GLEWS

The Global Early Warning System for Major Animal Diseases including Zoonoses

Julio PintoAnimal Health Officer FAO, Rome

Major Global Trends and Animal Diseases Risks

Food demand growth and changing patterns of food consumption and demand (9 billion people in 2050)

Globalization of food systems, agro industrialization and economic concentration in industry

Encroachment of livestock, wildlife and people

Growing economies and integrated/high density livestock systems and integrated food chains

Climate change and increased emergence of vector borne diseases

The increased emergence and re-emergence of

infectious diseases is driven by factors including livestock and human population distributions, human behavior, dynamic and evolving ecological conditions, microbial adaptation, climate change, increased global trade and movement of animals and products between regions.

increasing source of outbreak-related

information

verification

early and effective response

GLEWS is a joint FAO, OIE and WHO initiative which combines the strengths of the three organizations to achieve common objectives.

An early warning system that formally brings together human and veterinary public health systems

to share zoonotic disease outbreak information to share epidemiological and risk analysis to deliver early warning messages to the international

community on regions/countries at risk of diseases

GLEWS was launched in 2006 however technical discussions started in 2002.

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GLEWS reference list of priority diseases/pathogens

New World ScrewwormNipah Virus *Old World ScrewwormPeste des Petits RuminantsQ Fever *Rabies *Rift Valley Fever *Rinderpest – Stomatitis/EnteritisSheep Pox/Goat PoxTularemia *Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis *West Nile Virus *

African Swine FeverAnthrax *Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy *Brucellosis *Classical Swine FeverContagious Bovine PleuropneumoniaCrimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever *Ebola Virus*Food borne diseases *Foot and Mouth DiseaseHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza *Japanese Encephalitis *Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever *

GLEWS is supported by regional/national networks

FAO UN (191 Member Nations)WHO UN (194 Member States)OIE (178 Member Countries)Regional Organizations: EC, SADC, ASEAN, CAN, CVP-

MercosurInternational Reference LaboratoriesNational AuthoritiesUnofficial surveillance programs (PROMED, GPHIN)Laboratory and Epidemiological networks Other partners

An integrated GLEWS platformGLEWS Platform

GLEWS Public Website

GLEWS Public Events

•Restricted to the GLEWS Taskforce Members•Event Management •Analysis & Reporting functionalities•Automatic Notifications•e-Mail registry•Performance & Metrics module•Administration and Configuration

•Publicly accessible•Content Management System (restricted users)•Public Maps and Event List (only officialy confirmed/denied cases•Simple Analysis functionalities•Public Documents

http://www.glews.net

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GLEWS support rapid response of FAO/OIE CMC-AH and WHO GAR

GLEWS: The future Joint risk assessment at the animal/human/ecosystem interface

Wildlife Health

Food Safety

Climate Change and Animal Diseases

Regional nodes

Added value to One HealthSince 2006, GLEWS have been visionary in promoting collaboration and coordination between public health authorities and agriculture sector at all levels in particular for zoonotic diseases or emergent diseases affecting animals and human.

GLEWS is addressing health risks at the human-animal- ecosystems interface to respond effectively to existing and emergent diseases and food hazards of public health, agricultural, social and economic importance.

The joint FAO/OIE/WHO tripartite relationship envisages complementary work to develop standards, tools and programs to achieve One Health goals and GLEWS has been identified as one of the key tools to support integration of disease surveillance and risk assessment for early warning.

glews@fao.org

Glews-oie@oie.int

zoonotic_alert@who.int

www.glews.net

Thanks to CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)

to support GLEWS activities and

you for your attention!!