Timely response to emerging pathogens asks for integrated signaling and surveillance across the borders of the different domains. Especially for threats with pandemic potential, timely response is essential. Challenging issues are sharing signals and what kind of data can be shared between domains in One Health surveillance systems.  

 

 

Joke van der Giessen is a veterinarian and specialist in veterinary microbiology and parasitology. Currently she is top-expert in Emerging Zoonoses Prevention at the Centre for Infectious Disease Control at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). She is also a member of the technical advisory group One Health WHO Europe and chair of the national signalling forum zoonoses as part of the zoonoses crisis structure. 

Joke’s main fields of interest are zoonoses at the animal-human interface and One Health surveillance, including data sharing and risk assessment to prevent public health emergencies. She will tell us more about the development of a One Health signalling surveillance to response structures in the Netherlands.
 

In this session, we welcome examples of One Health surveillance systems including pitfalls, hurdles and challenges. Also, we welcome presentations of methods for prioritization methods for pathogens or One Health surveillance methods and results of these studies. In addition, collaborations between sectors with examples from zoonotic signals or surveillance systems and how this was handled at the public health site will be welcomed.  

  

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