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HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENS “RAPID RESPONSE” CAPABILITY
August 05, 2008
Close to thirty members of <country-region w:st="on"></country-region>Belize’s health system is this week participating in a training workshop for Rapid Response Trainer’s. The aim of the training is to strengthen our health system’s capacity to respond to public health emergencies like outbreaks of diseases that may put at risk the nation’s health, security, and economy. Ethan Gough is the National Epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health.
]Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist
“The focus of this workshop is on avian influenza but generally the idea is to strengthen our rapid response and containment capabilities. After this workshop is completed we’ll do district training as a follow up.”
Arturo Cantun, Love FM
“What kind of outbreaks are we talking about here?”
Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist
“Anything that could have a serious impact on the country’s economy, health, security, and everything that can potentially spread beyond our borders; it covers all communicable diseases. Because avian influenza and pandemic influenza are major global health concerns right now the focus is on that.” Participants of the workshop include medical officers, lab technicians, public health nurses, infection control nurses, and health educators from the four regional health centers of the country. The participants are training in area of field investigation, containment, and prevention and control measures. Gough told us that even though looking back at Belize’s history we have not had an outbreak of this magnitude like the workshop is focusing on it’s important to be ready “just in case”.
Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist “Its very important because the timeliness in responding to an outbreak in going out to the field and identifying the possible source of the outbreak, implementing preventable control measures is important to limit the amount of cases that result from the outbreak and to minimize the potential for any death. It is very important to get out there quickly and do whatever it takes to contain the outbreak. So this workshop is in preparation to do that kind of work.” The workshop is held by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with P.A.H.O., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for
Central America and Panama Program and B.A.H.A.
August 05, 2008
Close to thirty members of <country-region w:st="on"></country-region>Belize’s health system is this week participating in a training workshop for Rapid Response Trainer’s. The aim of the training is to strengthen our health system’s capacity to respond to public health emergencies like outbreaks of diseases that may put at risk the nation’s health, security, and economy. Ethan Gough is the National Epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health.
]Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist
“The focus of this workshop is on avian influenza but generally the idea is to strengthen our rapid response and containment capabilities. After this workshop is completed we’ll do district training as a follow up.”
Arturo Cantun, Love FM
“What kind of outbreaks are we talking about here?”
Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist
“Anything that could have a serious impact on the country’s economy, health, security, and everything that can potentially spread beyond our borders; it covers all communicable diseases. Because avian influenza and pandemic influenza are major global health concerns right now the focus is on that.” Participants of the workshop include medical officers, lab technicians, public health nurses, infection control nurses, and health educators from the four regional health centers of the country. The participants are training in area of field investigation, containment, and prevention and control measures. Gough told us that even though looking back at Belize’s history we have not had an outbreak of this magnitude like the workshop is focusing on it’s important to be ready “just in case”.
Ethan Gough, National Epidemiologist “Its very important because the timeliness in responding to an outbreak in going out to the field and identifying the possible source of the outbreak, implementing preventable control measures is important to limit the amount of cases that result from the outbreak and to minimize the potential for any death. It is very important to get out there quickly and do whatever it takes to contain the outbreak. So this workshop is in preparation to do that kind of work.” The workshop is held by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with P.A.H.O., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for
Central America and Panama Program and B.A.H.A.
