PPF Meeting for 2008

Date Theme Presentation & Presenter
Thursday, December 04, 2008 International and National Planning for the Management and Mitigation of Avian and Human Influenza Other resources
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 Research and Communication for AI Risk Reduction Other resources
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 The Gender Aspects of the AI Crisis in Southeast Asia Gender aspects of the Avian Influenza crisis in Southeast Asia: Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
Anne Harmer
Health Officer, European Commission

Gender Mainstreaming in Community Mobilization for AI reduction
Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai
Health Trainer, CARE Vietnam

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Thursday, September 04, 2008 Pandemic Preparedness Planning: "A multi-sectoral community participation including migrants" Pandemic Preparedness Planning A Multi-sectoralCommunity Participation including Migrants
Nigoon Jitthai
International Organization for MigrationSoutheast Asia Regional Inter-agency Information Sharing/Coordination Meeting on AHI Bangkok

Examples of a Multisectoral Pandemic Preparedness Approach (ASEAN, Singapore)
Ingo Neu
Senior Planning Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Bangkok

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Thursday, August 07, 2008 AHI risks, surveillance and preparedness Community-based Surveillance & Pandemic Preparedness
Whitney Pyles, MPH
Avian and Pandemic Influenza Coordinator CARE USA

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Thursday, July 03, 2008 Media Engagement & experience on cross-border issues from Avian Flu Series of 'Imaging Our Mekong' ILRI research on HPAI in Indonesia –an overview on ongoing activities
Fred Unger
Veterinary Epidemiologist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Indonesia

Reporting Avian Flu: Beyond Disease, Death & Disaster?
Johanna Son
Director, IPS Asia-Pacific, Imaging Our Mekong programme

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Thursday, June 05, 2008 Experience from the May 2008 Indonesia field simulation & Resource Mapping for AHI Indonesia Field Simulation Exercise for the containment of an influenza pandemic epicenter in Dangin Tukaddaya Village, Jembrana, Bali
Annu Lehtinen
Regional UN System Influenza Coordinator, Asia-Pacific, UNSIC

Interactive Session: Mapping of Tools for Community-based Management of AHI
Co-chaired: Molly Schmidt & Anne Decobert
IFRC Southeast Asia Regional Delegation and ADPC

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 AHI Research to Policy Workshop AHI Research to policy
Julia Landford and Richard Coker
AUSAID and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Thursday, April 03, 2008 Highlights and case study on Strengthening Community Based Approaches to Management of Avian and Human Influenza (AHI) in Asia Highlights and outcomes from the “Regional Community Based Avian & Human Influenza (AHI) Management Practitioners’ Workshop”
Dr. Tarek Hussain
ADPC

Field Experience “Bridging the Gap” FAO Cambodia: the challenges and confluence of livelihood, nutrition, biosecurity, and community health IEC messaging
Anthony Burnett and Ginna Geal
FAO Regional Asia Pacific office

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Thursday, March 06, 2008 Indonesian Community-based approach to AI/AHI management – The Role of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in AI/AHI preparedness, prevention and response PMI Role in AI Control & Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Dr. Lita Sarana
Head of Health & Social Services Division, PMI

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Thursday, February 07, 2008 Emergency Preparedness - examples in Thailand, from community-based to national UN AI coordination Guidelines for Response to Pandemic Influenza for Educational Institutions
James Hopkins
Kenan Institute Asia, Chiang Mai Thailand

Community-Based Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Pandemic Influenza in Educational Institutions
James Hopkins
Kenan Institute Asia, Chiang Mai Thailand

UN Pandemic Planning Thailand Case

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