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Countrywide training programme on bird flu launched
2/19/2007
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman launched a countrywide training programme on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, commonly known as 'bird flu', Saturday. The training aims at benefiting 28 million people, said a press release.
The training, undertaken and managed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), is a part of the Government's Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan. It is sponsored by the Government of Japan, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO) and Food and Agriculural Organisation (FAO).
The project, due to finish in early May, involves a two-tiered training of rapid response teams and training of Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) volunteers and community level workers. They will be trained in theory and practice of Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza and communication skills. Training will also be imparted to members of the rapid response team at the district and upazila level.
As a result of the training, the community level volunteers will undertake activities to build awareness in the wider community. The frontline health workers and volunteers will play a pivotal role in disseminating information about the disease and prevention measures. It is expected that more than 28 million people will be reached through this project.
At the end of the project, 60 master trainers, 704 district level trainers, 2310 upazila trainers and 226,100 community level trainers will be trained in Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza.
"The road ahead is a long one. No one knows if thepeople of Bangladesh will be infected with the disease or whether there will ever be a pandemic. But it is incumbent on us to prepare the people of Bangladesh. And this training is a first and very essential step," said Louis-Georges Arsenault, the UNICEF representative to Bangladesh
2/19/2007
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman launched a countrywide training programme on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, commonly known as 'bird flu', Saturday. The training aims at benefiting 28 million people, said a press release.
The training, undertaken and managed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), is a part of the Government's Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan. It is sponsored by the Government of Japan, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO) and Food and Agriculural Organisation (FAO).
The project, due to finish in early May, involves a two-tiered training of rapid response teams and training of Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) volunteers and community level workers. They will be trained in theory and practice of Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza and communication skills. Training will also be imparted to members of the rapid response team at the district and upazila level.
As a result of the training, the community level volunteers will undertake activities to build awareness in the wider community. The frontline health workers and volunteers will play a pivotal role in disseminating information about the disease and prevention measures. It is expected that more than 28 million people will be reached through this project.
At the end of the project, 60 master trainers, 704 district level trainers, 2310 upazila trainers and 226,100 community level trainers will be trained in Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza.
"The road ahead is a long one. No one knows if thepeople of Bangladesh will be infected with the disease or whether there will ever be a pandemic. But it is incumbent on us to prepare the people of Bangladesh. And this training is a first and very essential step," said Louis-Georges Arsenault, the UNICEF representative to Bangladesh