SENEGAL

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SENEGAL Avian Influenza Programs USAID Avian
Influenza Partners Meeting AU-IBAR/FAO/OIE
Regional Animal Health Centre Bamako, Mali 5 7
December 2007
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SENEGAL PROGRAMS

• Avian Influenza activity component was added to
  the Locust Control Program in 2006 and is part of
  the National Action Plan
• Consortium led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  with Counterpart International (CPI).
  Implementing partners include
• Caritas Thiès
• Projet Integre du Podor (USE/PIP)
• Goal Vulnerable populations have improved their
  capacity to prevent and respond to Avian
  Influenza outbreaks

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ACTIVITY MAP
SENEGAL
Kanel
Ranerou
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National Plan (CONAGA)

• Emergency Measures
• Strengthening national preparedness and response
  mechanisms
• Contingency planning
• Suspension of poultry imports
• Laboratory equipment purchased and technicians
  trained
• National and regional level avian influenza
  committees with participation of multiple
  ministries
• Emergency stocks 100,000 doses of H2N2 vaccine
  2,330 vaccigrip 2,550 boxes of Tamiflu
• Epidemiological surveillance and early alert
  systems
• Blood sampling of poultry
• Passive surveillance through education of the
  local population and training of local staff
• Vaccination against Newcastle disease

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National Plan (continued)

• Response Preparedness
• Rapid Intervention (equipment, training)
• Plans for culling poultry, disposal and
  compensation to owners
• Plan in place for care for human cases
• Communication programs
• Education at the community level
• Educational materials (posters, handouts)
• Radio programs

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Support to CONAGA

• USAID direct support to CONAGA includes
• Laboratory equipment
• Training of laboratory technicians
• USAID / CRS Support to CONAGA includes
• Training of government health workers,
  veterinarians, park rangers, and partner staff in
  each of the activity sites
• Educating local populations through radio
  programs, posters, and organized sessions
• Promotion of improved poultry farming with
  vaccination campaigns and construction of chicken
  coops
• Community surveillance systems in sites including
  alerting of and testing of suspicious cases
• Providing equipment for response preparedness

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TRAINING

• 5 community committees for surveillance
• near national parks
• Sensitization Campaigns 5,763 persons
• informed about Avian Influenza and
• community surveillance
• 15 training sessions for 147 technical staff
• to prepare for an outbreak of Avian Influenza
• Trainings targeted health agents, animal
• technicians, and park rangers.
• Review of clinical tables for infection and
• treatment
• Modes of transmission for the virus
• Symptoms of Avian Influenza
• Blood testing and autopsies for birds
• Surveillance and blood testing for humans
• Protection of blood samples and transport
• Care of human cases

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SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS

• 8 missions for epidemiological surveillance have
  been carried out in the project sites including
  blood sampling of domestic poultry and wild birds
  for analysis at the Hann Laboratory
• During the missions, 7,793 domestic poultry
  vaccinated against Newcastle disease parasite
  medicines for 1,366 poultry 1,140 blood samples
  taken

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Surveillance Mechanisms for Bird Infections
(CONAGA)

Villages Towns

• Poultry Industry
• Traditional Poultry
• Poultry Sentinels

Wild birds / Migratory birds
National Parks
Veterinary Posts (blood collection)
National Livestock and Veterinary Research
Laboratory (ISRA) (lab analysis)
Information
Office for Epidemiological Surveillance
/DIREL (registration of cases and communication)
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Surveillance Mechanisms for Human Infections
(CONAGA)
Health Posts Health Centers Hospitals

Pasteur Institute Dakar
Division for Epidemiological Surveillance
(MSPM) (registration, transmission, information)
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National Early Alert System(CONAGA)
Human Cases
Animal Case

Pasteur Institute (diagnostic)
ISRA LNERV (diagnostic)
World Laboratory (Italy)
CONAGA
Regional Committees
Emergency Measures
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COMMUNICATION

• Support to CONAGAs communication plan for
  printing of education materials.
• Distribution of 102,500 handouts, 10,000 posters
  and 10,000 leaflets, validated by CONAGA. Posters
  were done in French, Wolof, and Pulaar.
• 17 community radio stations each broadcasted 12
  programs during 3-month periods.
• Radio programs broadcast in 6 local languages by
  trained technicians educating about Avian
  Influenza, prevention methods, and proper
  hygiene.
• Demonstrations of hen houses and improved
  techniques.

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COMMUNICATION MATERIALS
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COMMUNICATION MATERIALS
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COMMUNICATION MATERIALS
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NEXT STEPS

• Extension under request for 6 months through
  June 2008
• Action plan from January to June to focus on
  reinforcing
• surveillance mechanisms for potential outbreaks
  of human
• cases through training of health agents near
  national parks
• Trainings
• Sensitization sessions
• Furnishing materials to respond to outbreaks.

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THANK YOU!