
ent
of p
ublic
hea
lth r
isks
;-
Net
wor
k of
hum
an (
loca
tions
, qua
lifica
tions
, tra
inin
g), p
hysi
cal a
nd fi
nanc
ial r
esou
rces
ava
ilabl
e fo
r im
plem
entin
g pa
ssiv
e an
d ac
tive
surv
eilla
nce;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
sam
ple
colle
ctio
n (in
farm
s, m
arke
ts, a
batt
oirs
) an
d co
rres
pond
ing
subm
issi
on t
o an
d pr
oces
sing
in
labo
rato
ries
;-
Proc
edur
es fo
r da
ta r
ecor
ding
and
man
agem
ent
(dis
ease
map
s);
- K
now
ledg
e of
OiE
sta
ndar
ds o
n su
rvei
llanc
e, in
clud
ing
oblig
atio
ns t
o re
port
the
sus
pici
on a
nd o
ccur
renc
e of
not
i-fia
ble
dise
ases
; -
Doc
umen
ted
info
rmat
ion
of s
taff
and
othe
r pa
rtie
s in
volv
ed in
sur
veill
ance
act
iviti
es (
e.g.
prof
essi
onal
s, pa
rapr
o-fe
ssio
nals
, pro
duce
rs, e
tc.);
- Ev
iden
ce o
f rep
orts
, reg
ular
mee
tings
and
tra
inin
g ev
ents
for
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s; -
Reg
ular
rep
orts
to
prod
ucer
s, ot
her
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s an
d th
e in
tern
atio
nal c
omm
unity
(whe
re a
pplic
able
) on
the
findi
ngs
of p
assi
ve s
urve
illan
ce p
rogr
amm
es.
ii-3.
Ris
k an
alys
isT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
bas
e its
risk
man
agem
ent d
ecisi
ons
on r
isk a
sses
smen
t. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- Dat
abas
e of
haz
ards
rel
evan
t to
anim
al h
ealth
and
food
saf
ety;
- Exa
mpl
es o
f dec
ision
-mak
ing
base
d on
sci
entifi
c ev
iden
ce;
- Dat
abas
e an
d pr
oced
ures
or
tool
s us
ed fo
r ris
k an
alys
es;
- Doc
umen
ted
deci
sion-
mak
ing
base
d on
risk
ana
lysis
;- E
xist
ence
of a
spe
cific
risk
ana
lysis
uni
t with
in th
e VS;
- Doc
umen
ted
proc
edur
es a
nd p
erfo
rman
ce o
f risk
ana
lysis
and
risk
com
mun
icat
ion
in c
onfo
rmity
with
OiE
Cod
es.
*”Bi
oris
ks”
are
risk
s po
sed
by t
he h
andl
ing,
man
ipul
atio
n, s
tora
ge, a
nd d
ispo
sal o
f inf
ectio
us s
ubst
ance
.
p 27
Sha
ring
pro
toc
ols
for t
he m
ana
ge
me
nt o
f pub
lic h
ea
lth e
vent
s
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
10.1
.1.7
. Is
th
ere
timel
y an
d sy
stem
atic
in
form
atio
n ex
chan
ge
betw
een
anim
al
surv
eilla
nce
units
, la
bora
tori
es,
hum
an
heal
th
surv
eilla
nce
units
and
oth
er r
elev
ant
sect
ors
rega
rdin
g po
tent
ial
zoon
otic
ris
ks a
nd u
rgen
t zo
onot
ic e
vent
s?
3.2.
1.3.
hav
e SO
Ps a
nd g
uide
lines
for
eve
nt c
aptu
re,
repo
rtin
g, co
nfirm
atio
n,
veri
ficat
ion,
as
sess
men
t an
d no
tifica
tion
been
im
plem
ente
d?
11.1
.1.1
4. I
s th
ere
timel
y an
d sy
stem
atic
inf
orm
atio
n ex
chan
ge
betw
een
food
sa
fety
au
thor
ities
, su
rvei
llanc
e un
its
and
othe
r re
leva
nt s
ecto
rs r
egar
ding
food
saf
ety
even
ts?
11.1
.1.8
. are
gui
delin
es o
r m
anua
ls o
n th
e su
rvei
llanc
e, a
sses
smen
t an
d m
anag
emen
t of
pri
ority
food
saf
ety
even
ts a
vaila
ble?
11.1
.1.9
. h
ave
the
guid
elin
es
or
man
uals
on
th
e su
rvei
llanc
e,
asse
ssm
ent
and
man
agem
ent
of p
rior
ity f
ood
safe
ty e
vent
s be
en
impl
emen
ted?
ii-5.
Epi
dem
iolo
gica
l sur
veill
ance
a -
Pas
sive
epi
dem
iolo
gica
l su
rvei
llanc
e
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to d
eter
min
e, v
erify
and
rep
ort
on t
he s
anita
ry s
tatu
s of
the
ani
mal
pop
ulat
ions
, inc
ludi
ng w
ildlif
e, u
nder
the
ir m
anda
te.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- The
cha
in o
f com
man
d an
d flo
w o
f inf
orm
atio
n re
latin
g to
man
agem
ent
of p
ublic
hea
lth r
isks
;-
Proc
edur
es fo
r sh
arin
g re
leva
nt s
urve
illan
ce in
form
atio
n w
ith o
ther
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s en
gage
d.
ii-8.
Foo
d sa
fety
B -
ant
e an
d po
st
mor
tem
insp
ectio
n at
aba
ttoi
rs a
nd
asso
ciat
ed p
rem
ises
(e.
g. m
eat
boni
ng/
cutt
ing
esta
blis
hmen
ts a
nd r
ende
ring
pl
ants
)
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent
and
man
age
the
insp
ectio
n of
ani
mal
s de
stin
ed fo
r sl
augh
ter
at a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises
, inc
ludi
ng fo
r as
suri
ng m
eat
hygi
ene
and
for
the
colle
c-tio
n of
info
rmat
ion
rele
vant
to
lives
tock
dis
ease
s an
d zo
onos
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Col
lect
ion
of in
form
atio
n re
leva
nt to
live
stoc
k di
seas
es, fo
odbo
rne
dise
ase
and
zoon
oses
; - E
vide
nce
of c
oord
inat
ion
betw
een
publ
ic h
ealth
aut
horit
ies
and
the
VS
rega
rdin
g th
e oc
curr
ence
of h
uman
food
born
e ill
ness
and
pot
entia
l lin
kage
s to
food
of a
nim
al o
rigin
;- I
nfor
mat
ion
on V
S’ a
ctiv
ities
and
ope
ratio
ns in
rel
atio
n to
ant
e an
d po
st m
orte
m in
spec
tion
at a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises.
ii-3.
Ris
k an
alys
isT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of
the
VS
to b
ase
its r
isk
man
agem
ent
deci
sion
s on
ris
k as
sess
men
t. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:- D
atab
ase
of h
azar
ds r
elev
ant t
o an
imal
hea
lth a
nd fo
od s
afet
y;- E
xam
ples
of d
ecisi
on-m
akin
g ba
sed
on s
cien
tific
evid
ence
;- D
atab
ase
and
proc
edur
es o
r to
ols
used
for
risk
anal
yses
;- D
ocum
ente
d de
cisio
n-m
akin
g ba
sed
on r
isk a
naly
sis;
- Exi
sten
ce o
f a s
peci
fic r
isk a
naly
sis u
nit w
ithin
the V
S;- D
ocum
ente
d pr
oced
ures
and
per
form
ance
of r
isk a
naly
sis a
nd r
isk c
omm
unic
atio
n in
con
form
ity w
ith O
iE C
odes
.
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a s
igni
-fic
ant
dise
ase
outb
reak
or
food
saf
ety
emer
genc
y).
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Fun
ding
arr
ange
men
ts fo
r ea
rly w
arni
ng a
nd e
mer
genc
y op
erat
ions
rela
ted
to p
riorit
y zo
onot
ic d
iseas
es, in
clud
ing
docu
-m
ente
d ru
les
of o
pera
tion
of a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties;
- Evi
denc
e th
at m
anda
tory
dise
ase
notifi
catio
n op
erat
es e
ffect
ivel
y; - E
vide
nce
of e
ffect
ive
coor
dina
tion
of r
espo
nse
activ
ities
(inc
ludi
ng w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t aut
horit
ies)
;- E
xist
ence
of n
atio
nal d
iseas
e co
ntin
genc
y pl
ans
join
tly d
evel
oped
bet
wee
n V
S an
d ot
her
rele
vant
par
tner
s;- P
roce
dure
s fo
r ra
pid
resp
onse
(e.g
. spe
cific
trai
ning
, set
up
of m
obile
team
s) a
t all
leve
ls an
d w
ith a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties;
- Org
anisa
tion
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
sim
ulat
ion
exer
cise
s.
p 28
Ac
tions
for r
ap
id c
onfi
rma
tion
Spe
cifi
c s
urve
illa
nce
for A
MR
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
8.1.
1.10
. is
ther
e a
func
tiona
l sy
stem
for
col
lect
ion,
pac
kagi
ng a
nd
tran
spor
t of
clin
ical
spe
cim
ens?
8.1.
1.11
. hav
e sa
mpl
e co
llect
ion
and
tran
spor
tatio
n ki
ts b
een
pre-
posi
tione
d at
app
ropr
iate
leve
ls fo
r im
med
iate
mob
iliza
tion
duri
ng
a Ph
eve
nt?
8.1.
1.12
. has
sta
ff at
nat
iona
l or
rele
vant
leve
ls b
een
trai
ned
for
the
safe
shi
pmen
t of
inf
ectio
us s
ubst
ance
s ac
cord
ing
to i
nter
natio
nal
stan
dard
s (iC
aO
/iaTa
)?
4.1.
1.8.
hav
e st
aff
been
tra
ined
(in
clud
ing
Rap
id R
espo
nse
Team
(R
RT)
mem
bers
) in
spe
cim
en c
olle
ctio
n an
d tr
ansp
ort?
ii-1.
Vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
a. a
cces
s to
vet
erin
ary
labo
rato
ry
diag
nosi
s
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
hav
e ac
cess
to
labo
rato
ry d
iagn
osis
in o
rder
to
iden
tify
and
reco
rd p
atho
geni
c ag
ents
, inc
ludi
ng t
hose
rel
evan
t fo
r pu
blic
hea
lth t
hat
can
adve
rsel
y af
fect
ani
mal
s an
d an
imal
pro
duct
s. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- D
ocum
ente
d pr
oced
ures
and
rep
orts
of s
ampl
e co
llect
ion,
sam
ple
trac
ing
and
labo
rato
ry r
esul
ts, i
nclu
ding
tim
e fr
ames
for
diag
nosi
s an
d su
pply
of r
esul
ts;
- D
ocum
ente
d ev
iden
ce o
f col
d ch
ain
and
appr
opri
ate
sam
ple
colle
ctio
n ki
ts;
- K
now
ledg
e of
pro
cedu
res
for
sam
ple
colle
ctio
n an
d su
bmis
sion
to
OiE
Ref
eren
ce l
abor
ator
ies,
incl
udin
g th
e di
ssem
inat
ion
of r
esul
ts;
- Ph
ysic
al, h
uman
and
fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es o
f la
bora
tori
es, i
nclu
ding
org
anis
atio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of c
ontin
ued
educ
atio
n (t
rain
ing)
.
ii-2.
lab
orat
ory
qual
ity a
ssur
ance
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
qual
ity o
f lab
orat
orie
s (t
hat
cond
uct
diag
nost
ic t
estin
g or
ana
lysi
s fo
r ch
emic
al r
esid
ues,
antim
icro
bial
res
idue
s, to
xins
, or
test
s fo
r, bi
olog
ical
effi
cacy
, etc
.) as
mea
sure
d by
the
use
of f
orm
al Q
ualit
y A
sses
s-m
ent
(QA
) sy
stem
s in
clud
ing,
but
not
limite
d to
, par
ticip
atio
n in
rel
evan
t pr
ofici
ency
tes
ting
prog
ram
mes
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- Org
anisa
tion
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
trai
ning
eve
nts
rela
ted
to Q
a.
i-3. C
ontin
uing
edu
catio
n (C
E)T
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
mai
ntai
n an
d im
prov
e th
e co
mpe
tenc
e of
the
ir pe
rson
nel i
n te
rms
of
rele
vant
info
rmat
ion
and
unde
rsta
ndin
g; m
easu
red
in te
rms
of th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of a
rel
evan
t tra
inin
g. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- Exi
stin
g tr
aini
ng p
rogr
amm
es fo
r re
leva
nt s
taff
and
docu
men
ted
plan
s an
d pr
oced
ures
for
cont
inui
ng e
duca
tion.
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
4.2.
1.11
. has
a m
onito
ring
sys
tem
for
antim
icro
bial
res
ista
nce
been
es
tabl
ishe
d?
4.2.
1.12
a. h
as a
fun
ctio
nal
mon
itori
ng s
yste
m f
or a
ntim
icro
bial
re
sist
ance
bee
n im
plem
ente
d?
4.2.
1.12
b. a
re
data
av
aila
ble
on
the
mag
nitu
de
and
tren
ds
of
antim
icro
bial
res
ista
nce?
ii-9.
Vet
erin
ary
med
icin
es a
nd
biol
ogic
als
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
egul
ate
vete
rina
ry m
edic
ines
and
vet
erin
ary
biol
o-gi
cals
in o
rder
to
ensu
re t
heir
res
pons
ible
and
pru
dent
use
, i.e
. the
mar
ketin
g, au
thor
isat
ion,
reg
istr
atio
n, im
port
, m
anuf
actu
re, q
ualit
y co
ntro
l, ex
port
, lab
ellin
g, ad
vert
isin
g, di
stri
butio
n, s
ale
and
use
of t
hese
pro
duct
s. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia:
- Li
st o
f vet
erin
ary
med
icin
es a
nd v
eter
inar
y bi
olog
ical
pro
duct
s au
thor
ised
and
reg
iste
red;
- R
egul
ator
y an
d ad
min
istr
ativ
e co
ntro
l rel
ated
to
the
cont
rol o
ver
vete
rina
ry m
edic
ines
and
vet
erin
ary
biol
ogic
als
to e
nsur
e pr
uden
t an
d re
spon
sibl
e us
e;-
Con
trol
sys
tem
s ar
e in
pla
ce d
etai
ling
insp
ectio
ns a
nd p
roce
dure
s fo
r ph
arm
acov
igila
nce.
p 29
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
ii-10
. Res
idue
tes
ting
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to u
nder
take
res
idue
tes
ting
prog
ram
mes
for
vete
rina
ry m
edic
ines
(e
.g. a
ntim
icro
bial
s an
d ho
rmon
es),
chem
ical
s, pe
stic
ides
, rad
ionu
clid
es, m
etal
s, et
c.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter a
lia::
- R
egul
ator
y fr
amew
ork
and
the
natio
nal s
tand
ards
on
resi
due
cont
rol a
nd t
estin
g;-
Offi
cial
sur
veill
ance
and
mon
itori
ng p
rogr
amm
es o
n re
sidu
e co
ntro
l (an
imal
pro
duct
s fo
r ex
port
and
dom
estic
co
nsum
ptio
n) a
nd p
ublic
atio
n of
cor
resp
ondi
ng r
esul
ts;
- Acc
ess
to a
res
idue
tes
ting
labo
rato
ry w
ith a
dequ
ate
suffi
cien
t re
sour
ces
and
capa
city
to
unde
rtak
e an
alyt
ical
m
etho
ds a
nd r
esul
t re
port
ing
cons
iste
nt w
ith in
tern
atio
nal s
tand
ards
;-
Evid
ence
of a
ctio
n ta
ken
base
d on
res
ults
from
res
idue
tes
ting
prog
ram
mes
, inc
ludi
ng in
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith o
ther
re
leva
nt a
utho
ritie
s.
ii-2.
lab
orat
ory
qual
ity a
ssur
ance
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
qual
ity o
f lab
orat
orie
s (t
hat
cond
uct
diag
nost
ic t
estin
g or
ana
lysi
s fo
r ch
emic
al r
esid
ues,
antim
icro
bial
res
idue
s, to
xins
, or
test
s fo
r, bi
olog
ical
effi
cacy
, etc
.) as
mea
sure
d by
the
use
of fo
rmal
QA
sys
tem
s an
d pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in r
elev
ant
profi
cien
cy t
estin
g pr
ogra
mm
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r alia
::-
Doc
umen
ted
repo
rts
from
labo
rato
ries
rel
atin
g to
the
sub
mis
sion
and
ana
lysi
s of
sam
ples
.
*art
icle
6.9
.3 o
f the
OiE
Ter
rest
rial A
nim
al H
ealth
Cod
e -
Res
pons
ibili
ties
of t
he C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ty
p 30
CA
pAC
ITy
TO E
NSu
RE
A C
OO
Rd
INAT
Ed R
ESpO
NSE
mec
hani
sms
are
requ
ired
to
faci
litat
e th
e co
ordi
natio
n, m
anag
emen
t an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n re
latin
g to
out
brea
k op
erat
ions
and
oth
er p
ublic
hea
lth e
vent
s. m
ultid
isci
plin
ary/
mul
tisec
tora
l Rap
id R
espo
nse
Team
s (R
RT)
shou
ld b
e es
tabl
ishe
d an
d be
ava
ilabl
e at
all
times
; the
y sh
ould
hav
e a
good
kno
wle
dge
of p
roce
dure
s to
rap
idly,
and
in a
coo
rdin
ated
m
anne
r, re
spon
d to
eve
nts
that
may
con
stitu
te a
pub
lic h
ealth
em
erge
ncy
of n
atio
nal o
r in
tern
atio
nal c
once
rn.
An
esse
ntia
l par
t of r
espo
nse
is c
omm
unic
atio
n du
ring
cri
ses.
Ris
k co
mm
unic
atio
n he
lps
stak
ehol
ders
defi
ne r
isks
, ide
ntify
haz
ards
, ass
ess
vuln
erab
ilitie
s an
d pr
omot
e co
mm
unity
re
silie
nce,
the
reby
pro
mot
ing
the
capa
city
to
cope
with
an
unfo
ldin
g pu
blic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y. T
he d
isse
min
atio
n of
inf
orm
atio
n to
the
pub
lic r
elat
ing
to h
ealth
ris
ks a
nd
even
ts t
hrou
gh c
omm
unity
-bas
ed in
terv
entio
ns a
t in
divi
dual
, fam
ily a
nd c
omm
unity
leve
ls is
cri
tical
for
build
ing
trus
t be
twee
n au
thor
ities
, pop
ulat
ions
and
par
tner
s an
d fo
r th
e ac
cept
abili
ty o
f the
con
trol
act
ions
ado
pted
/in p
lace
.
Rap
id R
esp
ons
e T
ea
ms
(RRT
)
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
5.2.
1.1.
Is a
dir
ecto
ry o
r lis
t of
exp
erts
in h
ealth
and
oth
er s
ecto
rs
to s
uppo
rt a
res
pons
e to
ihR
-rel
ated
haz
ards
ava
ilabl
e?
10.1
.1.1
0. I
s th
ere
a re
gula
rly
upda
ted
rost
er (
list)
of
expe
rts
that
ca
n re
spon
d to
zoo
notic
eve
nts?
11.1
.1.1
5. Is
ther
e a
rost
er o
f foo
d sa
fety
exp
erts
for
the
asse
ssm
ent
and
resp
onse
to
food
saf
ety
even
ts?
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
sign
ifica
nt d
isea
se o
utbr
eak
or fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
net
wor
k of
hum
an a
nd p
hysi
cal r
esou
rces
ava
ilabl
e to
det
erm
ine
and
resp
ond
rapi
dly
to a
san
itary
em
erge
ncy,
incl
udin
g in
form
atio
n on
the
geog
raph
ical
dis
trib
utio
n an
d pr
ofes
sion
al q
ualifi
catio
ns a
nd c
ompe
tenc
ies
of th
e st
aff
and
part
ies
invo
lved
;-
Org
anis
atio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of t
rain
ing
rela
ted
to e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se e
.g. s
imul
atio
n ex
erci
ses)
.
4.1.
1.6
are
the
re R
apid
Res
pons
e Te
ams
(RRT
s) t
o re
spon
d to
ev
ents
tha
t m
ay c
onst
itute
a p
ublic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y?
4.1.
1.7
are
the
re S
OPs
and
/or
guid
elin
es a
vaila
ble
for
the
depl
oy-
men
t of
RRT
mem
bers
?
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
T
his
CC
rev
iew
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
res
pond
rap
idly
to
a sa
nita
ry e
mer
genc
y (s
uch
as a
sig
ni-
fican
t di
seas
e ou
tbre
ak o
r fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
. T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- M
echa
nism
s to
ens
ure
acce
ss t
o ph
ysic
al a
nd fi
nanc
ial
reso
urce
s du
ring
an
emer
genc
y re
spon
se, i
nclu
ding
for
eq
uipm
ent
and
cons
umab
les;
- Ev
iden
ce o
f pro
cedu
res
and
docu
men
ted
role
s an
d re
spon
sibi
litie
s du
ring
an
emer
genc
y re
spon
se;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
rap
id r
espo
nse
(e.g
. spe
cific
tra
inin
g, se
t up
of
mob
ile t
eam
s); w
ith p
roce
dure
s at
all
leve
ls a
nd
func
tions
.
p 31
Me
cha
nism
s fo
r ra
pid
ac
tion
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
10.1
.1.1
1. h
as a
mec
hani
sm b
een
esta
blis
hed
for
resp
onse
to
out-
brea
ks o
f zoo
notic
dis
ease
s by
hum
an a
nd a
nim
al h
ealth
sec
tors
?
4.1.
1.2
hav
e pu
blic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se m
anag
emen
t pro
ce-
dure
s be
en e
stab
lishe
d fo
r co
mm
and,
com
mun
icat
ions
and
con
trol
du
ring
pub
lic h
ealth
em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
ope
ratio
ns?
4.1.
1.4
hav
e em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
man
agem
ent
proc
edur
es (
incl
u-di
ng m
echa
nism
to
activ
ate
resp
onse
pla
n) b
een
impl
emen
ted
for
a re
al o
r si
mul
ated
pub
lic h
ealth
res
pons
e in
the
last
12
mon
ths?
5.1.
1.4.
a &
b.
hav
e na
tiona
l pu
blic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y re
spon
se
plan
(s)
been
impl
emen
ted/
test
ed in
an
actu
al e
mer
genc
y or
sim
ula-
tion
exer
cise
s? (
a) ;
upda
ted
as n
eede
d? (
b)
11.1
.1.1
6. h
ave
oper
atio
nal
plan
(s)
for
resp
ondi
ng t
o fo
od s
afet
y ev
ents
bee
n im
plem
ente
d?
11.1
.1.1
7a &
b. h
ave
oper
atio
nal
plan
(s)
for
resp
ondi
ng t
o fo
od
safe
ty e
vent
s be
en t
este
d in
an
actu
al e
mer
genc
y or
sim
ulat
ion
exer
cise
? (a
), be
en u
pdat
ed a
s ne
eded
? (b
).
4.1.
1.1
are
res
ourc
es fo
r ra
pid
resp
onse
dur
ing
publ
ic h
ealth
em
er-
genc
ies
of n
atio
nal o
r in
tern
atio
nal c
once
rn a
cces
sibl
e?
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
sign
ifica
nt d
isea
se o
utbr
eak
or fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Mec
hani
sms
to e
nsur
e ac
cess
to
phys
ical
and
fina
ncia
l re
sour
ces
duri
ng a
n em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
, inc
ludi
ng f
or
equi
pmen
t an
d co
nsum
able
s;-
Evid
ence
of p
roce
dure
s an
d do
cum
ente
d ro
les
and
resp
onsi
bilit
ies
duri
ng a
n em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
;-
Proc
edur
es f
or r
apid
res
pons
e (e
.g. s
peci
fic t
rain
ing,
set
up o
f m
obile
tea
ms)
; with
pro
cedu
res
at a
ll le
vels
and
fu
nctio
ns;
- D
ocum
ente
d na
tiona
l dis
ease
con
tinge
ncy
plan
s;-
Evid
ence
of s
imul
atio
n ex
erci
ses
and
pre-
esta
blis
hed
com
mun
icat
ion
proc
edur
es.
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly t
o a
sani
tary
em
erge
ncy
(suc
h as
a
sign
ifica
nt d
isea
se o
utbr
eak
or fo
od s
afet
y em
erge
ncy)
. T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Lega
l fra
mew
ork
and
finan
cial
res
ourc
es fo
r em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
.
i-9. E
mer
genc
y fu
ndin
gT
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
acc
ess
extr
aord
inar
y fin
anci
al r
esou
rces
in o
rder
to
resp
ond
to
emer
genc
y si
tuat
ions
or
emer
ging
issu
es.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:-
Fund
ing
arra
ngem
ents
for
emer
genc
y op
erat
ions
incl
udin
g do
cum
ente
d ru
les
of o
pera
tion
of a
ll in
tere
sted
par
ties;
- App
rova
l pro
cess
for
addi
tiona
l fina
ncia
l res
ourc
es (
e.g.
spec
ial f
unds
) is
est
ablis
hed
and
clea
r.
11.1
.1.1
8. h
ave
mec
hani
sms
been
est
ablis
hed
to t
race
, rec
all
and
disp
ose
of c
onta
min
ated
pro
duct
s*?
ii-8.
Foo
d sa
fety
B - a
nte
and
post
mor
tem
insp
ectio
n at
aba
ttoi
rs a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d pr
emis
es
(e.g
. mea
t bo
ning
/cut
ting
esta
blis
h-m
ents
and
ren
deri
ng p
lant
s)
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to im
plem
ent
and
man
age
the
insp
ectio
n of
ani
mal
s de
stin
ed fo
r sl
augh
ter
at a
batt
oirs
and
ass
ocia
ted
prem
ises
, inc
ludi
ng fo
r as
suri
ng m
eat
hygi
ene
and
for
the
colle
c-tio
n of
info
rmat
ion
rele
vant
to
lives
tock
dis
ease
s an
d zo
onos
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- D
ocum
ente
d ev
iden
ce o
f ins
pect
ion
repo
rts;
- D
ocum
ente
d pr
e-sl
augh
ter
anim
al h
ealth
dat
a an
d an
imal
hea
lth t
reat
men
t re
cord
s; -
Live
ani
mal
tra
nspo
rtat
ion
and
reco
rds
of c
ompl
ianc
e;
- D
ocum
ente
d co
nsig
nmen
t re
port
s; -
impl
emen
tatio
n of
ha
CC
P pr
oced
ures
and
com
plia
nce
ther
eof.
ii-8.
Foo
d Sa
fety
C. i
nspe
ctio
n fo
r co
llect
ion,
pro
cess
ing
and
dist
ribu
tion
of p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al
orig
in
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f th
e V
S to
im
plem
ent,
man
age
and
coor
dina
te f
ood
safe
ty
mea
sure
s on
col
lect
ion,
pro
cess
ing
and
dist
ribu
tion
of p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al, i
nclu
ding
pro
gram
mes
for
the
prev
entio
n of
spe
cific
food
-bor
ne z
oono
ses
and
gene
ral f
ood
safe
ty p
rogr
amm
es.
The
CC
incl
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Pr
oced
ures
for
cons
ignm
ents
, rec
all a
nd d
estr
uctio
n of
non
-con
form
pro
duct
s.
p 32
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
i-4. Q
uara
ntin
e an
d bo
rder
sec
urity
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS
to p
reve
nt th
e en
try
and
spre
ad o
f dis
ease
s an
d ot
her
haza
rds
of a
nim
als
and
anim
al p
rodu
cts.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:-
Evid
ence
of q
uara
ntin
e an
d bo
rder
sec
urity
pro
cedu
res;
- R
epor
ts o
r in
form
atio
n on
impo
rts
of a
nim
als
or p
rodu
cts
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n (t
ypes
, qua
ntiti
es, p
rove
nanc
e, e
tc.);
- U
p-to
-dat
e in
form
atio
n an
d ag
reem
ents
rel
atin
g to
coo
pera
tion
with
nei
ghbo
urs/
trad
ing
part
ners
’ on
issu
es a
ffec-
ting
natio
nal d
isea
se s
tatu
s;-
Rol
es a
nd r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s of
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s ar
e do
cum
ente
d.
II-12
. Ide
ntifi
catio
n an
d tr
acea
bilit
y. B
- Id
entifi
catio
n an
d tr
acea
bilit
y of
an
imal
pro
duct
s
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
auth
ority
and
cap
abili
ty o
f the
VS,
norm
ally
in c
olla
bora
tion
with
pro
duce
rs a
nd o
ther
in
tere
sted
par
ties,
to id
entif
y an
d tr
ace
prod
ucts
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n fo
r th
e pu
rpos
e of
food
saf
ety,
anim
al h
ealth
or
trad
e.T
he C
C in
clud
es in
ter
alia
:-
Proc
edur
es t
o id
entif
y an
d tr
ace
prod
ucts
of a
nim
al o
rigi
n, in
acc
orda
nce
with
inte
rnat
iona
l sta
ndar
ds;
- Ev
iden
ce o
f aud
it, li
stin
g an
d tr
aced
pro
duct
s of
ani
mal
ori
gin.
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
4.1.
1.5.
a &
b. h
ave
emer
genc
y re
spon
se m
anag
emen
t pr
oced
ures
(in
clud
ing
mec
hani
sm t
o ac
tivat
e re
spon
se p
lan)
bee
n ev
alua
ted
(a)
been
upd
ated
(b)
aft
er a
rea
l or
sim
ulat
ed p
ublic
hea
lth r
espo
nse?
4.1.
1.10
. are
eva
luat
ions
of
resp
onse
(in
clud
ing
the
timel
ines
s an
d qu
ality
of r
espo
nse)
sys
tem
atic
ally
car
ried
out
?
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
T
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
acc
ess
extr
aord
inar
y fin
anci
al r
esou
rces
in o
rder
to
resp
ond
to
emer
genc
y si
tuat
ions
or
emer
ging
issu
es.
The
CC
inlc
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- D
ocum
ente
d na
tiona
l dis
ease
con
tinge
ncy
plan
s an
d th
ese
are
regu
larl
y up
date
d, t
este
d an
d au
dite
d;-
Evid
ence
of e
ffect
ive
coor
dina
tion
actio
ns r
elat
ing
for
emer
genc
y re
spon
se a
ctiv
ities
;-
Evid
ence
of s
imul
atio
n ex
erci
ses
and
pre-
esta
blis
hed
com
mun
icat
ion
proc
edur
es a
mon
g in
tere
sted
par
ties.
i-11.
man
agem
ent
of r
esou
rces
and
op
erat
ions
Thi
s C
C d
emon
stra
tes
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to d
ocum
ent
and
man
age
thei
r re
sour
ces
and
oper
atio
n in
ord
er t
o an
alys
e, p
lan
and
impr
ove
both
effi
cien
cy a
nd e
ffect
iven
ess.
The
CC
inlc
udes
inte
r al
ia:
- Ana
lysi
s re
port
s an
d do
cum
ente
d pr
oced
ures
to
impr
ove
effic
ienc
y an
d ef
fect
iven
ess;
- Ef
fect
ive
man
agem
ent
syst
ems
whi
ch a
re a
udite
d.
* Th
is w
ould
incl
ude
all p
rodu
cts
that
cou
ld b
e th
e so
urce
of c
onta
min
atio
n, e.
g. fe
ed, f
ood,
ingr
edie
nts
and
food
pro
duct
s.
Eva
lua
tion
of t
he in
terv
ent
ions
and
qua
lity
revi
ew
p 33
QUe
sTIo
ns
In T
He
IHR
QUe
sTIo
nn
aIR
ePV
s C
RITIC
al C
oM
PeTe
nC
Y (C
C)
Des
CRI
PTIo
n
6.1.
1.1.
hav
e ri
sk c
omm
unic
atio
n pa
rtne
rs a
nd s
take
hold
ers
been
id
entifi
ed?
6.1.
1.2.
has
a r
isk
com
mun
icat
ion
plan
bee
n de
velo
ped?
6.1.
1.4.
are
pol
icie
s, SO
Ps o
r gu
idel
ines
dev
elop
ed o
n th
e cl
eara
nce
and
rele
ase
of in
form
atio
n du
ring
a p
ublic
hea
lth e
mer
genc
y?
6.1.
1.3.
has
the
ris
k co
mm
unic
atio
n pl
an b
een
impl
emen
ted
or
test
ed t
hrou
gh a
ctua
l em
erge
ncy
or s
imul
atio
n ex
erci
se a
nd u
p-da
ted
in t
he la
st 1
2 m
onth
s?
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
T
his
CC
dem
onst
rate
s th
e ca
pabi
lity
of t
he V
S to
acc
ess
extr
aord
inar
y fin
anci
al r
esou
rces
in o
rder
to
resp
ond
to
emer
genc
y si
tuat
ions
or
emer
ging
issu
es.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:-
Doc
umen
ted
natio
nal d
isea
se c
ontin
genc
y pl
ans;
- Ev
iden
ce o
f sim
ulat
ion
exer
cise
s an
d pr
e-es
tabl
ishe
d co
mm
unic
atio
n pr
oced
ures
am
ong
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s;-
Evid
ence
of c
oord
inat
ion
arra
ngem
ents
(i.e
. con
sulta
tion,
com
mun
icat
ion
and
trai
ning
) w
ith in
tere
sted
par
ties.
ii-3.
Ris
k an
alys
isT
his
CC
rev
iew
s th
e au
thor
ity a
nd c
apab
ility
of t
he V
S to
bas
e its
ris
k m
anag
emen
t de
cisi
ons
on r
isk
asse
ssm
ent.
The
CC
con
side
rs in
ter
alia
:-
Ris
k co
mm
unic
atio
n
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed, i
n a
tran
spar
ent,
effe
ctiv
e an
d tim
ely
man
ner,
of V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es, a
nd o
f de
velo
pmen
ts in
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd f
ood
safe
ty. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal
agen
cies
and
dec
entr
alis
ed in
stitu
tions
tha
t sh
are
auth
ority
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
s.T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- A c
omm
unic
atio
n un
it in
the
VS
whi
ch h
as a
cces
ses
to fi
nanc
ial r
esou
rces
; -
Form
al c
omm
unic
atio
n pr
oced
ures
and
mec
hani
sms
to in
form
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s, in
clud
ing
coor
dina
tion
mec
ha-
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
incl
udin
g pu
blic
hea
lth a
utho
ritie
s an
d w
ildlif
e ag
enci
es, a
mon
g ot
hers
;-
Com
mun
icat
ion
tool
s, pl
ans
and
stra
tegi
es a
lso
rela
ting
to i
n co
untr
y, in
clud
ing
othe
r to
ols
such
as
bulle
tin,
web
site
, hot
line;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
join
t co
mm
unic
atio
n ou
tline
d in
nat
iona
l pre
pare
dnes
s/ c
ontin
genc
y pl
ans.
6.1.
1.5.
a
re r
egul
arly
upd
ated
inf
orm
atio
n so
urce
s ac
cess
ible
to
med
ia a
nd t
he p
ublic
for
info
rmat
ion
diss
emin
atio
n?
6.1.
1.6.
are
the
re a
cces
sibl
e an
d re
leva
nt i
EC (
info
rmat
ion,
Edu
ca-
tion
and
Com
mun
icat
ions
) m
ater
ials
tai
lore
d to
the
nee
ds o
f th
e po
pula
tion?
11.1
.1.1
9. a
re t
here
com
mun
icat
ion
mec
hani
sms
and
mat
eria
ls i
n pl
ace
to d
eliv
er in
form
atio
n, e
duca
tion
and
advi
ce t
o st
akeh
olde
rs
acro
ss t
he fa
rm-t
o-fo
rk c
ontin
uum
?
iii-1
. Com
mun
icat
ion
Thi
s C
C r
evie
ws
the
capa
bilit
y of
the
VS
to k
eep
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s in
form
ed, i
n a
tran
spar
ent,
effe
ctiv
e an
d tim
ely
man
ner,
of V
S ac
tiviti
es a
nd p
rogr
amm
es, a
nd o
f de
velo
pmen
ts in
ani
mal
hea
lth a
nd f
ood
safe
ty. T
his
com
pete
ncy
incl
udes
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith r
elev
ant
auth
oriti
es, i
nclu
ding
oth
er m
inis
trie
s an
d C
ompe
tent
aut
hori
ties,
natio
nal
agen
cies
and
dec
entr
alis
ed in
stitu
tions
tha
t sh
are
auth
ority
or
have
mut
ual i
nter
est
in r
elev
ant
area
s.T
he C
C c
onsi
ders
inte
r al
ia:
- A c
omm
unic
atio
n un
it in
the
VS
whi
ch h
as a
cces
ses
to fi
nanc
ial r
esou
rces
; -
Form
al c
omm
unic
atio
n pr
oced
ures
and
mec
hani
sms
to in
form
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s, in
clud
ing
coor
dina
tion
mec
ha-
nism
s w
ith o
ther
rel
evan
t au
thor
ities
incl
udin
g pu
blic
hea
lth a
utho
ritie
s an
d w
ildlif
e ag
enci
es, a
mon
g ot
hers
;-
Com
mun
icat
ion
tool
s, pl
ans
and
stra
tegi
es a
lso
rela
ting
to i
n co
untr
y, in
clud
ing
othe
r to
ols
such
as
bulle
tin,
web
site
, hot
line;
- Pr
oced
ures
for
join
t co
mm
unic
atio
n ou
tline
d in
nat
iona
l pre
pare
dnes
s/ c
ontin
genc
y pl
ans.
de
velo
pm
ent
of a
co
mm
unic
atio
n p
lan
p 34
ANNEX 1. key obligations associated with the IHR (2005) for which the veterinary services obviously contribute
General provisions Art. 44.1, IHR (2005): State Parties (SPs) shall undertake to collaborate with each other, to the extent possible, in (a) detection, assessment and response to events; (b) providing or facilitating technical cooperation and logistical support; (c) mobilizing financial resources to facilitate implementation of their IHR (2005) obligations; and (d) formulating proposed laws and other legal and administrative provisions for the implementation of the ihR (2005).
Responsible authoritiesArt. 4., IHR (2005): ….Functions of the national Focal Point (nFP) include….disseminating information to and consolidating input from relevant government sectors of the administration of the State Party concerned, including those responsible for surveillance and reporting, points of entry, public health services, clinics and hospitals and other government departments.
Notification and reporting of events and cases Art. 6.1., IHR (2005): SPs shall notify WhO of all events which may constitute a PhEiC within its territory, within 24 hours of assessment, by most efficient means of communication, through their NFP, of all events that may be a PhEiC in accordance with decision instrument, as well as any response measures.SPs shall provide to WHO all relevant public health information if the SP has evidence of an unexpected or unusual public health event within its territory, irrespective of origin or source, which SPs may constitute a PhEiC.SPs may keep WhO advised through the national ihR Focal Point and consult with WhO on appropriate health measures in the case of events occurring within its territory but not requiring notification.
public health responseAnnex 1, IHR (2005): SPs shall assess the ability of existing national structures and resources to meet the minimum core requirements and, as a result, develop and implement plans of action
p 35
AN
NEX
2. L
ist
of p
VS C
ritic
al C
om
pe
tenc
ies
to b
e c
ons
ide
red
in t
he IH
R M
oni
torin
g f
ram
ew
ork
I-1.A
. St
affin
g: Ve
teri
nari
ans
and
othe
r pr
ofes
sion
als
ii-5.
B.
act
ive
epid
emio
logi
cal s
urve
illan
ce
I-1.B
. St
affin
g: Ve
teri
nary
par
apro
fess
iona
ls a
nd o
ther
ii-6.
Em
erge
ncy
resp
onse
i-2.a
. Pr
ofes
sion
al c
ompe
tenc
ies
of v
eter
inar
ians
ii-7.
D
isea
se p
reve
ntio
n, c
ontr
ol a
nd e
radi
catio
n
i-2.B
. C
ompe
tenc
ies
of v
eter
inar
y pa
rapr
ofes
sion
als
ii-8.
a.
Reg
ulat
ion,
aut
hori
satio
n an
d in
spec
tion
of e
stab
lishm
ents
i-3.
C
ontin
uing
edu
catio
nii-
8.B.
a
nte
and
post
mor
tem
insp
ectio
n
i-5.
Stab
ility
of s
truc
ture
s an
d su
stai
nabi
lity
of p
olic
ies
ii-8.
C.
insp
ectio
n of
col
lect
ion,
pro
cess
ing
and
dist
ribu
tion
i-6.a
. in
tern
al c
oord
inat
ion
(cha
in o
f com
man
d)ii-
9.
Vete
rina
ry m
edic
ines
and
bio
logi
cals
I-6.B
. Ex
tern
al c
oord
inat
ion
ii-10
. R
esid
ue t
estin
g
i-7.
Phys
ical
res
ourc
esII-
12.B
. Id
entifi
catio
n an
d tr
acea
bilit
y. Id
entifi
catio
n an
d tr
acea
bilit
y of
ani
mal
pro
duct
s
i-8.
Ope
ratio
nal f
undi
ngiii
-1.
Com
mun
icat
ion
i-9.
Emer
genc
y fu
ndin
giii
-2.
Con
sulta
tion
with
inte
rest
ed p
artie
s
i-10.
C
apita
l inv
estm
ent
III-3
. O
ffici
al r
epre
sent
atio
n
i-11.
m
anag
emen
t of
res
ourc
es a
nd o
pera
tions
iii-4
. a
ccre
dita
tion/
auth
oris
atio
n/de
lega
tion
ii-1.
a.
acc
ess
to v
eter
inar
y la
bora
tory
dia
gnos
is
iii-6
. Pa
rtic
ipat
ion
of p
rodu
cers
and
oth
er in
tere
sted
par
ties
in jo
int
prog
ram
mes
ii-1.
B.
Suita
bilit
y of
nat
iona
l lab
orat
ory
infr
astr
uctu
res
iV-1
. Pr
epar
atio
n of
legi
slat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns
ii-2.
la
bora
tory
qua
lity
assu
ranc
e iV
-2.
impl
emen
tatio
n of
legi
slat
ion
and
regu
latio
ns a
nd c
ompl
ianc
e th
ereo
f
ii-3.
R
isk
anal
ysis
iV-3
. in
tern
atio
nal h
arm
onis
atio
n
ii-4.
Q
uara
ntin
e an
d bo
rder
sec
urity
iV-6
. Tr
ansp
aren
cy
ii-5.
a.
Pass
ive
epid
emio
logi
cal s
urve
illan
ce
p 36
AN
NEX
3. T
ab
le o
f co
rre
spo
nde
nce
be
twe
en
the
que
stio
ns in
the
IHR
Mf
Que
stio
nna
ire a
nd t
he C
ritic
al C
ap
ac
itie
s c
ard
s in
the
OIE
pVS
pa
thw
ay
Too
ls
PV
S C
riti
cal
Co
mp
ete
ncy
card
s P
VS
Cri
tica
l C
om
pe
ten
cy c
ard
s
I-1-A
I-1-B
I-2-A
I-2-B
I-3
I-5
I-6-B
I-7
I-8
I-9
I-10
I-11
II-1-A
II-1-B
II-2
II-3
II-4
II-5-A
II-5-B
II-6
II-7
II-8-A
II-8-B
II-8-C
II-9
II-10
II-12-B
III-1
III-2
III-3
III-4
III-6
IV-1
IV-2
IV-3
IV-6
Questions in the IHR Monitoring Framework
Co
re c
ap
acit
y 1
: Nat
ion
al l
egi
slat
ion
, p
oli
cy a
nd
fin
an
cin
g1.
1.1.
1.X
XX
1.1.
1.3.
XX
XX
X1.
1.1.
4.
XX
XX
Xa
dd Q
, CC
1 X
XX
Co
re c
ap
acit
y 2
: Co
ord
inat
ion
an
d N
FP
co
mm
un
icat
ion
2.1.
1.1.
XX
2.1.
1.2.
X
X2.
1.1.
3.X
XX
2.1.
1.4.
aX
X2.
1.1.
4. B
XX
2.1.
1.5.
XX
2.1.
1.6.
XX
X2.
1.2.
5.X
XX
X2.
1.2.
6.
XX
XX
X2.
1.2.
7. a
XX
XX
2.1.
2.7.
BX
XX
X2.
1.2.
8.X
XX
XC
ore
cap
acit
y 3
: Su
rve
illa
nce
3.1.
1.1.
XX
X3.
1.1.
7.X
XX
X3.
2.1.
3.X
XX
3.2.
1.4.
XX
X3.
2.1.
5.X
XX
3.2.
1.9
XX
X3.
2.1.
11X
XX
Co
re c
ap
acit
y 4
: Re
spo
nse
4.1.
1.1.
XX
4.1.
1.4.
X4.
1.1.
5. a
XX
4.1.
1.10
.X
X4.
1.1.
2.4.
2.1.
11.
XX
X4.
2.1.
12. a
XX
X4.
2.1.
12. B
XX
X
p 37
PV
S C
riti
cal
Co
mp
ete
ncy
card
s
I-1-A
I-1-B
I-2-A
I-2-B
I-3
I-5
I-6-B
I-7
I-8
I-9
I-10
I-11
II-1-A
II-1-B
II-2
II-3
II-4
II-5-A
II-5-B
II-6
II-7
II-8-A
II-8-B
II-8-C
II-9
II-10
II-12-B
III-1
III-2
III-3
III-4
III-6
IV-1
IV-2
IV-3
IV-6
Questions in the IHR Monitoring Framework
Co
re c
ap
acit
y 1
: Nat
ion
al l
egi
slat
ion
, p
oli
cy a
nd
fin
an
cin
g4
.1.1
.5. B
XX
4.1
.1.6
.X
4.1
.1.7
.X
4.1
.1.8
.X
XX
Co
re c
ap
acit
y 5
: Pre
pare
dn
ess
5.1
.1.1
. X
XX
5.1
.1.2
. X
XX
X5.1
.1.3
. X
XX
X5.1
.1.4
. AX
5.1
.1.4
. BX
5.1
.1.5
.X
X5.1
.1.6
.X
X5.2
.1.1
.X
5.2
.1.2
.X
XX
5.2
.1.3
. X
XX
X5.2
.1.7
.X
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ANNEX 4. description of the IHR Monitoring framework and the OIE pVS pathway
a - THe IHR MonIToRInG fRaMeWoRK
CONTEXT
With the revised international health Regulations coming into force on 15 June 2007 (ihR (2005)), all States Parties have been required to assess the ability of their national structure and resources to meet minimum national Core Capacities for surveillance and response as specified in Annex 1 of the IHR (2005), and to develop a plan of action to ensure that these capacities will be present and functioning throughout their territories. in accordance with article 54 of the ihR, and related resolution of the World health assembly (WHA) 61.2, States Parties are committed to report their level of compliance with the IHR (2005) Annex 1 to the Wha on a yearly basis. WhO is mandated to provide appropriate tools, guidance and support to States Parties to achieve these goals.
The ihR monitoring Framework has been developed by WhO for self-assessment and a questionnaire with indicators of performance for predefined core capacities and specific hazards is proposed for reporting to WHO. The framework provides a set of 28 global indicators developed in order to reflect the required capability to detect, assess, notify and report events, and to respond to public health risks and emergencies of national and international concern as stipulated in Articles 5 and 13 and Annex 1 of IHR (2005). From these 28 indicators, a subset of 20 indicators is used for annual reporting to the Wha, but countries are encouraged to report on all 28 indicators (Table 1).
Table I: Selected indicators for reporting to the World health assembly
The 20 indicators selected for reporting to wHA
1. Legislation, laws, regulations, administrative requirements, policies or other government instruments in place are sufficient for implementation of ihR.
2. a functional mechanism is established for the coordination of relevant sectors in the implementation of ihR.
3. IHR NFP functions and operations are in place as defined by the IHR (2005).
4. indicator based, surveillance includes an early warning16 function for the early detection of a public health event.
5. Event based surveillance is established and functioning.
6. Public health emergency response mechanisms are established and functioning.
7. infection prevention and control (iPC) is established and functioning at national and hospital levels.
8. a multi-hazard national Public health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan is developed and implemented.
9. Priority public health risks and resources are mapped and utilized.
10. mechanisms for effective risk communication during a public health emergency are established and functioning.
11. human resources available to implement ihR core capacity requirements.
12. laboratory services are available to test for priority health threats.
13. laboratory biosafety and laboratory biosecurity (biorisk management) practices are in place and implemented.
14. General obligations at PoE are fulfilled (including for coordination and communication).
15. Routine capacities and effective surveillance is established at PoE.
16. Effective response at PoE is established.
17. mechanisms for detecting and responding to zoonoses and potential zoonoses are established and functional.
18. mechanisms are established and functioning for detecting and responding to foodborne disease and food contamination.
19. mechanisms are established and functioning for the detection, alert and response to chemical emergencies that may constitute a public health event of international concern.
20. mechanisms are established and functioning for detecting and responding to radiological and nuclear
TThe eight additional indicators
1. Funding is available and accessible for implementing ihR nFP functions and ihR core capacity strengthening.
2. Case management procedures are implemented for ihR relevant hazards.
3. a programme for disinfection, decontamination and vector control is established and functioning.
4. a coordinating mechanism for laboratory services is established.
5. Influenza surveillance is established.
6. a system for collection, packaging and transport of clinical specimens is established.
7. laboratory data management and reporting is established.
8. Coordination in the prevention, detection and response to public health emergencies at PoE is established.
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TOOlS in ThE ihR mOniTORinG FRamEWORK
The tools developed for the ihR mF include a checklist and an associated questionnaire. For their development, existing regional and sub-regional tools and strategies worldwide were considered, such as the Asia- Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED) in the Western Pacific Region and South-East Asia Region; the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy (IDSR) in the African region; the Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Strategies in the Americas including the MERCOSUR tool, and Eastern Mediterranean Regions; and strategies in the European Region. They were pilot tested in all WhO regions (aFRO, amRO, EmRO, EuRO, SEaRO, WPRO). State Parties are requested to complete the questionnaire and return it to WhO two months before the Wha. Practically, the 28 indicators are divided into eight core capacities, plus specific capacities at points of entry (PoEs) and for ihR-related hazards notably biological (zoonotic, food safety), chemical, and radiation emergencies. The core capacities (CC) are listed in Table 2.
Table 2: IHR Monitoring Framework: core capacities and specific capacities used in the checklist
It is important to understand that the core capacities refer to country’s capabilities in the context of the IHR (2005) and the expected functions defined in the regulation. As an example, the core capacity on national legislation, policy and financing is referring to the legal framework to support and enable the implementation of the IHR, and does not explore other legal or regulatory areas covering the activities of public health authorities or other parties. The scope and limitations of the eight core capacities are described in the table 3.
Table 3: Definition of the core capacities used in the IHR Monitoring Framework
8 core capacities Specific capacities1. National legislation, policy and financing 9. Points of Entry
2. Coordination and nFP Communications 10. hazards
3. Surveillance _ 10.1. Zoonotic
4. Preparedness _ 10.2. Food safety
5. Response _ 10.3. Chemical emergencies
6. Risk Communications _ 10.4. Radiation emergencies
7. human Resource Capacity
8. laboratory
1. National legislation, policy and financing
States Parties need to have an adequate legal framework to support and enable implementation of the ihR. This may require that they adopt implementing or enabling legislation for some or all of their obligations and rights. New or modified legislation may also be needed by States to support the new technical capacities being developed in accordance with Annex 1. Even where new or revised legislation may not be specifically required, States may still choose to revise some regulations or other instruments in order to facilitate implementation in a more efficient, effective or beneficial manner. implementing legislation could serve to institutionalize and strengthen the role of ihR (2005) and operations within the State Party. it can also facilitate coordination among the different entities involved in implementation. in addition, policies which identify national structures and responsibilities as well as the allocation of adequate financial resources are also important.Detailed guidance on ihR implementation in national legislation is available athttp://www.who.int/ihr/legal_issues/legislation/en/index.html.
2. Coordination and NFP Communications
The effective implementation of the ihR requires multisectoral/multidisciplinary approaches through national partnerships for effective alert and response systems. Coordination of nation-wide resources, including the designation of an ihR national Focal Point (nFP) is a key requisite for ihR implementation. The ihR nFP should be accessible at all times to communicate with the WhO ihR Contact Points and with all relevant sectors and other stakeholders in the country.
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3. Surveillance
The IHR require the rapid detection of public health risks, as well as the prompt risk assessment, notification, and response to these risks. To this end, a sensitive and flexible surveillance system is needed with an early warning function is necessary. The structure of the system and the roles and responsibilities of those involved in implementing the system need to be clear and preferably should be defined through public health policy and legislation. Chains of responsibility need to be clearly identified to ensure effective communications within the country, with WhO and with other countries as needed.
4. Preparedness
Preparedness includes the development of national, intermediate and community/primary response level public health emergency response plans for relevant biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear hazards. Other components of preparedness include mapping of potential hazards and hazard sites, the identification of available resources, the development of appropriate national stockpiles of resources and the capacity to support operations at the intermediate and community/primary response levels during a public health emergency.
5. Response
Command, communications and control operations mechanisms are required to facilitate the coordination and management of outbreak operations and other public health events. multidisciplinary/multisectoral Rapid Response Teams (RRT) should be established and be available anytime. They should be able to rapidly respond to events that may constitute a public health emergency of national or international concern (PhEiC). appropriate case management, infection control, and decontamination are all critical components of this capacity that need to be considered.
6. Risk Communications
Risk communications should help stakeholders define risks, identify hazards, assess vulnerabilities and promote community resilience. an essential part of risk communication is the dissemination of information to the public about health risks and events, taking into account the social, religious, cultural, political and economic aspects associated with the event, as well as the voice of the affected population. Communication partners and stakeholders in the country need to be identified, and functional coordination and communication mechanisms established. in addition, it is important to establish communication policies and procedures on the timely release of information with transparency in decision-making that is essential for building trust between authorities, populations and partners. Emergency communications plans need to be developed, tested and updated as needed.
7. Human Resource Capacity
Strengthening the skills and competencies of public health personnel is critical to the sustainment of public health surveillance and response at all levels of the health system and the effective implementation of the ihR.
8. Laboratory
laboratory services are part of every phase of alert and response, including detection, investigation and response, with laboratory analysis of samples performed either domestically or through collaborating centres. States Parties need to establish mechanisms that assure the reliable and timely laboratory identification of infectious agents and other hazards likely to cause public health emergencies of national and international concern, including shipment of specimens to the appropriate laboratories if necessary.
The core capacity may be depicted through Components (from 1 to 4 per core capacity), with relevant indicators associated. Figures 1a illustrates the structure of the checklist.
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Figure 1a: Component and indicators associated with the core capacity on ‘National legislation, policy and financing’. For this core capacity, 2 components are described, one on the legal and regulatory framework and one of financing. In this example, each of the components is further detailed by only one indicator.
CORE CAPACITY 1: National legislation, policy and financingCOMPONENT INDICATORnational legislation and policies legislation, laws, regulations, administrative requirements,
policies or other government instruments in place are sufficient for implementation of IHR.
Financing Funding is available and accessible for ihR nFP functions and ihR core capacity strengthening
The indicators are then further described using attributes. The checklist includes a total of 256 attributes. Attributes are classified in four distinct capability levels:
- Capability Level < 1 (the foundational level) includes attributes that are considered key to the development of the inputs and processes needed for the implementation of the IHR;
- Capability Level 1 is generally characterized as a ‘moderate’ level and attributes listed here include the ‘inputs and processes’ needed to build or maintain IHR core capacities;
- Capability Level 2 represents a ‘strong’ technical capacity and a high level of performance with defined public health outputs and outcomes;
- Capability Level 3 represents an advanced level of capabilities and achieving a ‘reference model’ of capability.
States Parties were expected to achieve attributes in levels 1 and 2 by the deadline 2012.
Figure 1b: Attributes per level of capability associated with the core capacity on ‘National legislation, policy and financing’.
CORE CAPACITY 2: National legislation, policy and financing
COMPONENT INDICATORATTRIBUTE
Level < 1 foundational
ATTRIBUTELevel 1
Input and processes
ATTRIBUTELevel 2
outputs and outcomes
ATTRIBUTELevel 3
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national legislation and policies
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Financing Funding is available …
Funding for ihR FP* function is available
Funding available for ihR core capacities, ihR relevant hazard and PoE**
ihR core capacities strengthened at the sub-national and community/primary response level in the last 12 months
Resources committed to meet ihRR requirement beyond country’s borders
*FP: Focal Point - ** PoE: Point of Entry
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A self-assessment processThe monitoring Framework is to be used by member States to carry out self-assessments on the development and strengthening of their capacity. To facilitate the reporting, it is proposed that countries use the ihR mF questionnaire developed by WhO. Completion of the questionnaire by national respondents could be carried out through a process led by the designated National IHR Focal Point (NFP), in consultation with the subject area national experts in the country, and if requested, with the assistance of WHO regional offices and country offices. Inputs from professionals and representatives from various sectors such as animal health, food and water safety, environmental health, radiological, nuclear, and chemical disciplines are needed for this review. The questionnaire is available on the internet as a "fillable" PDF form or as a printable PDF and could also be submitted to WhO in hard copy. Data are stored in a secure database at WhO, accessible only to the ihR NFPs and relevant WHO staff. The data collection tool assures con¬fidentiality, as IHR NFPs can access data only from their own country.
Evaluation of the level of complianceThe answers to the questionnaires are used to develop country and regional profiles based on the proportion of attributes attained at levels 1 and 2. The tool also generates summary results, which facilitate planning and mobilization of resources24.
Specific questions at the human-animal interfaceOut of the 4 specific hazards, capabilities associated with i) zoonotic events and ii) food safety are more directly linked to actions at the human-animal interface. The attributes, defined in the IHR Monitoring Framework for these sections are described in the table 4 below, with reference of the associated level of capability.
Table 4: Specific capacity: Zoonotic events
Core Capacity 10 Zoonotic Events
Component 10.1 Capacity to detect and respond to zoonotic events of national or international concern
indicator 10.1.1 mechanisms for detecting and responding to zoonoses and potential zoonoses are established and functional
Capability level attributes<1 Coordination exists within the responsible government authority(ies) on the detection of, and
response to zoonotic events.1 national policy, strategy or plan for the surveillance and response to zoonotic events are in place. 1 Focal point(s) responsible for animal health (including wildlife) designated for coordination with the
ministry of health and/or ihR nFP.2 Functional mechanisms for intersectoral collaborations that include animal and human health
surveillance units and laboratories are established3 Country experiences and findings related to zoonotic risks and events of potential national and
inter-national concern have been shared with the global com-munity over the last twelve months.<1 List of priority zoonotic diseases with case definitions available1 Systematic and timely collection and collation of zoonotic disease data is done. 1 access to laboratory capacity, nationally or internationally (through established procedures) to
confirm priority zoonotic events is available.2 Zoonotic disease surveillance that includes a community component is implemented. 2 Timely and systematic information exchange between animal surveillance units, human health
surveillance units and other relevant sectors regarding potential zoonotic risks and urgent zoonotic events.
<1 A regularly updated roster (list) of experts that can respond to zoonotic events is available.1 a mechanism for response to outbreaks of zoonotic diseases by human and animal health sectors
is established2 Timely (as defined by national standards) response to more than 80% of zoonotic events of potential
national and international concern.
24 - Annual results can be found on the WHO Global Health Observatory: www.who.int/gho/ihr/en/
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Core Capacity 11 Food safety
Component 11.1 Capacity to detect and respond to food safety events that may constitute a public health emergency of national or international concern
indicator 11.1.1 mechanisms are established and functioning for detecting and responding to foodborne disease and food contamination
Capability level attributes<1 national or international food safety standards are available.1 national food laws, regulations or policy to facilitate food safety control are in place. 1 a coordination mechanism is established between the food safety authorities, e.g. the inFOSan
Emergency Contact Point (if member) and the ihR nFP.2 Functional mechanisms for multisectoral collaborations for food safety events are in place.3 The country is an active member of the inFOSan network.
<1 a list of priority food safety risks is available.1 Risk-based food inspection services are in place. 1 Guidelines or manuals on the surveillance, assessment and management of priority food safety
events are available. 1 Epidemiological data related to food contamination are systematically collected and analysed.2 Access to laboratory capacity (through established procedures) to confirm priority food safety
events of national or international concern including molecular techniques. 2 Timely 5 and systematic information ex-change between food safety authorities, surveillance
units and other relevant sectors regarding food safety events.<1 A roster of food safety experts is available for assessment and response to food safety events.1 Communication mechanisms and materials are in place to deliver information, education and
advice to stakeholders across the farm-to-fork continuum.2 an operational plan for responding 6 to food safety events is tested in actual emergency or
simulation exercises and updated as needed. 2 mechanisms are established to trace, re-call and dispose of contaminated products 2 information from foodborne outbreaks and food contamination is used to strengthen food
management systems, safety standards and regulations.3 Published analysis of food safety events, foodborne illness trends or outbreaks. 3 Food safety control management systems (including for imported food) are implemented.
From data received in 2011 on questionnaires completed by States Parties (representing 83% of the 194 Parties), the figure 2 illustrates the reported level of capability for the four hazards. The score is the proportion of attributes that have been attained in levels 1 and 2 and is a measure of overall achievement in reaching the targets for 2012.
Figure 2: Capacity scores for the detection of and response to public health hazards, 2011, per WhO regionsExtract from Summary of 2011 states parties report on IHR core capacity implementation, www.who.int/ihr/publications/WHO_HSE_
GCR_2012.10eng/en/index.html
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b - THe oIe anD ITs PVs PaTHWaY
The OiE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. The OiE develops normative documents relating to rules that member Countries can use to protect themselves from the introduction and the spread of diseases and pathogens, without setting up unjustified sanitary barriers. The main normative works produced by the OiE are the Terrestrial animal health Code, the manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial animals, the aquatic animal health Code and the manual of Diagnostic Tests for aquatic animals.OiE intergovernmental standards are recognised by the World Trade Organization as reference international sanitary rules. They are prepared by elected specialist commissions and working groups that bring together internationally renowned scientists, most of whom are experts within the network of more than 280 OIE collaborating centres and reference laboratories that also contribute to the scientific objectives of the OIE. These standards are adopted by the World assembly of Delegates annually in may during the OiE General Session.
CONTEXT
The OiE provides assistance to its member Countries to improve the governance of their national Veterinary Services in order that their capacity may be strengthened and better-aligned with OiE international standards. For that purpose, since 2006, the OiE has progressively developed a global programme, the PVS (Performance of Veterinary Services) Pathway. Veterinary Services, per the OIE definition, comprise both public and private sector veterinarians and veterinary para-professionals, working under the overall control and direction of the Veterinary authority. Providing the foundation for the PVS Pathway is the dedicated chapter on the quality of Veterinary Services in the Terrestrial Code (Section 3, Chapter 3.1 ‘Veterinary Services’ and Chapter 3.2 ‘Evaluation of Veterinary Services’).The PVS Pathway is a comprehensive, multi-staged continuous process which uses a set of complementary tools designed to assist Veterinary Services to improve their governance mechanisms. The PVS Pathway missions and corresponding tools strengthen the capacities of Veterinary Services by helping them understand and better align with the OiE intergovernmental standards that they have democratically adopted. This process focuses on building capacities of horizontal systems, giving national Veterinary Services tools to identify weaknesses and develop strategies to address these gaps.Country engagement in the PVS Pathway is voluntary; a specific PVS Pathway mission will only be implemented further to the receipt of an official and formal request from the OIE National Delegate to the Director General of the OiE.
The sequence of support provided by the PVS Pathway includes the below steps, in chronological order (Figure 7).:
• The PVS Evaluation, the first step in the PVS Pathway, is a qualitative assessment of the performance of a country’s Veterinary Services and their compliance with OIE intergovernmental using the PVS Tool. It is an external evaluation conducted by a group of OIE-certified PVS experts which collects and analyses baseline information to assess the country Veterinary Services’ level of compliance against 47 Critical Competencies (2013 edition). The final output is a comprehensive assessment, providing a complete overview of its condition, evaluating its performance and identifying weaknesses. The initial PVS Evaluation is commonly referred to as the “diagnostic” step.
• The PVS Gap Analysis or PVS Costing tool (also known as “prescription”) is the second step in the PVS Pathway. It is a brainstorming exercise with Veterinary Services to determine the goals, strategy, activities and investments required to improve national veterinary governance. During the mission, the country Veterinary Services supported by a team of OIE-certified PVS experts refer to the level obtained during the PVS Evaluation and using this information as a baseline, develop costed strategic actions to improve their performance and meet national targets. The final output, the PVS Gap Analysis report, identifies the country Veterinary Services’ objectives and priorities in terms of compliance with OIE quality standards and the estimated cost to reach the desired level of compliance within a five year timeframe. In the report, this cost is illustrated by an indicative annual budget and one budget for exceptional investments developed during the mission; these are also consolidated into a provisional five-year budget for the national Veterinary Services.
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Further to the implementation of a PVS Gap Analysis mission, additional specific technical expertise can be provided by the OIE to support the country’s endeavours to bettering compliance (‘treatment’) with international standards. Some of the ‘treatment’ activities available to OIE Members under the PVS Pathway include:- The PVS Veterinary Legislation Support Programme, assisting Countries in developing a strong legislative framework in the context of Chapter 3.4. ‘Veterinary Legislation’ of the Terrestrial Code. It consists of two phases: the initial phase of the veterinary legislation identification mission is aimed at obtaining a detailed picture of the current state of veterinary legislation in the country. The second phase consists of the signature of an agreement between the country and the OIE; this agreement formalises the support provided by the OIE to countries when correcting deficiencies in their veterinary legislation. The review and modernisation of the national veterinary legislation is implemented by countries (ad hoc national taskforce) on the basis of their national priorities.
- The PVS Pathway Laboratory mission providing Veterinary Services’ decision makers with information to better allocate appropriate budgets to the national veterinary laboratory network and to better advocate for sufficient resources to support accurate and timely diagnosis. The methods used include a country-based mission with an in-depth focus on demand for laboratory services and new markets to make the national laboratory network a more efficient, coherent and better structured investment.
lastly, PVS Evaluation Follow-up missions serves as a measuring and evaluation tool to monitor the progress made by countries. Cross-referencing to the initial PVS Evaluation and considering the goals established during the PVS Gap analysis (PVS Costing Tool), when relevant, this mission assesses and monitors progress made (change in legislation, technical capacities, etc.), registers improvements and acknowledges actions to maintain existing performance levels, as well as noting new deficiencies. The output is an updated comprehensive diagnosis to guide and accordingly revise the Veterinary Services’ strategic initiatives. Based on the performance of the Veterinary Services, this mission may also suggest the implementation of other PVS Pathway activities to remedy persistent problems.
lastly, PVS Evaluation Follow-up missions serves as a measuring and evaluation tool to monitor the progress made by countries. Cross-referencing to the initial PVS Evaluation and considering the goals established during the PVS Gap analysis (PVS Costing Tool), when relevant, this mission assesses and monitors progress made (change in legislation, technical capacities, etc.), registers improvements and acknowledges actions to maintain existing performance levels, as well as noting new deficiencies. The output is an updated comprehensive diagnosis to guide and accordingly revise the Veterinary Services’ strategic initiatives. Based on the performance of the Veterinary Services, this mission may also suggest the implementation of other PVS Pathway activities to remedy persistent problems.
Figure 3: Visual representation of the OiE PVS PathwayFor more details, see www.oie.int/support-to-oie-members/pvs-pathway
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The aforementioned steps of the PVS Pathway are based on the PVS Tool. This Tool is based on the intergovernmental standards outlined in the Terrestrial Code, and considers that an effective Veterinary Services has the following fundamental components (Table 5):
Table 5: Fundamental Components of the PVS Tool
Fundamental Component 1
The human, physical and financial resources to attract resources and retain professionals with technical and leadership skills
Fundamental Component 2
The technical authority and capability to address current and new issues including prevention and control of biological disasters based on scientific principles;
Fundamental Component 3
The sustained interaction with interested parties in order to stay on course and carry out relevant joint programmes and services; and
Fundamental Component 4
The ability to access markets through compliance with existing standards and the implementation of new disciplines such as the harmonisation of standards, equivalence and zoning.
For these four Fundamental Components, there are a total of 47 Critical Competency grouped according to the relevant Fundamental Components. The list of the 47 Critical Competencies are provided below in Table 6 and are accordingly revised and/or added based on modifications to the OIE Terrestrial Code. The 6th edition of the PVS Tool released in 2013 contained a series of modifications to the previous version of the PVS Tool; these modifications primarily concerned Critical Competencies dealing with veterinary education, laboratory infrastructure, food safety and animal feed safety.
Table 6: 47 Critical Competencies of the PVS Tool.
47 Critical Competencies in the PVS ToolHuman, physical and financial resourcesI-1.A. Professional and technical staffing of the Veterinary Services. Veterinarians and other professionals
I-1.B. Professional and technical staffing of the Veterinary Services. Veterinary paraprofessionals and other technical professionals
i-2.a. Professional competencies of veterinarians including the OiE Day 1 competencies
i-2.B. Competencies of veterinary para-professionals
i-3. Continuing education
i-4. Technical independence
i-5. Stability of structures and sustainability of policies
i-6.a. Coordination capability of the Veterinary Services. internal coordination (chain of command)
I-6.B. Coordination capability of the Veterinary Services. External coordination
i-7. Physical resources
i-8. Operational funding
i-9. Emergency funding
i-10. Capital investment
i-11. management of resources and operations
Technical authority and capabilityii-1.a. Veterinary laboratory diagnosis. access to veterinary laboratory diagnosis
ii-1.B. Veterinary laboratory diagnosis. Suitability of national laboratory infrastructures
ii-2. laboratory quality assurance
ii-3. Risk analysis
ii-4. Quarantine and border security
ii-5.a. Epidemiological surveillance and early detection. Passive epidemiological surveillance
ii-5.B. Epidemiological surveillance and early detection. active epidemiological surveillance
ii-6. Emergency response
ii-7. Disease prevention, control and eradication
ii-8.a. Food safety. Regulation, authorisation and inspection of establishments for production, processing and distribution of food of animal origin
ii-8.B. Food safety. ante and post mortem inspection at abattoirs and associated premises
ii-8.C. Food safety. inspection of collection, processing and distribution of products of animal origin
ii-9. V eterinary medicines and biologicals
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47 Critical Competencies in the PVS Toolii-10. Residue testing
ii-11. animal feed safety
II-12. A. Identification and traceability. Animal identification and movement control
II-12.B. Identification and traceability. Identification and traceability of animal products
ii-13. animal welfare
interaction with interested partiesiii-1. Communication
iii-2. Consultation with interested parties
III-3. Official representation
iii-4. accreditation/authorisation/delegation
iii-5.a. Veterinary Statutory Body (VSB). VSB authority
iii-5.B. Veterinary Statutory Body (VSB). VSB Capacity
iii-6. Participation of producers and other interested parties in joint programmes
ii-6. Emergency response
access to marketsiV-1. Preparation of legislation and regulations
iV-2. implementation of legislation and regulations and compliance thereof
iV-3. international harmonisation
IV-4. International certification
iV-5. Equivalence and other types of sanitary agreements
iV-6. Transparency
iV-7. Zoning
iV-8. Compartmentalisation
For each of the Critical Competencies, five qualitative Levels of Advancement are described in a preformatted specific Critical Competency Card. Level of Advancement 1 corresponds to non-compliance to OIE intergovernmental standards; a higher level of advancement assumes that the Veterinary Services are complying with all preceding levels of compliance (e.g. level 3 assumes compliance with level 2 advancement). The relevant references from the Terrestrial Code are quoted under each Critical Competency..
The following example in Figure 4 shows the Critical Competency (CC) III-1 related to the capability of the Veterinary Services to inform partners of their activities and programmes.
Figure 4: PVS Critical competency III-1: Communication
Critical competences
(6-18)47 in total
5 levels of advancement
4 fundamental components
human physical, Financial resources
Technical Capability
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interested parties
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During a PVS mission, a team of OIE-certified PVS Experts conduct a thorough evaluation of a national Veterinary Services’ performance against the 47 Critical Competencies. The final output of is a report which comprehensively and qualitatively assesses the country Veterinary Services’ compliance with OIE international standards, provides a complete overview of the Veterinary Services’ performance and identifies its gaps and weaknesses. it also provides the country Veterinary Services with detailed and constructive information on how to improve their animal health system to better to meet national demands and needs. in order to ensure harmonisation of country missions and reports, the OiE has developed a manual for assessors, containing information and procedures relevant to the implementation of OiE PVS Evaluation and PVS Evaluation Follow-up missions. PVS Pathway reports inform and shape future national and/or regional investment plans to strategically build country Veterinary Services focusing and targeting the gaps emerging from the PVS Pathway reports. if a country waivers the confidentiality of their PVS Pathway reports, the OIE can share these reports to OIE partner organisations and to international donors. as of april 2015,
- A total of 123 PVS Evaluation missions have been implemented, of which 37% are confidential and 63% of PVS Evaluation reports are available for Donors and Partners of the OIE. Of those 63%, 29% of country PVS Evaluation reports are available for consultation on the OiE website25.
- A total of 80 PVS Gap Analysis missions have been implemented; 45% of the corresponding country PVS Gap Analysis reports are confidential while the remaining 55% are available for Donors and Partners of the OIE. Of those 55%, 40% of PVS Gap Analysis reports are available for consultation on the OIE website26.
25 - www.oie.int/en/support-to-oie-members/pvs-evaluations/oie-pvs-evaluation-reports/26 - www.oie.int/en/support-to-oie-members/pvs-gap-analysis/pvs-gap-analysis-reports/
III-1 Communication Levels of advancement
The capability of the VS to keep interested parties informed, in a transparent, effective and timely manner, of VS activities and programmes, and of developments in animal health and food safety. This competency includes collaboration with relevant authorities, including other ministries and Competent authorities, national agencies and decentralised institutions that share authority or have mutual interest in relevant areas
1. The VS have no mechanism in place to inform interested parties of VS activities and programmes.
2. The VS have informal communication mechanisms.
3. The VS maintain an official contact point for communication but it is not always up-to-date in providing information.
4. The VS contact point for communication provides up-to-date information, accessible via the internet and other appropriate channels, on activities and programmes.
5. The VS have a well-developed communication plan, and actively and regularly circulate information to interested parties.
References in the Terrestrial Code: Point 13 of Article 3.1.2. on Fundamental principles of quality: Communication. Sub-point b) of Point 2 of Article 3.2.6. on Administrative resources: Communications. Point 4 of Article 3.2.14. on Administration details. Chapter 3.3. on Communication.
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