World Organisation for Animal Health
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World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Organisation Mondiale de la Santé Animale (OMSA) Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OMSA) | |
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Headquarters | 183 Members[1] |
Leaders | |
• Director General | Monique Eloit[2] |
• President | Hugo Federico Idoyaga Benítez |
• Vice president | Susana Pombo |
• Members of the Council |
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Establishment | |
• International agreement | 25 January 1924 |
Website www |
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), formerly the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), is an
Mission and status
The primary objective of WOAH is to control
History
The need to fight animal diseases at a global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25, 1924. Delegates at the International Conference on Epizootic Diseases of Domestic Animals, a May 1921 conference with diplomats from 43 countries, had called for the establishment of an international organisation to coordinate responses against infectious animal diseases. The delegates were motivated by a rinderpest pandemic.[6]
In May 2003, the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept its historical acronym OIE,[7] which was in use until May 2022.[citation needed]
In December 2016, 430 delegates to the 4th Global Conference on Animal Welfare approved a range of measures aimed to improve animal welfare. An OIE strategy document which stemmed from this conference was to be presented for adoption at the OIE World Assembly in May 2017.[8]
In January 2017, the outgoing Obama administration designated the OIE as an organization entitled to benefits of the International Organizations Immunities Act.[9]
In May 2022, the Organisation stopped using historical acronym OIE, and start to use new acronym WOAH.[10]
Headquarters
WOAH's headquarters are located in Paris, in the
World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) interface
Timely dissemination of information is crucial to containing
A comprehensive range of information is available from:[citation needed]
- Immediate notifications and follow-up reports submitted by member countries in response to exceptional disease events occurring in these countries as well as follow-up reports about these events
- Six-monthly reports describing the WOAH-listed disease situations in each country
- Annual reports providing further background information on animal health, on laboratory and vaccine production facilities
See also
References
- ^ "Members Countries".
- ^ "OIE gains new director general". American Veterinary Medical Association. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Protect animals Archived 2 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine Pets
- ^ Missions of the OIE at OIE official website
- ^ "Opening of the 86th OIE General Session". World Organisation for Animal Health. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-108-42274-1
- ^ History of the OIE at OIE official website
- ^ "OIE welfare conference moves toward new global strategy". Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC. Feedstuffs, a publication of FarmProgress.
- National Archives.
- ^ "The World Organisation for Animal Health launches its refreshed brand identity". 28 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ WAHIS