Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fourth International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Objectives: Showcase successfully implemented programmes and track progress since the previous three international NZD meetings Identify ways in which to achieve the NZD milestones as specified in the WHO roadmap Explore ways in which current control interventions can be extended to include other NZDs Increase awareness of NZDs through promotion of health education and communication Launch the Pan-African platform for the prevention and control of NZDs Influence leaders, in particular key policy makers and donors, to increase commitment to actions to control NZDs Updated meeting documents will be posted here as they become available: http://www.advanz.org/nzd4-meeting-materials Password: geneva2014 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Day 1: 19th November Time 08.30-09.00 Title and presenter Registration Meeting with session chairs Session 1. Welcome and scene setting Chair: Professor Peter Holmes, Chair of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) Objectives: Set the scene of the NZDs in the tripartite. Update on progress from previous NZD meetings. Set the scene for the meeting Target outcomes: audience will understand purpose of this meeting and appreciate the importance of NZDs Background material: reports of previous meetings, disease briefs 09.00-09.20 Welcome and opening remarks Dr H. Nakatani Assistant Director General, WHO Dr Katinka de Balogh Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, FAO Dr Alex Thiermann President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE 09.20-09.35 NZDs in the NTDs Dr Dirk Engels Director NTD, WHO 09.35-09.50 Zoonotic diseases and the WHO, OIE, FAO tripartite Dr Katinka de Balogh on behalf of the WHO, OIE, FAO tripartite Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, FAO 09:50-10.05 Keynote Speaker Professor Be-Nazir Ahmed Public Health and Infectious Disease Specialist Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh 10.05-10.10 Honourable Deputy Secretary, Manoj Kumar Roy Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh 10.10-10.20 Honourable Minister, Rwamirama K. Bright Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Uganda 10.20-10.30 Wrap up of opening session 10.30-11.00 Coffee break (Group photo outside meeting room) 2 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Time Title and presenter Panel Session 2. The value of intersectoral working (One Health) Chair: Professor Paul Gibbs, University of Florida, USA Co-Chair: Professor Sue Welburn, University of Edinburgh Objectives: to show the value of intersectoral collaboration and the benefit of One Health platforms Target outcomes: attending participants will understand the value of intersectoral collaboration and may seek to develop One Health platforms within countries Background material: The FAO-OIE-WHO Collaboration: Sharing responsibilities and coordinating global activities to address health risks at the animal-human-ecosystems interfaces 11.00-11.20 Introduction to intersectoral collaboration and One Dr Yuichi Kishita Health Deputy Director, International Animal Professor Paul Gibbs Health Affairs Office, University of Florida Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan Introduction to clicker questions Dr Julius Keyyu 11.20-11.30 Launch of Pan-African OH NZD platform One Health in Central and eastern Africa Professor Samson Mukaratirwa (OHCEA) University of KwaZulu-Natal Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute 11.30-11.40 One Health at the Ministerial level Professor Peter Holmes Dr Austine Orinde Chair, First WHO stakeholders meeting ZDU Kenya, One Health Initiative on rhodesiense human African 11.40-11.50 Control of Trypanosomiasis in Uganda (COCTU) trypanosomiasis. Professor Charles Waiswa COCTU Uganda Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder Team Leader, NZD, WHO 11.50-12.00 Pan American Health Organization’s PANAFTOSA work on zoonosis in the region Dr Katinka de Balogh Dr Victor Del Rio Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, PANAFTOSA, Brazil FAO 12.00-12.30 Panel and discussion - Can a One Health platform be established in Dr Alex Thiermann your country? President, Terrestrial Animal Health - Are there tangible benefits in operations of Standards Commission, World this shift in paradigm with OH? Organisation for Animal Health, OIE - Are there barriers in operations of this shift in paradigm with OH? Solutions? 12.30-14.00 Clicker questions for feedback Lunch and exhibits / posters 3 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Time Title and presenter 14.30-14.40 A Global Campaign for Rabies Elimination Professor Louis Nel Global Alliance for Rabies Control 14.40-14.50 Dealing with Hydatid in Morocco and dog integrated packages Dr Soaud Bouhout Ministry of Health, Morocco 14.50-15.00 Echinococcosis control in Mongolia Dr Bolor Bold Ministry of Health, Mongolia 15.00-15.30 Panel and discussion - Why are dogs not being vaccinated? - How can we overcome under-reporting? - Training of rural health workers to spot signs and symptoms and reduce misdiagnosis - Improve access to treatment Panel Session 3. Interventions for dog-borne diseases Chair: Professor Be-Nazir Ahmed, Ministry of Health, Bangladesh Co Chair: Professor Louis Nel, Global Alliance for Rabies Control Objectives: explore interventions to target dog-transmitted NZDs. Tools exist for effective rabies control, why are these not being more widely utilised and implemented? Target outcomes: make policy makers think about “why dogs are not being vaccinated in your country” and options for population management Background material: disease briefs for rabies and echinococcosis 14.00-14.10 Introduction to control of dog-borne NZDs Dr Simeon S. Amurao Professor Be-Nazir Ahmed Chief Veterinary Officer, Philippines Ministry of Health, Bangladesh Dr Luke Gamble 14.10-14.20 A stepwise approach to rabies elimination Mission Rabies, WVS Dr Katinka de Balogh Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, FAO Team Leader, NZD, WHO 14.20-14.30 Rabies elimination and dog bite prevention, lessons from BMGF rabies control programme Dr Katinka de Balogh Mr Daniel Stewart Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, Rabies proof of concept project KZN FAO 15.30-16.00 Dr Alex Thiermann President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE Clicker questions for feedback Coffee break 4 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Time Title and presenter Panel Session 4. Control of parasitic zoonotic NTDs Chair: Dr Banchob Sripa, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis, Thailand CoChair: Professor Maria Vang Johansen, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training on Neglected and other Parasitic Zoonoses Objectives: using the examples of cysticercosis and trematodes to highlight evidence-based control. Highlighting a range of control options and how policy can be determined when there are a range of available options Target outcomes: audience will be aware of available interventions for these diseases and the need for a One Health approach Background material: disease briefs for cysticercosis, foodborne trematodes 16.00-16.10 Introduction to control of parasitic zoonotic NTDs Dr Nguyen Thu Thuy Chief Veterinary Officer, Vietnam Dr Banchob Sripa WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control Ms Kate Medlicott of Opisthorchiasis Sanitary engineer and sanitation team leader 16.10-16.20 Report on WHO informal consultation on Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health, cysticercosis WHO Professor Eric Fèvre University of Liverpool 16.20-16.30 16.30-16.40 16.40-17.30 18.10 Health education as a specific intervention tool Professor Isaac Phiri University of Zambia Cysticercosis control in Peru; moving from research to programme Dr Armando Gonzalez National University of San Marcos, Peru Panel and discussion - Country situation analysis- where to start - How to make policy choices of interventions? - Balancing ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches? - How to work closer with human hygiene/sanitation to acquire added benefits for to these diseases? Professor Marshall Lightowlers Principal Research Fellow National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder Team Leader, NZD, WHO Dr Katinka de Balogh Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, FAO Dr Alex Thiermann President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE Clicker questions for feedback Drinks reception 5 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Day 2: 20th November Time Title and presenter Panel 08.30-09.00 Meeting with session chairs Session 5. Forgotten Bacteria – from silent suffering to recurrent epidemics Chair: Dr Rudovick Kazwala, Sokoine University of Agriculture Co-Chair: Dr François Meslin Consultant and former WHO Team Leader, NZD WHO Objectives: describe the impact of the bacterial zoonoses – brucellosis, bovine TB and anthrax. These are diseases that are not included in the WHO 17 NTDs, they are under diagnosed and under-reported and the aim of this session is to explore this and contributory factors Target outcomes: increase advocacy for these diseases, address under-reporting Background material: disease briefs for brucellosis, bovine TB and anthrax 09.00-09.10 Short recap of Day 1. Dr Nguyen Thu Thuy Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder Chief Veterinary Officer, Vietnam Team Leader, NZD, WHO Professor Gift Matope Head of Department, University of 09.10-09.20 Introduction to Bacterial Zoonoses - overview of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Veterinary Science policy briefs Dr Rudovick Kazwala Dr Awa Aidara-Kane Sokoine University of Agriculture Coordinator, Foodborne and Zoonotic Diseases, WHO 09.20-09.30 Inter-sectorial work in Mongolia on Brucellosis Dr Felix Roth Dr Adrian Whatmore Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Deputy Head, Bacteriology Department 09.30-09.40 Burden of brucellosis Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Dr Anna S. Dean WHO Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder 09.40-09.50 Brucellosis outbreak in Syria Team Leader, NZD, WHO Dr Mostafa Turkmani Ministry of Health, Syria Dr Katinka de Balogh 09.50-10.30 Panel and discussion Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, - Why are these diseases under diagnosed and FAO under-reported? Clicker questions for feedback 10.30-11.00 Dr Alex Thiermann President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE Coffee break 6 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Time Title and presenter Panel Session 6. Financing for NZDs Chair: Honourable Rwamirama K. Bright Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Uganda Co-Chair: Professor Ian Maudlin, The University of Edinburgh Objectives: discuss the available funding options and introduce innovative financing mechanisms for surveillance and control Target outcomes: policy makers will be aware of financing options available, and of the need to prioritise NZDs in order to receive funding for control 11.00-11.10 Introduction to Financing for NZDs Dr Louise Savell Director, Social Finance Ltd Honourable Rwamirama K. Bright Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Uganda 11.10-11.20 11.20-11.30 European Union funding addressing NZD: Research Framework, Programmes and Development and Cooperation Actions Dr Luis Vivas-Alegre DG Research (EC) Development Impact Bonds Dr Paul Coleman H2O Venture Partner Professor Idriss Oumar Alfaroukh Institut de recherches en élevage pour le développement (IRED) Tchad Dr Yuichi Kishita Deputy Director, International Animal Health Affairs Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan 11.30-11.40 The Gates Foundation and Social Finance Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (TBC) Mr Christopher Fitzpatrick NTD Economist, WHO 11.40-11.50 Dr Peter Stevenson UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Panel and discussion - What is needed for endemic zoonotic diseases priorities in the Country Cooperation Strategies and Blue Book for your country? - What would you do with increased funding for NZD control? - Would a DIB be applicable? Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder Team Leader, NZD, WHO 12.00-12.30 Dr Katinka de Balogh Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health, FAO Dr Alex Thiermann President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission, World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE Clicker questions for feedback 12.30-14.00 Lunch and exhibits / posters 7 From Advocacy to Action: 4th International Meeting on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases WHO Executive Board Room, 19 and 20 November 2014 Time Title and presenter Session 7. Beyond NZD4 Chair: Chair: Professor Peter Holmes, Chair STAG-NTD Co-Chair: Professor Paul Gibbs, University of Florida Objectives: Discuss next steps Target outcomes: determine the priorities and conclusions for operationalization of country programmes and transitioning of research results, address next steps Background material: Questionnaires, briefing document 14.00-14.20 Final clicker session and synthesis of all Clicker Sessions Professor Paul Gibbs University of Florida 14.20-15.20 15.20-15.30 15.30-16.00 Dr Tineke Kramer Utrecht University Round up, final discussions / questions and close All session Chairs Official Closing Coffee In Coffee Space – Videos playing at break times, Main Room screen FAO Uganda video Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtilUyJpz0 http://www.stampoutsleepingsickness.com/media/video-gallery/sosproject-2016.aspx Rabies elimination in the Philippines In Coffee Space – Displays/demonstrations in the Foyer area The Vicious Worm ICONZ ADVANZ Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa GARC http://www.theviciousworm.org/ http://www.iconzafrica.org/ http://www.advanz.org/ http://steps-centre.org/project/drivers_of_disease/ http://rabiesalliance.org/ 8