Ann. Méd. Vét., 2014, 158 (1), pp 22-38 Radioscopy of the surveillance
of infectious animal diseases in
Belgium.
Part II: analyse of the organisationnal
aspects of surveillance
activities and recommendationsCARDOEN S., DEPOORTER P., HENDRIKX P., HOOYBERGHS J., IMBERECHTS H., DEWULF J., CZAPLICKI G., VAN DER STEDE Y., DIERICK K., VAN DEN BERG T., STOOP S., HUBAUX M., QUOILIN S., SAEGERMAN C.Abstract :
The objective of this study is to
analyse the surveillance activities
related to the specific animal diseases
and also the structural and
organizational aspects of the surveillance
in Belgium concerning
animal and zoonotic diseases in
animals, in order to provide recommendations
for improvement.
In the first part of this study (part I),
an inventory of the surveillance activities
of animal and zoonotic diseases
present in animals was carried
out and the aspects relative to
the specific surveillance of animal
diseases were considered.
In this second part, the organizational
and structural aspects of
the Belgian surveillance of animal
health have been analyzed.
Typologies have been realized to
describe and visualize the organizational aspects of the surveillance.
At the same time, an
inventory of national and international,
short- and middle-term
recommendations concerning
the organizational aspects of the
surveillance was realized, namely
based on a SWOT survey. The
comparison of the current organization
of the surveillance activities
with the national and international
recommendations allowed
to identify needs and to propose
structural surveillance improvement
pathways.
An important recommendation
concerns the creation of a national
platform of epidemiological
surveillance made up of persons
responsible of the authorities in
charge of the surveillance of the
animal health, wild fauna included,
of the public health and of the
food safety. This would ensure a
collaboration and a coordination
between these domains, what is
particularly relevant for what concern
the surveillance of zoonoses
and of antibiotic resistance. Get the PDF Contact person : sabine.cardoen@afsca.be |