LMI Pandemic Preparedness Workshop

The LMI Pandemic Preparedness Workshop  will be held for LMI nations November 15-18 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

 

DRAFT

Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Health Agenda: A Four Day Comprehensive Workshop focused on Pandemic Preparedness and Infectious Diseases Prevention

Supported by

Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)

US Pacific Command, Center for Excellence and USAID

Dates:  15-18 Nov, 2011

Goal:  The workshop will identify region resource requirements, communication strategies and response mechanisms for pandemic preparedness and response.  

Workshop objectives:

1. Develop and strengthen a coordinated response to manage commonly shared borders and migrant issues during a pandemic.
2. Develop and strengthen Risk communication and business continuity planning in support of the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness.
3. Integrate militaries into civilian pandemic preparedness and response plans.
4. Provide an opportunity to identify cooperative opportunities in the region that will benefit all countries and assist the LMI Health Project objectives.
5. Provide updated information from national and regional organizations that will better prepare countries to work together during an infectious disease outbreak.   

Conference Venue: Seim Reap, Cambodia, Hotel TBD

Draft Agenda:

 

 

Day 1, Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011.   

Integrated Pandemic Planning and Overview

07.30 - 08.30

Late Registration

COE Staff

08.30 - 08.40

Welcoming Remarks:

LTG Kong Saly, Director, Department of Health, Ministry of National Defense, Finance and Logistics

08.40 - 08.50

Opening Remarks

Professor Eng Auot, Office of Foreign Affairs (Health) Sec of State,

08:50 - 09:10

Opening Remarks:

Dr. Sok Touch, Director, Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Cambodia  

09:10 - 10:00

Participant Introductions

 Facilitator

10:00 - 10:30

 Group Photo and Break

 

10:30 - 10:45

WHO Overview; Infectious Diseases in the Mekong River Basin; Brief history, current activities and projected future

WHO Regional, WPRO (Dr Sovann to contact)

10:45 - 11:15

Cambodian National Pandemic Plan

Dr. Ly Sovann, Cambodia MOH

11:15 - 12:00

Open

TBD

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

 

13:00 - 13:30

Open

TBD

13:00 - 13:30

Introduction to the Health sector in a Resilient Community; Best practices, measureable processes, and pandemic preparedness;

Dr. Thomas Cullison, Operations Director, COE

 

13:30 - 14:30

Table top exercise

Facilitator

14:30 - 14:45

 Break

 

14:45 - 15:15

Integrated pandemic preparedness planning; A case study exercise that focuses on civil-military cooperation during a public health crisis at the local levels WHO Phase 6 at the borders

Dr. Ly Sovann, MOH, Cambodia

15:15 - 16:45

Table top exercise

Facilitator

16:45 - 17:00

Day in Review and Preview

Moderator

 

Day 2, Wednesday, 16 Nov, 2011   

Regional Pandemic Preparedness

08:30 - 08:45

Welcome to Day 2 and Instructions

Moderator

8:45 - 09:45

The Sphere Project Handbook 2011; Health and Water minimum standards update for use at border crossing and large gatherings of people during a pandemic

Cambodian senior  NGO representative (Dr Sovann to contact)

09:45 - 10:00

Break

 

10:00 - 10:30

Mortuary Affairs; civil-military cooperation and foreign dispositions of bodies during a pandemic;  

MOH and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand (Mr Andy Bates to contact)

10:30 - 11:00

Table top exercise

Facilitator

11:00 - 11:30

Investigating infectious disease outbreaks on the borders; IHR 2005

WHO (Dr Sovann to contact)

11:30 - 12:00

Thai National Pandemic Plan overview

Thailand

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

 

13:00 - 13:30

Essential services support of the Health sector; The interdependencies for all 8 critical essential services during a pandemic;

Laos (Dr Bounlay?)

13:30 - 14:30

Table top exercise

Facilitator

14:30 - 14:45

Break

 

14:45 - 15:15

Communicating a potential pandemic outbreak in the LMI  region; Communication exercises that demonstrates the need to plan a joint strategy;

 UNICEF (Dr Sovann to contact)

15:15 - 16:30

Table top exercise

Facilitator

16:30 - 16:40

Day in review

Moderator

 

Day 3, Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011. 

Business Continuity

08:00 - 08:15

Welcome to Day 3 and Instructions

Moderator

08:15 - 09:00

Vietnam National Pandemic Plan

Vietnam

09:00 - 10:00

Open

TBD

10:00 - 10:30

Break

 

10:30 - 11:00

 Preparing National Health systems for medical surge capacity operations; What must the health care system do differently during a pandemic?

Business Continuity Operations;

 Mr. Andrew Bates, COE

 

11:00 - 12:00

Table top exercise

Facilitator

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

 

13:00 - 13:45

Containing an outbreak at the borders

Dr. Ly Sovann, Cambodia

13:45 - 15:00

Table top exercise

Facilitator

15:00 - 15:30

Break

 

15:30 - 16:00

Open

TBD

16:00 - 16:10

Review and preview

Moderator

 

 

 

Day 4, Friday, 18 Nov, 2011.

Harmonizing Regional Cooperation

08:00 - 08:15

Day in review

 Moderator

08:15 - 9:15

Lao PDR National Pandemic Plan

Dr. Bounlay, Lao PDR (NEIDCO)

09:15 - 10:30

Laboratory operations in the region

NAMRU-2 (Andy Bates to contact)

10:30 - 10:45

Break

 

10:45 - 11:15

Open

TBD

11:15 - 11:45

Expert Panel; Summarize of this workshop and direction for next LMI Health Conference

Senior Officials (Dr. Sovann contact)

11:45 - 12:30

Closing Ceremony

Moderator

 

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