CARE is working to establish community based surveillance systems to improve detection and reporting of H5N1 outbreaks in birds and human cases. In Vietnam, were we've been working for several years to improve the capacity of local AI Committees to respond to H5N1. Recently, we launched a training program that uses community volunteers to look for cases and report.
After only a month of operating, Tien Minh Commune volunteers reported suspected outbreaks in ducks and humans. The human cases, thankfully, were not H5N1. The ducks, however, were. Because of their training, Tien Minh volunteers reported the case quickly and their Commune AI Committee was able to take all of the correct actions to stop the virus from spreading and clean up the outbreak.
Examples are starting to emerge that really demonstrate the value of community based work in stopping H5N1. Let's continue to share these!
And congratulations to Tien Minh Commune!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment