Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerging zoonoses: early warning and
surveillance in the Netherlands
This report describes the results of the emerging zoonoses
programme (EmZoo). The ultimate objective of EmZoo was
to develop a blueprint for an effective early warning and
signalling system in the Netherlands for threats of relevance
to both human and veterinary health. To reach this aim, the
collaborative effort of key institutes involved in veterinary
and public health in the Netherlands was requested. A
consortium consisting in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
of the University of Utrecht (UU), the Central Veterinary
Institute (CVI) of Wageningen University and Research
Centre, the Animal Health Service (GD) and the Centre for
Infectious Disease Control (CIb), RIVM, was established
and collaborated in eight projects serving the following
three aims:
1. to provide a systematic approach for the signalling of
emerging zoonoses,
2. to prioritise emerging zoonoses important for the
Netherlands, and
3. to develop a blueprint for an early warning and
surveillance system for emerging zoonoses.
Full report:
http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/330214002.pdf
Summary on page 19 and 20.
surveillance in the Netherlands
This report describes the results of the emerging zoonoses
programme (EmZoo). The ultimate objective of EmZoo was
to develop a blueprint for an effective early warning and
signalling system in the Netherlands for threats of relevance
to both human and veterinary health. To reach this aim, the
collaborative effort of key institutes involved in veterinary
and public health in the Netherlands was requested. A
consortium consisting in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
of the University of Utrecht (UU), the Central Veterinary
Institute (CVI) of Wageningen University and Research
Centre, the Animal Health Service (GD) and the Centre for
Infectious Disease Control (CIb), RIVM, was established
and collaborated in eight projects serving the following
three aims:
1. to provide a systematic approach for the signalling of
emerging zoonoses,
2. to prioritise emerging zoonoses important for the
Netherlands, and
3. to develop a blueprint for an early warning and
surveillance system for emerging zoonoses.
Full report:
http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/330214002.pdf
Summary on page 19 and 20.