What does WOAH understand by information at event level versus outbreak level?
According to the Terrestrial and Aquatic Animal Health Codes:
an outbreak means the occurrence of one or more cases in an epidemiological unit,
an event means a single outbreak or a group of epidemiologically related outbreaks of a given disease, infection or infestation that is the subject of a notification. An event is specific to a pathogenic agent and strain (when appropriate), and includes all related outbreaks reported from the time of the immediate notification through to the final report. Reports of an event include, among others, susceptible and affected species, number and geographical distribution of affected animals and epidemiological units, control measures applied and diagnostic tests performed.
Considering this, 'event level' refers to the information related to an entire disease-specific event notified to the WOAH through an immediate notification and subsequent follow-up reports, while 'outbreak level' refers mainly to a set of information specifically associated to a location/epidemiological unit occuring during a reported event.