Activities as the WOAH Collaborating Center

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) Collaborating Centers are centers of expertise in a specific designated sphere of competence relating to the management of general questions on animal health issues (“specialty”). In its designated specialty, they must provide their expertise internationally (see WOAH Terms of Reference and Internal Rules for Collaborating Centres.)

The NVAL , along with the National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) became the WOAH Collaborating Center for “Diagnosis and Control of Animal Diseases and Related Veterinary Product Assessment in Asia” in May 2010. Presently, the NVAL is  only designated center for the veterinary drugs in the WOAH’s Asia-Pacific region.

As a WOAH Collaborating Center, the NVAL provides workshops and short-term training seminars for the purpose of improving the regulatory capacity of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) in Asia-Pacific region. Also, the NVAL dispatches lecturers to conferences on animal pharmaceutical affairs. The NVAL will continue to make efforts for strengthening the cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries through seminars and workshops and act aggressively to solve the problems of VMPs in the region.
  

• ・The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 20 to 22 March July, 2018.
   Regional training seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Veterinary Products (Thailand)
• ・The Regional Short-term Training on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was held from 16 to 24 Oct, with support of OIE RRAP. A total of 12 trainees participated in the training, 6 trainees from Bhutan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam joined the pre-advanced course and 6 trainees from Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Korea RO, Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong SAR joined the advanced course. On 19 Oct, all 12 trainees also attended the Antimicrobial Resistance Seminar: From food safety perspective, organised by NVAL jointly with consortium members of the OIE Collaborating Center on Food Safety,  Veterinary Public Health Center (Singapore), Research Center for Food Safety (University of Tokyo, Japan), Division of Health and Environment Sciences (Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan).
  Programme for hands on training
  Programme for seminar
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• A short-term training seminar was held from 14 November to 18 November, 2016. Lectures, practical training and a facility tour concerning drug-resistant strains Eight participants from eight countries (Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongol, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam)
  The AMR One Health Seminar 2016 in NVAL was held at the same time.
• Regional training seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Veterinary Products (Japan)
• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 14 November to 17 November, 2016.Global Animal Health Conference 2016 (India)

• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 2 March to 4 March, 2016.

• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 5 August to 8 August, 2014. Regional Training on Rabies Diagnosis (Japan)
• A short-term training seminar was held from 6 October to 10 October, 2014.
  Lectures, practical training and a facility tour concerning the assessment of the vaccine for fish disease.
  Five participants from five countries (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Mongol)
• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 3 December to 5 December, 2014. Regional training seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Veterinary Products (Japan)

• A short-term training seminar was held from 7 October to 11 October, 2013.
  Lectures, practical training and a facility tour concerning the assessment of the vaccine for fish disease.
  Five participants from five countries (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar)

• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 10 July to 13 July, 2012.
  Regional training seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Veterinary Products (Thailand)
• A short-term training seminar was held from 12 November to 16 November, 2012.
  Lectures, practical training and a facility tour concerning the assessment of the rabies vaccine and swine erysipelas vaccine.
  Five participants from four countries (Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, and Malaysia)

• The NVAL dispatched a lecturer to a seminar from 29 June to 1 July, 2011.
  Regional training seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Veterinary Products (Cambodia)
• A short-term training seminar was held from 6 February to 10 February, 2012.
  Lectures, practical training and a facility tour concerning the assessment of avian influenza vaccines.
  Four participants from four countries (China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam)