The National Centre for Animal Health in collaboration with the National Veterinary Hospital, Project Management Unit, Ministry of Health and ICTD, MoAF has conducted the master training of the trainers (ToT) on the enhanced Veterinary Information System (VIS), an online animal health database management system of Bhutan, for the second cohort from 19th to 22nd October 2022 in Gelephu, Sarpang. The ToT for the first cohort was conducted for other Dzongkhags in Punakha w.e.f 26th to 29th September 2022.
The system has four main modules namely, the clinical (individual animal and group), pet registration, dog population management & mass dog vaccination, and disease outbreak reporting. Before the training, the Pet registration and Dog population management and Mass dog vaccination modules were used during the ongoing National Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Program (NADPM&RCP) while the rest of the modules were piloted at the National Veterinary Hospital, Motithang.
The training program was attended by 41 officials from Dzongkhag Veterinary Hospitals (DVH), Regional Livestock Development Centres (RLDC), Thromde Veterinary Hospital and Satellite Laboratories (TVH & SL) and National Veterinary Hospital (NVH), and relevant central farms of 12 Dzongkhags: Thimphu, Paro, Chhukha, Sarpang, Bumthang, Zhemgang, Lhuentse, Monggar, Trashigang, Trashi Yangtse, Pema Gatshel and Samdrup Jongkhar. After the completion of the ToT, the rest of the Veterinary paraprofessionals (VPP) in the gewogs and farms will be trained by these trainers within their respective dzongkhags.
The expected outcomes of the implementation of VIS in the country are:
- Facilitate data-based animal health and related policy development in the country.
- Ease and facilitate capturing clinical and disease outbreak data on real-time basis.
- Enhance coordination in responding to disease outbreaks and reporting.
- Generate comprehensive data concerning antimicrobial usage (AMU) through various veterinary clinical practices in the country.
- Ease carrying out passive surveillance on AMU in the veterinary sector.
- Enhance monitoring and evaluation of AMU by field veterinarians and VPPs.
- Enhance reporting of AMU in Bhutan to relevant authorities, national and international.
- Generate data, assess and evaluate the use of other veterinary drugs and products in the field.
The enhancement of the system and subsequent training of the animal health officials are funded by the Fleming Fund Country Grant and technically supported by ICTD, MoAF, and NGN Technology Private Ltd.
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