USG Avian Influenza Program in Uganda

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USG Avian Influenza Program in Uganda

• Avian Influenza East Africa Conference
• March 3-5 2008
• By Rachel Cintron,
• USAID/Uganda

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Partners in Uganda

• FAO
• ILRI
• The AFFORD Project
• STOP AI
• GOU Ministries of Agriculture and Health
• National Task Force
• CDC
• MUWRP
• DOD - CJTF-HOA

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Uganda H5N1 Situation

• No reported animal infections
• No reported human infections
• Neighbor Southern Sudan, with confirmed
  poultry cases in 2006.
• Need for good animal and human surveillance
• Need for epidemic preparedness
• Need for public awareness

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USAID Funding

• FY06 - 650,000
• FY07 - 1,220,000
• FY08 - ??
• Relative to PEPFAR and PMI this is chicken
  feed, but can have a stronger and more focused
  impact with good collaboration

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Making AI Relevant

• Funding is stovepiped but there are many
  crossover activities with other areas of health
• Need to make AI work supportive of and
  collaborative with other activities for
  comprehensive and sustainable development of
  surveillance and response capability in Uganda

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Opportunities for Collaboration

• HMIS better case recognition and reporting
• Surveillance and investigation
• Laboratory capacity BSL3 with capability to
  handle more than one epidemic at a time
• Stockpiling of PPE and other equipment
• Use of other resources facilities, vehicles
• Communication and Behavior Change
• Supportive Supervision of Health Workers

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Opportunities for Collaboration 2

• HMIS PMI program and Health System
  Strengthening are already funding but needs more
• Surveillance and Investigation WHO implements
  ESR for PMI Uganda also has Ebola, Meningitis,
  Yellow Fever, etc. CDC also does this but need
  more
• Laboratory Capacity PEPFAR, PMI, CDC, MUWRP all
  have funds and prioritization of lab capacity
  but need more

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Opportunities for Collaboration 3

• Stockpiling PPE e.g. some of this was used
  for Ebola this year
• Resources For case investigation, or outbreaks,
  shared resources such as vehicles, laboratories,
  human resources, facilities
• Communication and Behavior Change Harmonizing
  messages
• Supportive Supervision of Health Workers Build
  on what is already happening

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Example of Collaboration

• CJTF-HOA was doing a VETCAP to vaccinate poultry
  against Newcastle disease in Gulu District. This
  was an opportunity to interact with many poultry
  farmers so with small support from USAID,
  they included AI training and awareness in their
  work.
• Thats killing two birds with one stone!

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Where in your work?

• What are the possible links to the ongoing work
  of your organization?

Achoo! Are you prepared?