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Geographical distribution of AI virus types of Avian Influenza isolated in Asia
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Newly affected provinces
Outbreaks of AI reported between December 2003 and October 2004
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Cross Cutting Issues
- Epidemic is evolving, persisting and expanding in geographical distribution and incidence
- Disease control measures not fully applied in all countries due to structural, financial, political problems
- Biosecurity Measures needed to be applied
- Intensify public awareness to change attitudes and practices of farmers especially on biosecurity
- Culling with insufficient protection of workers and in-humane killing of birds
- Vaccination
- Need for adequate epidemiological assessment
- More studies on asymptomatic animals
- Continuing threat to human health as long as the infection is present in the poultry production systems in Asia
Issues Concerned from the Second Wave
- Disease observed more in less bio-secure system: small-medium
- Disease occurred in (/close to) the area with history of previous outbreak: insufficient culling or movement control or less cooperation
- Collecting points of eggs/poultry
- Live bird markets
- Role of ducks in transmission of disease
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3. Response of FAO
- FAO is implementing 17 HPAI-related projects at a total value of US$6.2m.
- National projects for infected countries
- Regional networking projects to improve diagnosis, reporting, prevention and control of HPAI
+ projects are in place for Southeast Asia and East Asia and a similar project is planned
for South Asia.
- FAO is collaborating closely with OIE
+ formulation of Guiding Principles & Recommendations on surveillance, prevention,
control and eradication of HPAI
+ identification and conduct of research programmes, technical support and training
activities.
- FAO has established the EMPRES Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease
Operations (ECTAD)
+ to facilitate coordination and to strengthen the chain of command for FAO
programmes and projects relevant to HPAI and other transboundary animal diseases.
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4. Recommended National Actions
Recommended National Actions as can be learned from the Conclusions from workshops in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam
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Subject
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Points mentioned in conclusions
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A.I.
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Will take time to eradicate
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Priority areas
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High human density areas close to cities as that is where outbreaks tend to occur
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Market
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Breaking the chain of transmission by weekly holiday/cleaning day
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Credit
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Farmers want subsidised credit ? to be weighed against timeliness and sustainability
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The outreach question
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Roles of government and private sector
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Government
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Private sector
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Commercial companies
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Producer orgs. and community groups
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NGOs
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| Vet and tech services |
X
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X
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X
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X
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Surveillans
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity |
X
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X
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X
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X
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Communication and public awareness reduce impact
example from 2 communes in Vietnam (Source: VSF)
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Commune
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2
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| First outbreak |
Late December, 2003
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February 5, 2004
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| Information to farmers and Animal Health Workers |
Not informed
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Informed
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| Time to stamping out |
More than 2 months ? in a 3 km radius
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Less than 1 week in a 500 m radius
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| Poultry officially dead |
14,366
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2,838
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Subject
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Points mentioned in conclusions
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| Human resource development |
Need at all levels and not only in technical disciplines: border check posts |
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Public awareness
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Border control
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May reduce demand for illegally moved animals |
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Transparency
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Could lead to quicker action |
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Coordination
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Awareness and transparency may lead to faster coordination and action |
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