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US Donates PPE to Pakistan

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Ministries get protective bird flu kits



<CENTER>By Our Staff Reporter</CENTER>
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) here on Tuesday handed over personal protective equipment along with decontamination and laboratory specimen collection kits to the agriculture and health ministries to help the country cope with bird flu.

The gear will limit the risk of animal-to-animal and animal-to-human infection during outbreak response activities.

The USAID mission director to Pakistan, Jonathan Addleton, handed over the equipment to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock and National Institute of Health, Islamabad.:tiphat:
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/02/nat12.htm
 
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Islamabad, May 1, 2007 ? USAID Mission Director, Jonathan Addelton shakes hands with the Executive Director, National Institute of Health, General (retd) Masood Anwar. USAID handed over Avian Influenza protective equipment along with decontamination and laboratory specimen collection kits to the Pakistani officials at a ceremony in Islamabad on Tuesday. The donation was received by Dr. R.H. Usmani, Animal Husbandry Commissioner of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) and General (retd) Masood Anwar, Executive Director, National Institute of Health, Islamabad.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Islamabad - The USAID Mission Director to Pakistan, Mr. Jonathan Addleton, today handed over $65,000 worth personal protective equipment along with decontamination and laboratory specimen collection kits to the Pakistani officials to help Pakistan cope with outbreaks of bird flu.
?These 4500 kits will protect the workers culling birds potentially infected with bird flu and those surveying for possible human infections,? Jonathan Addleton said.

On behalf of the Government of Pakistan, the donation was received by Dr. R.H. Usmani, Animal Husbandry Commissioner of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) and Gen. (R), Masood Anwar, Executive Director, National Institute of Health, Islamabad.

The protective gear, comprising suits, respirators, goggles and gloves, will benefit the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) and the National Institute of Health to store at the provincial level in readiness for the next outbreaks. The protective kits will be distributed to people who come in direct contact with poultry or people potentially infected with the Avian Influenza virus.

The USAID Mission Director appreciated the development of the Integrated National Plan for Combating Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.
?We should keep in mind that this year in Pakistan, there have been 23 outbreaks of H5N1 in birds that have been documented and reported to international bodies. These outbreaks have received much less press than last year, thus limiting the negative effects on the poultry industry,? Jonathan Addleton observed.

?The most recent cases serve to remind us that both MINFAL and Ministry of Health?s National Institute of Health are working diligently to contain bird flu in Pakistan,? the senior American diplomat said. ?Both Ministries must remain vigilant to detect and contain the virus but also need to educate the citizens of this nation, particularly at the village level ? so that they too may play an active role in prevention, early-warning and control of the virus,? Mr. Addleton emphasized.

Through a USAID training program in December 2006, ten Pakistani officials were identified as master trainers who will train others on the correct use of personal protective equipment and decontamination kits and on the correct method for gathering samples and preparing them for shipment to laboratories.
Pakistan was one of the first of 22 countries worldwide in which USAID delivered this training program and equipment. The gear will limit the risk of animal-to-animal and animal-to-human infection during outbreak response activities such as disposing of infected poultry and decontaminating poultry raising areas.:tiphat:

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US Donates PPE to Pakistan

<table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading" width="100%"> US donates bird flu protective equipment to Pakistan </td> <td class="buttonheading" align="right" width="100%"> </td> <td class="buttonheading" align="right" width="100%"> </td> <td class="buttonheading" align="right" width="100%"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="contentpaneopen"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="70%"> Written by pub </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="createdate" valign="top"> Friday, 04 May 2007 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> [FONT=verdana,geneva] ISLAMABAD, May 4 (APP): The United States has handed over US [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]$65,000 worth protective equipment along with decontamination and [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]laboratory specimen collection kits to Pakistan to help it cope [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]with outbreaks of bird flu. [/FONT] [FONT=verdana,geneva] Jonathan Addleton, the USAID Mission Director to Pakistan [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]said, "These 4,500 kits will protect the workers culling birds [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]potentially infected with bird flu and those surveying for possible [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]human infections," private TV channel reported. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT] [FONT=verdana,geneva] The protective gear, comprising suits, respirators, goggles [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]and gloves, will help the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Livestock (MINFAL) and the National Institute of Health to prepare [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]to tackle an outbreak of bird flu. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT] [FONT=verdana,geneva] The protective kits will be distributed to people who come in [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]direct contact with poultry or people potentially infected with the [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Avian Influenza virus. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT] [FONT=verdana,geneva] Through a USAID training programme in December 2006, ten [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]Pakistani officials were identified as master trainers who will [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]train others on the correct use of personal protective equipment [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]and decontamination kits and on the correct method for gathering [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]samples and preparing them for shipment to laboratories. [/FONT]

[FONT=verdana,geneva] The gear will limit the risk of animal-to-animal and animal- [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]to-human infection during outbreak response activities such as [/FONT][FONT=verdana,geneva]disposing of infected poultry and decontaminating areas. [/FONT] </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8636&Itemid=2
 
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