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WOAH is pleased to invite you to a webinar marking the release of the Guidelines for African swine fever (ASF) vaccines: field evaluation and post-vaccination monitoring.

These guidelines provide practical technical guidance to support WOAH Members and relevant stakeholders in the design, implementation, and evaluation of field studies for ASF vaccines, as well as post-vaccination monitoring and evaluation of vaccination programmes. They aim to support evidence-based decision-making on the potential use of ASF vaccination as part of national or regional ASF prevention and control strategies.

The webinar will provide an opportunity to present the guidelines, their purpose and scope, and their relevance for Veterinary Services, competent authorities and partners involved in ASF vaccine evaluation and monitoring.

Learn more about the guidelines here.

Agenda

Time (CET)	Session	Speakers
10:00–10:05	Opening remarks	Dr Baba Soumaré, WOAH
10:05–10:15	WOAH process for the development of the technical guidelines	Dr Ronald Mora, WOAH
10:15–10:35	Technical presentation of the guidelines: field evaluation, benefit–risk assessment and post-vaccination monitoring	Dr Georgina Limón-Vega and team, The Pirbright Institute
10:35–11:25	Member perspectives and expert question-and-answer session	Dr Janice Garcia, Philippines Dr Phan Le Van, Viet Nam Georgina Limón-Vega and team, The Pirbright Institute Moderated by Dr Ronald Mora, WOAH
11:25–11:30	Conclusions and next steps	Dr Gregorio Torres, WOAH

WOAH is pleased to invite you to a webinar marking the launch of TRUVET – the Track and Report Unsafe VETerinary products platform.

TRUVET is a new global digital tool designed to support WOAH Members in the systematic reporting, sharing, and analysis of unsafe veterinary products. By strengthening transparency and collaboration, TRUVET contributes to improved animal health, public health, and trust in veterinary products worldwide.

Register to this webinar to:

• Learn about the purpose and key features of TRUVET
• Understand how TRUVET supports the detection, reporting, and management of unsafe veterinary products
• Explore how Members and stakeholders can use the platform in practice
• Engage directly with WOAH through a live Q&A session

📅 Date: 3rd June 2026
⏰ Time: 12pm CET (English)
🌐 Format: Online webinar
 

This webinar is intended for WOAH Delegates and their focal points, veterinary regulators, WOAH Collaborating Centres and reference Centres, private sector, international organisations and other stakeholders involved in veterinary product oversight.

We look forward to your participation in this important step towards strengthening global vigilance on veterinary products.

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Session times for other languages

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Introduction

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), through their joint Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs), and in collaboration with the PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN), are pleased to invite you to the first session of the two-part webinar series on Peste des Petits Ruminants disease (PPR) to be held on Thursday, 4 June 2026, from 11:00 to 13:20 CEST.

Organised jointly by the joint FAO-WOAH PPR Secretariat and the PPR GREN, this webinar series serves as a platform to disseminate practical, field-focused information and help bridge persistent gaps identified in PPR eradication efforts.  

This session will focus on key aspects regarding identification of high-risk populations, understanding behavioural drivers, mobilising stakeholders, and managing effective PPR control and eradication programmes. It will provide practical insights to support countries and partners in justification of field interventions towards PPR eradication. 

Agenda 

Time (CEST)	Topic/Facilitator
11:00 – 11:10	Opening remarks FAO Representative   PPR GREN Chair
11:10 – 11:50	Session 1: Targeting PPR Control Where It Matters Most
11:50 – 12:40	Session 2: Guided Expert Discussion: Stakeholder Engagement & Behavioural Drivers
12:40 – 13:00	Discussion, Question & Answer session
13:00 – 13:10	Mentimeter: Feedback session
13:10– 13:20	Closing remarks   WOAH Representative
The event will be moderated by GREN Bureau, WOAH and FAO PPR Secretariat.

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Background

The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade is a global, interdisciplinary network of over 180 organisations and 500 experts working to prevent pathogen spillover by bridging science, policy and practice. The Alliance envisions acting as an incubator for generating and sharing knowledge across its network and beyond. The Expert Talk series has been designed to support this aim by enabling members and inviting experts to share relevant insights and evidence-based knowledge with the community. Learn more about the Alliance’s work on https://alliance-health-wildlife.org/ .

Introduction

The global wildlife trade brings wild animals and humans into close and repeated contact across harvesting, transport, markets, consumption, and captivity. These interactions create opportunities for pathogens to move between species and can contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases. While traded wild animals are known to carry zoonotic pathogens and parasites, it has remained unclear whether traded species are more likely to share pathogens with humans than non-traded species. In this talk, Dr Jérôme Gippet will present a recent study published in Science, combining global wildlife trade records with host-pathogen association data to examine how wildlife trade has shaped animal-to-human pathogen transmission over the past 40 years. The study shows that traded mammals are more likely to share pathogens with humans, that live-animal and illegal trade can further increase this risk, and that the number of pathogens shared with humans increases with the time a species has spent in trade. These findings highlight wildlife trade as an important driver of zoonotic risk and underline the need to better integrate disease surveillance into wildlife trade regulations.

Biography of the presenter

Dr Jérôme Gippet is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research explores human–wildlife interactions from both applied and fundamental perspectives in ecology and conservation. Trained as an invasion biologist and urban ecologist at the University of Lyon, he later worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lausanne, where he investigated emerging exotic pet markets in invertebrates. This work revealed a previously overlooked global trade in pet ants, highlighting important risks for biological invasions (Gippet & Bertelsmeier 2021, PNAS). His research is strongly data-driven and often draws on unconventional sources, such as online pet shops and social media, to better understand wildlife markets and their consequences for biodiversity, invasion dynamics, and pathogen transmission.

Towards a healthy co-existence of people and animals in their shared ecosystems

This event is part of the One Health Festival Summit. Learn more on the official event webpage.

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Background 

Wildlife trade—legal, illegal, domestic or international—is one of the most complex and under-addressed drivers of health risk at the human–animal–environment interface.  

The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade is a global, interdisciplinary and intersectoral network of over 180 organisations and 500+ experts working to better understand and prevent pathogen spillover at the source by bridging science, policy and practice through an One Health approach. Its activities range from knowledge exchange, pilot projects, and policy advisory support to awareness-raising on health risks along wildlife trade chains.  

Join us for an online event at the One Health Festival- Summit that shines a spotlight on the health risks inherent with wildlife trade and the Alliance’s role in elevating this issue on the national and global One Health stage. Featuring a keynote presentation, an expert panel discussion, and compelling field stories, this dynamic session is designed to inform, inspire, and encourage action. 

Objectives 

1. To raise global awareness about zoonotic health risks inherent to wildlife trade and their implications for pandemic prevention strategies and global health policy. 

2. To showcase successful projects with concrete results from field implementation. 

3. To stimulate actionable dialogue on evidence-informed policies to reduce risk at source. 

4. To highlight multi-sectoral collaboration to reduce health risks in wildlife trade.  

Details 

• Date and time:  23 April at 2 pm CET (8 am EDT/9 pm JST). 

• Venue: Virtual

• Learn more about the International Alliance and WOAH wildlife health

The event is open to all. We invite government officials and technical experts, and other important actors from academia, donors, civil society, and media, as well as partners supporting One Health implementation. 

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On behalf of GF-TADs for Europe, and the Veterinary Authority of Spain, WOAH Regional Representation for Europe invites all Members and partners worldwide to a second technical webinar to update on the African swine fever (ASF) epidemiological situation in Spain. The previous webinar on the topic took place on December 22, 2025, and brought together more than 250 participants.

This webinar will provide an overview of the current epidemiological situation, the response measures implemented, and coordination at regional and international levels. It will also serve as an opportunity to share experience and lessons learned.

Date: 16 April 2026
Time: 13.00 to 14.30 CET
Format: Online (Zoom webinar)

Participation in this webinar is free, but registration is mandatory via the link below. The webinar will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish, French and Russian.

We look forward to your participation.

Agenda

Opening and moderation: Dr Budimir Plavsic, Permanent Regional Secretariat of GF-TADs Europe

Opening remarks and Chair: Dr Bernard Van Goethem, President of GF-TADs for Europe, Chair of SGE-ASF

Epidemiological situation of African swine fever in wild boar in Spain and disease control measures: Dr Emilio García Muro, Spanish CVO and WOAH Delegate

Laboratory findings and virus characterization: Dr Manuel Durán Ferrer, National Reference Laboratory and Dr Carmina Gallardo, EURL (INIA CISA)

Moderated Q&A: Dr Gregorio Torres, Head of the Science and Disease Management Department

Closing remarks: Dr Bernard Van Goethem

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) invites multidisciplinary teams to participate in an international datathon on animal health data science, focusing on surveillance, risk, trade and impact assessment.

Participants will work remotely over several months to address real‑world analytical challenges using pilot datasets provided by WOAH and partners. The datathon aims to stimulate innovation, methodological rigor and decision‑relevant analytics in animal health.

Winning teams will receive prize money, the opportunity to be featured in The Animal Echo and to present their work at a dedicated side event during the WOAH Global Session in 2027.

Who can participate

The datathon is open to international, multidisciplinary teams (1–6 members), including but not limited to:

Teams may include members from academia (students or faculty), public institutions, international organisations, NGOs or the private sector.

Timeline

• Official launch: March 2026
• Deadline for registration: 31 May 2026
• Team work: Independent and asynchronous (remote participation)
• Support: Documentation, data descriptions and periodic technical clarifications
• Final submission: analytical pipeline + report on a git repo by October 31st, 2026.

Organisation and deliverables

Each team will:

• Select one challenge either from the list or self-proposed (subject to approval)
• Develop a complete data science pipeline, including data processing, modelling and validation
• Produce analytical outputs based on pilot or historical datasets
• Document methods and results in a concise technical report
• All code must be reproducible and submitted as a git push to a public repository (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) with clear instructions for replication.

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Stay informed

Mailing list

To stay up to date with the latest news regarding the WOAH Datathon, please register to the datathon mailing list.

FAQs

For any general question, please check the FAQs page before contacting us.

Contact

If needed, write to us through dataintegration.dept @ woah. org with subject line “WOAH Datathon”.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) will host a virtual event on Thursday, 26 March 2026, from 13:00 to 14:30 CET, marking the official launch of the modernised Global Early Warning System (GLEWS+) platform and its new public website. 

GLEWS+ is a flagship One Health intelligence mechanism jointly established by FAO, WHO and WOAH to strengthen collaboration across sectors and improve the early detection of health threats. By bringing together the complementary expertise of the three Organizations, GLEWS+ supports the identification of signals, the joint assessment of potential risks, and the timely communication of information to guide action. 

Mechanisms such as GLEWS+ are increasingly important global early warning, as emerging and re-emerging health threats at the human–animal–ecosystem interface continue to pose significant risks to global health security. Increasing interconnectedness, environmental change, intensification of livestock systems, and global mobility highlight the need for stronger mechanisms for timely detection, coordinated risk assessment and joint action. 

During the upcoming event, participants will be introduced to the modernised GLEWS+ platform and the new public website and will learn how One Health intelligence contributes to early warning, joint risk assessment and coordinated responses to emerging health threats. The event will also bring together experts to reflect on One Health intelligence and how to advance the broader global health security agenda. 

For more information, visit the event webpage or contact [email protected]. 

This webinar aims to present key findings from the Second WOAH Observatory Monitoring Report and and engage Members in understanding how standards are implemented across priority thematic areas.

This session will examine Members’ use of WOAH procedures for disease self‑declaration and official status recognition, and will also provide an overview of how Members apply sanitary measures in accordance with WOAH standards in the context of trade.

This webinar will be offered in English.

Time (CET)	Session	Content	Speakers
12:00–12:05	Opening	Welcome address: brief introduction to the webinar, overview of the agenda	Dr Montserrat Arroyo, Deputy Director General International Standard and Science, WOAH
12:05–12:10	What is the the WOAH Observatory programme ?	Observatory programme objectives and main outputs	Dr Caroline Paquier, Senior Programme manager, WOAH
12:10–12:15	The Second WOAH Observatory monitoring report- Methodology	Methodology applied to execute the Second Observatory Monitoring Report	Dr Nahoko Ieda, Scientific Officer, WOAH
12:15–12:30	Key highlights of  Observatory Monitoring Indicators analysis- Recommendations to WOAH and Members	Presentation of the key monitoring indicators accompanied by the recommendations to WOAH and Members	Dr Nahoko Ieda, Scientific Officer, WOAH
12:30–12:40	Q & A	Open round discussion	All
12:40–12:45	Closing Remarks	Takeaway messages	TBD

This webinar aims to present key findings from the Second WOAH Observatory Monitoring Report and engage Members in understanding how standards are implemented across priority thematic areas.

This session will explore how countries implement movement control, border precautions, and zoning and compartmentalisation measures to reduce the spread of animal diseases within and across borders.

The webinar will be offered in english.

Time (CET)	Session	Content	Speakers
12:00–12:05	Opening	Welcome address: brief introduction to the webinar, overview of the agenda	Dr Montserrat Arroyo, Deputy Director General International Standard and Science, WOAH
12:05–12:10	What is the the WOAH Observatory programme ?	Observatory programme objectives and main outputs	Dr Caroline Paquier, Senior Programme manager, WOAH
12:10–12:15	The Second WOAH Observatory monitoring report- Methodology	Methodology applied to execute the Second Observatory Monitoring Report	Dr Nahoko Ieda, Scientific Officer, WOAH
12:15–12:30	Key highlights of  Observatory Monitoring Indicators analysis- Recommendations to WOAH and Members	Presentation of the key monitoring indicators accompanied by the recommendations to WOAH and Members	Dr Nahoko Ieda, Scientific Officer, WOAH
12:30–12:40	Q & A	Open round discussion	All
12:40–12:45	Closing Remarks	Takeaway messages	TBD