National PPR Disease Eradication Program
Asela Regional Veterinary Laboratory
PPR Disease Eradication & Control
Program Branch Office
Animal Disease Reporting/surveillance System in Ethiopia
By; Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, Msc in vet Epidemiology) Epidemiology coordinator @ Asella Regional
Veterinary Laboratory
11/28/2023
January 11, Adama, Oromia
Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo
gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
INTRODUCTION
Animal production in developing countries is facing important health issues,
with potential consequences for human health
Animal disease Surveillance is an important tool for disease control,
prevention & eradication program
Successful control of epidemics depends on rapid access to complete
information on disease situation
OIE Member countries have an obligation to fulfil international commitment
to notify occurrence of diseases
Chapters 1.1. of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Codes
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Intro….
The National Animal Disease Surveillance System (NADSS):- a set of
connections of partners working together through surveillance to protect
animal health.
The goal is to systematically collect, collate, and analyze animal health data and promptly
disseminate the information.
Relies mainly on field disease outbreak reports.
Focuses on TADs
The NADSS has two components
DOVAR-II
ADNIS
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
To support the declarations
of diseases status for
trading purpose.
To Establish strong
animal health information To have reliable surveillance
system
system.
OBJECTIVE
To support the declarations To fulfill international
of diseases status for the diseases reporting
purpose of finalizing agreements.
eradication programs.
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
National Animal Disease Surveillance System
(NADSS)
• DOVAR-II
(Disease Outbreak Vaccination Activity Reporting)
• ADINIS
(Animal disease Notification & Investigation System)
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
The data is used for planning & policy development
Control and prevention programs: Vaccinations
Helping the national PPR control program
PPR notifications/Alert: shared to coordinators and PDS teams for action
Follow up and control of TADs
Fulfill international requirements
Sanitary measures & Risk analysis: trade
NADSS
One important aspect of the surveillance systems is Provision of feedback
to end users and other stakeholders
Biannual feedback is sent for regions after analyzing and interpreting the
data
Reporting performance
Quality of reports
Disease temporal & spatial distribution
Data generated from the system are shared for international & region
organizations
OIE and FAO
DOVAR II
•DOVAR-2 report is one of the real time diseases reporting mechanism.
•DOVAR-2 reporting system is a partial web based application by which
monthly diseases outbreak reports are collected, stored , collated and analyzed
at RVL.
•In our operational areas the reporting were from seven zones of namely Arsi,
W/Arsi, Bale, East Bale, East Shewa, North Shewa and Special zone
surrounding Finfine.
•The ways of reporting; from field information via animal health worker
(DOVAR-2 focal personnel).
•Therefore; based on these we collect and fill to the web based diseases
reporting system.
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Way of Diseases reporting by DOVAR-II
OIE
MoA (epidemiology directorate)
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DOVAR-II focal health processer
person
Kebele animal health
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Animal owners CAHWS
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Online DOVAR Reporting Website
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Asella Regional Veterinary Laboratory
Disease Outbreak and Vaccination Activity Report collection format from PA’s to District
District _____________________ Month ___________Year ________________
PAs _____________________ Location: GPS/Latitude: __________________ Longitude: _________________ Altitude: _________
No Disease Species Sex Diagnosis Date of Date of Status No of No of No of Vaccination
first case report cases deaths slaughter PAR
Prophylaxis Control
•PAR: Population at risk
•PA: Peasant Associations (Ganda)
•Diagnosis: Confirmed “*C” and Suspected “*S”
•Status at the end of the Month: Continuing “**C” or Ended “**E”
Prepared by: Name __________________________ Signature ____________________
Date:______________________
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ADNIS
• a Smartphone based System for immediate Notification of Animal
Disease
• Animal Disease Notification and Investigation System (ADNIS) a
system that local authorities are used to transmit information on
animal diseases to the central government, including;
type of disease,
location,
numbers of animals affected
population at risk and
kind of intervention measures taken.
11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo
gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo
gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Surveillance
systematic ongoing collection, collation, and analysis
of information related to animal health and the timely
dissemination of information to those who need to
know so that action can be taken (OIE)
There should be prompt feedback to the data
suppliers so that they know they are making a useful
contribution.
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Importance of Surveillance
Animal health surveillance is an essential tool to:
Detect disease/infection
monitor disease trends
facilitate the control of disease/infection
support claims for freedom
provide data for use in risk analysis
animal and/or public health purposes
substantiate the rationale for sanitary measures
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Types of surveillance
There are two main types of Passive surveillance
A key part of early warning system
surveillance used for data to detect outbreaks
collection:
A continuous activity and a basic
Passive surveillance requirement of the OIE
Disease reporting is an important
component of the passive
surveillance
Active surveillance
Notifiable disease reporting is
mandatory
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Passive surveillance ...
Is not restricted to a specific disease
It identifies which diseases are present in country and
where disease is
Is a continuous activity and a basic requirement of the
World Animal Health Organization (OIE)
Minimum requirement of disease reporting rate is 80%
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Active surveillance
Active collection of data to detect and measure the
presence of a specific disease (infection) or diseases in
populations or individual animals
It is based on:
Disease search by animal health service providers (stock
route/livestock market inspection, farm visits and border point
inspection)
Surveys, Participatory Disease Searches, Disease investigations
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Indicators of Effective Surveillance
Timeliness
Representativeness
Surveillance Method Cost
Sensitivity
Simplicity
Acceptability
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Sustainability
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Animal disease surveillance in Ethiopia….
At national level both active and passive
surveillance are implemented
Passive surveillance is the fundamental source of
animal health information of the country & also
used to fulfil international requirements.
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
surveillance in Ethiopia….
Active surveillance: implemented through AHI & RVLs
Used to determine status, progression, effectiveness of
control program for priority disease
Trade sensitive, zoonotic diseases, etc (Brucellosis,
RVF)
Investigate an outbreak
Risk based surveillance: endemic & exotic disease
Not widely practiced due to limited capacity
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
Actors of surveillance
Regional Epidemiology Units
At Regional level -Regional laboratories
Zones
Districts
Villages
Individual Farmers/Pastoralists
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MoA
Livestock development
Others
sector
Challenges/limitations
Absence of regulation forcing professionals on compulsory reporting of disease
outbreaks.
Awareness & technical gap and lack of commitment: some individuals
Lack of specified internet line for surveillance system server
Limitation of capacity for outbreak investigation (Budget, logistic,
consumables, etc)
Absence of strong feed back and response mechanism
Limited information sharing with stakeholders
Thank you!!
Galatoomaa!!
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gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
