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World Animal Health Information System
WAHIS Portal: Animal Health Data
To enable free access to world animal health data, WOAH provides Internet users with several computer tools designed to answer specific user needs. The World Animal Health Information System – WAHIS portal provides easy access to these tools, for more accurate results while searching for world animal health information.
Guaranteeing transparency of the world animal health situation is one of the primary missions of WOAH. WOAH Members have an obligation to submit information on their animal health situation, and a list of terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases notifiable to WOAH has been established for that purpose. To fulfil this mandate, WOAH regularly adapts the information technology tools of the World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS), which comprises three essential elements:
- An early warning system for the immediate management of alert notices for WOAH-listed diseases and emerging diseases.
- A monitoring system to manage six-monthly information updates on all WOAH-listed diseases.
- Further information provided by National Authorities through annual reports on animal diseases affecting human populations, animal populations and Veterinary Service capacities, such as personnel, laboratory capacity and vaccine production.
In addition, there is WAHIS-Wild, a system which gathers and presents information on wildlife diseases that are not included in the WOAH List but are considered to require surveillance. These diseases are not subject to compulsory notification, but WOAH Members are encouraged to provide information on them voluntarily, if they are of significant interest for animal health knowledge.
The WAHIS portal provides access to a list of real-time alert notices and the following information:
WAHIS public interface
Reflects all data gathered from 2005 onwards on terrestrial and aquatic Listed diseases in domestic animals and wildlife, as well as on emerging diseases and zoonoses.
WAHIS data entry interface
A dedicated space tailored to authorised users, mainly Delegates of WOAH Members and their representatives.
ADIS-WAHIS
The EU Animal Diseases Information System (ADIS), provides a centralized hub for animal health data management in the EU. This platform works in tandem with WAHIS.
WAHIS Distribution List
An emailing list set up for WOAH Delegates, animal and public health organisations interested in receiving real-time information on animal disease exceptional events.
WAHIS Notification procedures
These procedures are intended for WOAH Focal Points for Animal disease notification in order to help them with the notification process.
WAHIS-Wild Beta interface
A tool used by the official Delegates and Focal Points of WOAH Members, as well as the representatives of non-Members, to report on a voluntary basis annual data on non-listed diseases in wildlife.
Published data can be consulted via the WAHIS-Wild Beta public dashboard.
For any question related to the above resources, please contact the World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department via WAHIS Support.