OIE Webinar "Global Wildlife Health", connecting wildlife health stakeholders globally

World Wildlife Day aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. In 2022, the OIE organised a webinar across five regions and in twelve different time zones, connecting wildlife health stakeholders globally. The webinar was held in two sessions—eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere—and the three official OIE languages (English, French and Spanish).

The OIE is addressing challenges involving wildlife health through implementation of the OIE Wildlife Health Framework. We look to the global community to protect wildlife health to achieve One Health. Towards this goal, the OIE Regional Representation in Asia and the Pacific, in association with the OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Eastern Africa and the OIE Regional Representation for the Americas, organised a webinar on “Global wildlife health” on World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2022.

Spotlight on the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)        [Chair: Lesa Thompson]

• Current and future OIE activities on wildlife (02)
  Dr Keith Hamilton, Preparedness and Resilience Department, OIE headquarters, Paris
• Global situation of wildlife disease surveillance (03)
  Dr Mariana Delgado, Preparedness and Resilience Department, OIE headquarters, Paris
• Early detection systems for wildlife (04)
  Dr Yacinthe Guigma, EBO-SURSY, OIE Regional Representation for Africa, Bamako
• Interactive session          Mentimeter® quiz & participant opinions

Wildlife health globe-trotting      [Chair: Patrick Bastiaensen]

• Session introduction
  Dr Patrick Bastiaensen, OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Eastern Africa, Nairobi
• Asia and the Pacific
  Dr Hirofumi Kugita, OIE Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Tokyo
• African swine fever in wild pigs in Asia and the Pacific (06)
  Dr Brendan Cowled, Executive Consultant and Director, AusVet, Canberra
• Middle East
  Dr Ghazi Yehia, OIE Regional Representative for the Middle East, Beirut
• Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in wildlife in the Middle East (08)
  Dr Ahmad Al-Majali, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Al Ramtha, ‎Irbid‎
• Europe
  Dr Budimir Plavsic, OIE Regional Representative for Europe, Moscow
• Rabies in wildlife in Europe (10)
  Dr. Maxim Sîrbu, National Food Safety Agency, Republic of Moldova, Chișinău

Break

• Africa
  Dr Karim Tounkara, OIE Regional Representative for Africa, Bamako
• Anthrax in wildlife in Africa (12)
  Dr Augusta Kivunzya, Kitui County Veterinary Services, Kenya Zoonotic Diseases Unit, Nairobi
• Americas
  Dr Luis Barcos, OIE Regional Representative for the Americas, Buenos Aires
• White nose syndrome in the Americas (14)
  Dr Jordi Segers, Scientific Coordinator Bats, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Halifax

Stream the Zoom recordings of the webinar in English for session 1 (eastern hemissphere, broadcast from Tokyo) above and in English for session 2 (western hemissphere, broadcast from Buenos Aires) below: