Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project

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Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic
Preparedness and Response Project
World Bank Government of
Tajikistan The project is funded by World Bank
through support provided by the Government of
Tajikistan 28 March 2007
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Overall objective

• The main goal of the animal health component is
  to provide support for prevention, control and
  total eradication of High Pathogenic Avian
  Influenza (HPAI) through
• enhancing planning and coordination capability of
  HPAI prevention in poultry population
• Strengthening field disease surveillance and
  laboratory diagnostic capacity
• Strengthening HPAI outbreak containment plans.
• The project will enhance animal health planning
  and coordination capability of State Veterinary
  Department (SVD) for HPAI prevention and control.
  Establishment or improvement of disease
  surveillance and control plans are the key
  component for early detection and prompt reaction
  to incursion of the virus.

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Specific objectives and tasks

• Strengthening the Institutional Environment
• Strengthening the Disease Surveillance and
  Monitoring System in the Domestic Poultry
  Population
• Strengthening National Diagnostic Capacity
• Technical Support for Strengthening Surveillance
  Activities in Wildlife
• Strengthening the Animal Disease Information
  Systems
• The National Action and Contingency Plan
• National Compensation Policy and Fund
• Technical Assistance for Culling

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Avian Influenza signs
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Location

• The Technical Assistance under the Animal Health
  Component will be managed by the FAO office in
  Dushanbe.
• SVD with the technical support from FAO will
  establish a supervisory station in Pamir
  (Badakhshan) near the SVD or provincial
  laboratories. This station will supervise and
  monitor the border areas for possible HPAI cases
  or outbreaks. The Districts earmarked for
  supervision are
• Districts along the Chinese border (1) Morghab
• Districts along the Afghanistan border (13)
  Ishkoshim, Darvoz, Vanj, Rushon, Shurobod,
  Hamadoni, Farkhor, Panj, Qumsangir, Jilikul,
  Qabodiyon, Shahrituz, and Nosiri khisrav
• Big lakes and water reservoirs (wintering areas
  of wild migratory birds)
• Large commercial poultry production farms (5)
  Rudaki, Faizabad, Shahrinav, Spitamen and Gafurov
  districts

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TAJIKISTAN RISK ZONES
Lakes and reservoirs
Poultry farms
Spring migration route
Autumn migration route
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Coordination and Complementarities

• The FAO project team will actively liaise with
  all project stakeholders and other implementing
  Agencies, for example WHO and UNICEF, in order to
  avoid duplication of efforts and ensure local
  ownership of project activities.
• Coordination of communication aspect of Avian
  Flue project will be maintained with WHO and
  UNICEF.

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Coordination and Complementarities

• Coordination of communication aspect of Avian
  Flue project with WHO and UNICEF
• A training workshop is decided to be conducted in
  April 3-4 on communication and disseminating
  information to the public. Total of 15 people
  will be participating in the training
• The participants will be nominated by the SVD,
  Department of Ornithology, and Ministry of
  Health
• Presentation about Avian Flue will be given from
  animal aspects by FAO, from Human aspects by WHO
  and from communication aspects by UNICEF with the
  technical support from FAO and WHO
• A field visit and practice will be conducted in
  the field with the public at the end of the
  workshop.

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Coordination and Complementarities

• Coordination of communication aspect of Avian
  Flue project with WHO and UNICEF
• In addition, the project will coordinate with
  other AI-related interventions implemented by FAO
  in Tajikistan, including
• Support to Animal Health Sector Project, funded
  by SIDA
• Transboundary Animal Disease Control in Central
  Asia project, funded by the Italian Government,
  and
• Regional Network in Central Asia project, funded
  by the Asian Development Bank and the Swedish
  Government.

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FAO contribution to the Avian Influenza control
program

• FAO has been operational in Tajikistan since
  1996 and has implemented several projects on
  strengthening of veterinary service and
  developing animal husbandry in Tajikistan.
• The FAO implemented projects have contributed
  significantly in control of zoonoses in
  Tajikistan.

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Support to Animal Health Sector

• Several projects implemented in framework of the
  programme Support to Animal Health Sector
  (Veterinary Field Units - VFUs).
• More than 500 veterinary specialists (VFUs) got
  refresher courses, equipped with necessary tools,
  transport means and made operational
• 11 veterinary bases were established in regional
  to support VFUs in providing supply of remedies,
  vaccines and awareness about different
  transboundary diseases especially human health
  concern diseases like Avian Influenza,
  brucellosis, rabies, anthrax, etc.
• VFUs will play an important role in conduction
  of awareness campaign, training and case
  reporting of AI. This programme has also
  measurably contributed in strengthening of
  laboratory capacities in national and regional
  levels and capacity building especially in AI
  control.

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Number and location of VFUs and FAO veterinary
bases
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Support to Animal Health Sector

• National Brucellosis Control Programme (NBCP)
• FAO has been implementing the NBCP since 2004
• The main activities of on-going NBCP are mass
  vaccination, training and awareness campaign in
  rural areas
• Implementation of NBCP started in 8 districts of
  DRD region and further extended to 11 districts
  of Khatlon regions
• Veterinary specialist and laboratory staff in
  NBCP target districts were trained in
  implementation of zoonoses diseases control
  methods, techniques and diagnosis

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Expansion of NBCP in 2004-2005
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Support to Animal Health Sector

• National Brucellosis Control Programme (NBCP)
• Laboratory units in pilot district were largely
  supported with equipment and needed items, which
  will further support the AI control, case
  reporting and early warning
• In addition, human health workers were trained in
  conduction of awareness campaign among
  population
• Qualification and experience of this staff will
  be used in AI control in pilot districts
• Veterinary staff involved in NBCP activities (290
  vets in Khatlon and 108 vets in DRD region) will
  contribute in control and early response to
  outbreak of other disease as well as AI.

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Support to Animal Health Sector

• Transboundary Animal Diseases (TAD) control in
  Central Asia
• Regional FAO project TAD is operational since
  2004
• The Transboundary Animal Disease and other animal
  health projects are directly involved with
  outbreaks of Rinderpest, PPR, FMD and Avian
  Influenza and other epizootic diseases in the
  region.
• These projects has contributed a lot in kind
  sophisticated equipment like ELISA, veterinary
  laboratories and clinical diagnostic instruments
  to the Avian Influenza Project

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Transboundary Animal Diseases (TAD) control in
Central Asia
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Support to Animal Health Sector

• The above projects also contributed in training,
  developing strategy, precautionary measures and
  capacity building of State Veterinary Department
  (SVD) as follows
• International training conducted for 18 people in
  Dushanbe (8 from Tajikistan and 10 from
  neighboring countries) in ELISA test and
  qualified for testing the samples
• 4 SVD staff has been trained on PDS
  (Participatory Diseases Surveillance) and
  monitoring the different transboundary diseases
  including Avian Flue in the border areas
• International workshop conducted on Avian Flue in
  Ankara and 2 staff of SVD trained
• International workshop on transboundary diseases
  conducted recently in Dushanbe on 26 March 2007.
• More than 2,000 posters on Avian Flue has been
  distributed to aware the people from the danger o
  the disease.

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Field monitoring and sample collection

• Field investigation for Avian Flue had been
  carried out in Shahrituz, Yovon, Vose, Jilikul,
  Pamir and Districts of Direct Rule.
• Samples were collected from backyard poultry and
  wild birds.
• The samples tested in FMD Institute for Avian
  Flue were Negative.
• Most of the chicken died from Newcastle disease.
• The veterinarians are aware of the problem and
  the situation has been monitored by them in the
  field.

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Timing

• The project will be implemented over a 36
  months, activities indicated below for three
  years are subject to project implementation and
  mutual agreement between the Client and the UN
  Agency.

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Present stage of negotiations and problems

• After a long negotiation and many meetings, the
  project document on Avian Flue agreed by FAO HQ
  for signature, however it is pending with PMU
  since two weeks due to the non-compatibility with
  Government administrative and legal framework.