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The (re)emergence of new and challenging animal and zoonotic diseases and the increase of international trading exchanges of live animals and foodstuffs are bringing to an increased demand for effective veterinary surveillance systems, assuring the maximum efficiency in the use of the available limited human and financial resources. In this context, the major challenge is the development of scientific sound methods for the assessment of main risk factors influencing the diseases occurrence and spread, to properly facilitate the design and implementation of risk-based surveillance activities. In addition, infectious diseases do not recognise political borders and therefore national strategies alone can be ineffective in preventing introduction or controlling spread of these infectious diseases. A Consortium of Institutes from 4 countries, with extended experience in epidemiology, statistics, mathematics, GIS, modelling and veterinary field investigations, will develop an integrated decision tool, based on different epidemiological modelling approaches and risk assessment techniques, for the design of cost-effective, risk-based surveillance systems.
Building on the experience and achievements of the previous ERA-Net EMIDA, the Animal Health and Welfare ERA-Net (ANIHWA) aims to increase cooperation and coordination of national research programmes on animal health and welfare of farm animals, including fish and bees. The cooperation and coordination among the partners will be deepened by systematic exchange of information and mapping of national research activities and facilities, gap analysis and preparation of a dedicated strategic research agenda, thorough assessment of the funding mechanisms with increased number of joint calls and finally strategic activities aimed at a sustainable development and extension of the network.
The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale” is a public health institute with administrative and managerial autonomy, which operates as a technical and scientific arm of the state and the Abruzzo and Molise Regions, performing analytical work for the public veterinary services and providing the technical and scientific collaboration necessary to enable them to carry out their functions in the field of veterinary public health.
Project partners are from 4
countries. The Consortium is led by the Istituto Zooprofilattico dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”,
which is the national reference center for Veterinary Epidemiology and OIE and FAO Collaborating Center
for Epidemiology. The other partners [CReSA-IRTA, CVI CVI, Kimron CVI] have specific competences in
several technical aspects of the research, covering different disciplines: epidemiology, statistics,
mathematics, GIS, modeling and veterinary field investigation.
Project
News & Events
A workshop on animal disease modelling and risk-based surveillance methods has been organized by the IZSAM on October 16th , 2019.
The most relevant international experts on animal disease modelling and surveillance have been invited to attend the workshop, where the project’s deliverables have been presented and discussed.
The comments and recommendations made during the workshop allowed a revision of the work done and the finalisation of the spread models for the four diseases. This peer-review exercise performed during the workshop assured the quality and transferability of final project’s deliverables.
