Lin Shu-Yu, Beltran-Alcrudo Daniel, Awada Lina, Hamilton-West Christopher, Lavarello Schettini Andrea, Cáceres Paula, Tizzani Paolo, Allepuz Alberto, Casal Jordi
Department de Sanitat I Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Budapest, Hungary.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2023 May 9;2023:6666672. doi: 10.1155/2023/6666672. eCollection 2023.
The World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) is an online reporting system, essential for ensuring the transparency and accuracy of global animal health. One of the WOAH's objectives is to disseminate timely notifications to support countries' efforts to prevent and control the spread of animal diseases. This paper describes the 3,263 exceptional events notified through immediate notifications sent to WOAH from 2005 to February 2021 and their distribution in time and space and by disease. To evaluate the timeliness of reporting, we defined and analysed two periods: the confirmation period (CT), which is the time interval between the disease onset date and the confirmation date, and the notification period (NT), defined as the interval between the disease confirmation and the date of reporting to WOAH. The results showed that (1) the number of events increased over the analysis period; (2) the events were mainly reported for domestic animals and the data provided for wildlife were limited; (3) the official source of disease introduction was often unknown when the event was reported; and (4) the global median CT value was 5 days while the global median NT value was 4 days, with a decreasing trend in both cases over the study period. Divergences were found across world regions and country income categories. This analysis provides interesting insights into the early detection capabilities and transparency of countries, globally and over time.
世界动物卫生组织（WOAH）的世界动物卫生信息系统（WAHIS）是一个在线报告系统，对于确保全球动物卫生的透明度和准确性至关重要。WOAH的目标之一是及时发布通报，以支持各国预防和控制动物疾病传播的工作。本文描述了2005年至2021年2月期间通过立即通报发送给WOAH的3263起异常事件及其在时间、空间和疾病方面的分布情况。为了评估报告的及时性，我们定义并分析了两个时间段：确认期（CT），即疾病发病日期与确认日期之间的时间间隔；通报期（NT），定义为疾病确认日期与向WOAH报告日期之间的间隔。结果表明：（1）在分析期内事件数量有所增加；（2）事件主要报告的是家畜，而提供的野生动物数据有限；（3）报告事件时，疾病传入的官方来源往往不明；（4）全球CT中位数为5天，全球NT中位数为4天，在研究期间两者均呈下降趋势。不同世界区域和国家收入类别之间存在差异。该分析为全球及长期以来各国的早期检测能力和透明度提供了有趣的见解。
