Vision and Road Map

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Vision and Road Map Proposed by the Host
Country INDIA Progress on Achieving the
milestones
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Vision and Road Map

• Proposed by INDIA
• Progress
• on
• Achieving the milestones

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DELMINCON-2008 ROAD MAP

• A Road Map that sets out the actions that a
  nation intends to implement with the
  establishment of achievable benchmarks to be
  pursued by all concerned government entities, and
  other stakeholders.
• template to be adapted by national authorities
  and used to enable the nation to be as ready as
  possible (by the end of 2008) both to control
  HPAI and to contain and mitigate an influenza
  pandemic.
• Short Term Objectives

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ROAD MAP

• Milestones Achieved/ In process

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Building commitments

• Highest Political commitment
• Regular Review by Agriculture Minister
• Regular Review By HFM
• Being integrated into national disaster
  management structures
• NCMC (Periodic Review)
• NDMA
• National Influenza Pandemic committee/ Inter
  Ministerial Task force
• Joint Monitoring Group
• Task Force in Ministry of Information and
  Broadcasting for Communications
• State Committees

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...Assessments knowing where we stand

• Identified short, medium and long-term needs in
  the animal and human health sectors
• Resource gaps identified in key sectors
• Surveillance (Human and Animal)
• Bio Security
• to address Cross border issues
• Managing human clusters
• IHR (2005),
• Clinical Management
• Logistics
• Communications
• Training

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...Assessments knowing where we stand

• Current legal instruments assessed and being
  modified for enabling legislation and procedures
  for implementation of national plans for
  maintaining animal health, safeguarding human
  health sector and undertaking disease
  containment
• Draft Public Health Act ( Replacement to Epidemic
  Act)
• Act under consideration for ensuring bio
  security in farms.

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Surveillance and response watching, detecting,
confirming and responding

• Animal Disease Surveillance taken up as a part of
  Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP)
  under World Bank Project.
• IDSP being strengthened for influenza
  surveillance.
• Active surveillance and response system for
  detection of early human cases of influenza-like
  illness ensured.
• Compensation enhanced for culled poultries
• Rehabilitation package for the farmers

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Preparing the key to an effective response

• Operational plans for (i) immediate response to
  and control of AI in poultry including reducing
  risk of human exposure Being revised
• Operational plan for rapid containment of early
  human clusters being drafted
• Pandemic Preparedness Plan being revised and
  re-drafted.

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Preparing the key to an effective
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• State plans Being tested trough Table Top
  Exercises.
• Refresher Training for RRTs to cover the entire
  country on regional basis.
• Training for Clinicians initiated.
• Mock drills for Human cluster containment being
  planned
• Sensitization workshops for media persons Planned

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Biosecurity practices for the safe and healthy
rearing of livestock

• Policy for bio-security in poultry farms and
  enabling legal provisions under consideration of
  Dept of Animal husbandry.
• Direct Contact Program for live Poultry Markets,
  Backyard Poultry Farmers and other community
  being implemented by MOHFW

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Public health ensuring human health security

• In all outbreak areas, isolation and critical
  care facility ensured to manage human cases of
  avian influenza
• Stockpile of One million doses of Antivirals
  ensured with understanding with Pharma companies
  for further ensured supply.
• Serum Institute of India- One of the laboratories
  identified for vaccine manufacture.
• 100 ventilators given to the states to strengthen
  local critical care facility. A stockpile of
  additional 100 ventilators and PPE being ensured.

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Public health ensuring human health security

• NIV, Pune earmarked as WHO Regional Reference
  Laboratory
• Capability of molecular characterization and
  vaccine research ensured and for participating
  in global monitoring of the character of
  influenza viruses in the region and support the
  global initiatives by UN and partners
• Testing Facilities also ensured at NICD, Delhi
  and NICED, Kolkata.
• Three additional BSL-3 Labs being procured/
  installed.
• IDSP laboratory network being strengthened.

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Communication central defence against Avian and
Pandemic Influenza

• Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) Study
  conducted in communities including live poultry
  markets to know the social and cultural ethos.
• Media strategy and contingency plan developed by
  IB Ministry.
• Communication campaign launched with UNICEF for
  creating awareness through both print and visual
  media.
• Munna Murga Campaign one among the best rated
  advertisement campaigns.
• Material translated to 10 languages and being
  sent to states for replication.

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Coordination the whole is better than the sum
of the parts

• Coordination between animal and public health and
  other related sectors ensured through a process
  of periodic regular meetings of the Joint
  Monitoring Group.
• Coordinating on regular basis with International
  partners, UN Coordinator, WHO, UNICEF, FAO and
  OIE

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• Thank You