Call for public consultation  ̶  Target Product Profiles for cystic echinococcosis

Deadline: 10 December 2025

12 November 2025
Call for consultation

Context

The WHO DTAG subgoup on One Health has prepared a new set of target product profiles for the diagnostic of Echinococcus granulosus in humans, dogs, and sheep. WHO is now making the final draft of this document available for public consultation between 12 November and 10 December 2025.

How to participate to this public consultation?

  1. Draft TPPs that are available for public consultation will be available for download from links at the bottom of this page.
  2. Stakeholders should read them carefully.
  3. Complete the feedback form. This form must be used to provide technical feedback, indicate areas of ambiguity, or a need for clarification. You may provide your feedback using the pre-defined “Comments” section for specific lines of the TPPs. You can also provide more general feedback using the section “General comments” at the bottom of the form.
  4. Submit the completed online form with your feedback to WHO (meritxell.donadeu@unimelb.edu.au and  abelab@who.int) by the due date.  

Files to download

Comments received will be reviewed by the technical unit and presented to the DTAG subgroup for consideration before the TPP is finalized and published by WHO. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Meritxell Donadeu meritxell.donadeu@unimelb.edu.au and Dr Bernadette Abela abelab@who.int),

Final versions of these TPPs will be made publicly available on the WHO website once approved for publication.

Media Contacts

Dr. Abela-Ridder Bernadette

Team leader
World Health Organization

Telephone: +41 22 791 2072

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