Requests for Data in eWHIS
WHA occasionally receives requests for data. Data in the national electronic Wildlife Health Information System (eWHIS) is managed according to the Wildlife Health Australia (WHA) Data Management Policy. Requests for data held in eWHIS may be submitted for specific projects, for example for use in research projects, a disease risk assessment or a publication. Unfortunately not all data requests can be processed due to competing priorities.
WHA will need to obtain approval from individual data submitters for use of information, as ownership of data in eWHIS remains with the data submitter. The timeframe for processing requests is therefore dependent on responses from external partners.
The information you need may also be available in WHA’s fact sheets or incident information.
If you are interested in submitting a data request, please contact WHA and provide a brief overview of the information or data required, the project, any time constraints, and the proposed use of the data. WHA will then be in touch regarding the next steps, which may include completion of a detailed data request form by the applicant, obtaining approval for release of the data from the data submitter(s) or owner(s), consideration of appropriate acknowledgement, and the applicant providing a copy of the report, thesis or paper before publication, where appropriate.