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UN country teams in Bahrain and the other GCC countries will meet on February 18 and 19 in the Kingdom and review contingency plans regarding avian and pandemic influenza intervention.
The decision to hold the meeting in Bahrain was based on the commonalties between the GCC countries.
The meeting is expected to provide an opportunity to share experience in planning and preparations for avian and pandemic influenza intervention collectively.
The UN system worldwide has been bracing for a possible influenza pandemic following the threat of avian influenza outbreaks in the last couple of years.
In compliance with a request from the UN Secretary General, the country teams in the region prepared contingency plans against a possible influenza pandemic in early 2006.
In accordance with the guidelines, contingency plans focused on staff health and safety, specifying medical and non-medical intervention and internal communication arrangements. The plans are required to be reviewed and updated following recent UN guidelines and changes in national plans.
For example, the World Health Organisation guidelines on health and medical services of May 2005 have been updated.
The new guidelines include major policy changes and propose a new format to help better identify responsibilities for preparedness and response actions. Specific guidance has been provided to help country teams plan for the continuity of essential operations in the event of a pandemic and their support to national preparedness and response.
The workshop will update participants on pandemic readiness and the latest UN guidelines and pandemic scenarios, familiarise them with challenges likely to arise during a response to a pandemic; identify gaps and areas needing improvement in plans and key preparedness and response actions needed to be developed at country level and develop roadmaps to update plans in each country and ascertain the need for regional support.
Although the focus of the meeting will be on mitigating the impact of a possible pandemic, it will also provide an opportunity to discuss control of avian influenza and prevention of a pandemic.
External partners, including representatives of national authorities, Red Crescent societies or the GCC are welcome to attend the meeting as observers. http://www.bahraintribune.com/Articl...9&CategoryId=1
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD background=images/graydot.gif></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#ffffff><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=8><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Bird flu contingency plans under reviewUN country teams in Bahrain and the other GCC countries will meet on February 18 and 19 in the Kingdom and review contingency plans regarding avian and pandemic influenza intervention.
The decision to hold the meeting in Bahrain was based on the commonalties between the GCC countries.
The meeting is expected to provide an opportunity to share experience in planning and preparations for avian and pandemic influenza intervention collectively.
The UN system worldwide has been bracing for a possible influenza pandemic following the threat of avian influenza outbreaks in the last couple of years.
In compliance with a request from the UN Secretary General, the country teams in the region prepared contingency plans against a possible influenza pandemic in early 2006.
In accordance with the guidelines, contingency plans focused on staff health and safety, specifying medical and non-medical intervention and internal communication arrangements. The plans are required to be reviewed and updated following recent UN guidelines and changes in national plans.
For example, the World Health Organisation guidelines on health and medical services of May 2005 have been updated.
The new guidelines include major policy changes and propose a new format to help better identify responsibilities for preparedness and response actions. Specific guidance has been provided to help country teams plan for the continuity of essential operations in the event of a pandemic and their support to national preparedness and response.
The workshop will update participants on pandemic readiness and the latest UN guidelines and pandemic scenarios, familiarise them with challenges likely to arise during a response to a pandemic; identify gaps and areas needing improvement in plans and key preparedness and response actions needed to be developed at country level and develop roadmaps to update plans in each country and ascertain the need for regional support.
Although the focus of the meeting will be on mitigating the impact of a possible pandemic, it will also provide an opportunity to discuss control of avian influenza and prevention of a pandemic.
External partners, including representatives of national authorities, Red Crescent societies or the GCC are welcome to attend the meeting as observers. http://www.bahraintribune.com/Articl...9&CategoryId=1
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