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strategies and to maintain national veterinary
scientific communities and support the standard-
setting process of the OIE and of other WTO and
SPS recognized international standard-setting
organizations.

13.5 developing international
solidarity to achieve better
control of animal diseases in
the world

the oIE Performance of veterinary
Services (PvS) Pathway

Veterinary services, including the veterinary labo-
ratories, in developing and in-transition countries
may need guidance and support to strengthen the
necessary organization, infrastructure, resources
and capacities that will enable their countries
to benefit from increased, safe trade in animals
and animal products via the application of sani-
tary measures aligned to OIE standards. At the Figure 13.4 OIE Performance of Veterinary Services
same time, stronger veterinary services provide (PVS) tool.
greater protection for animal health and public
health within their own country. The OIE con- methodology has been developed and the OIE
siders veterinary services to be a global public has published the ‘OIE Tool for the Evaluation
good and their performance and compliance with of Performance of Veterinary Services’ (the
international standards (structure, organization, OIE PVS Tool) as the basis for evaluating per-
resources, capacities, role of paraprofessionals) formance against the international standards
as a public investment priority. published in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code
The PVS Pathway is the OIE’s flagship (Figure 13.4).
capacity building platform for the sustainable At the time of writing, the OIE is undertak-
improvement of a country’s veterinary services’ ing a process to evolve the PVS Pathway and
compliance with OIE international standards. provide a wider array of engagement options for
To help ensure the effective performance of the its members. These options include: PVS self-
veterinary services of members, the OIE has ded- evaluation, PVS evaluation with specific content
icated chapters, 25,26 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal (targeting global priorities such as PPR [peste
Health Code to the quality of veterinary services. des petits ruminants] eradication and AMR),
The OIE international standards and guide- formally linking PVS gap analysis with internal
lines constitute the basis for independent national strategic planning cycles, and linkages
external country evaluations of the quality of between the OIE PVS Pathway and the WHO’s
veterinary services and have been democrati- International Health Regulations Monitoring
cally adopted by all OIE members. A specific and Evaluation Framework.

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