PPF Meetings in 2010

Date Theme Presentation & Presenter
Thursday, 2 December 2010 Donor Insights into Future Work on Animal and Pandemic Influenza Outcome and Impact Assessment of the Global Response to the Avian Influenza
Crisis’ Report Review and European Commission AHI financing review

Mr. Alain Vandersmissen, DVM Coordinator Influenza, Emerging Diseases,‘One Health’, European Commission

Japanese International Cooperation on Pandemic Influenza
Mr. Mamoru Yamashita, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Thailand

AusAID's Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases Framework (2010 to 2015)
Mr. Royce Escolar, Regional Program Manager, AusAID

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USAID - Emerging Pandemic Threats Briefer 2010
USAID - Avian Influenza and Infectious Disease Programme in China
ADB - ADB report to the Pandemic Preparedness Forum 2010
EU - Outcome and Impact Assessment of the Global Response to the Avian Influenza Crisis
EU - Study on the Gender Aspects of the Avian Influenza Crisis in Southeast Asia
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Note for the Record
Thursday, 4 November 2010 Pandemic Preparedness as Part of a Multi-Hazard Approach CARE’s Community Based Avian and Pandemic Influenza Risk Reduction Models in the Mekong region
Ms Jacquelyn Pinat, Regional Program Manager
CARE Australia

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Thursday, 7 October 2010 Civil Society and Communities in Pandemic Preparedness Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness of Civil Society and Communities: Key Findings and Recommendations of the Humanitarian Pandemic Preparedness (H2P) Programme
Mr. Jim Catampongan, Emergency Health Coordinator International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies - Asia Pacific Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Provincial Multisector Pandemic Preparedness in Hanam and Quang Tri – Practices, Lessons Learnt and Next Steps
Ms. Pham Quyen, Project Officer – Health Department Vietnam Red Cross Society, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Thursday, 2 September 2010 Wildlife and Its Effects on Pandemics Wildlife and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Southeast Asia Perspective
Dr. Boripat Siriaroonrat, Chief Veterinarian, Bangkok Zoo

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Thursday, 11 August 2010 Climate Change and It's Impact on Pandemics Global warming and infectious diseases
Dr. Takehiko Saito, Team Leader, Zoonosis Research Team,
National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), Japan

Factoring climate change: Implications for pandemic preparedness
Ms. Grazyna Pulawska, Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) Programme, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

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Thursday, 1 July 2010 Prevate Sector Pandemic Preparedness IBM Pandemic Business Continuity Planning, Maintenance and Experience
Mr. Aram Umrod, Country Pandemic Plan Owner, IBM Thailand

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Thursday, 10 June 2010 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a Tool for Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness Real Time Health Early Warnings Dissemination System for Unscathed Populations (Heads-up): Pilot in India and Sri Lanka
Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP) Project Director and LIRNEasia Senior Researcher

Using mobile phone panels for community-based monitoring
Mr. Daniel Lindgren, Founder, Rapid Asia

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Thursday, 6 May 2010 Global Direction for Future Pandemic Preparedness The way forward for preparing for pandemics and other high impact threats to human health
Dr. Darika Kingnate, Director of the Bureau of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Thailand Ministry of Public Health

The way forward for responding to HPAI H5N1 and other zoonotic diseases
Dr. Alexandre Bouchot, Technical Adviser, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Sub-Regional Representation for South East Asia

The way forward for reducing risks by effective working at the animal-human-environment interface

Mr. Yasuyuki Misawa, Programme Officer/AHI Contingency Planner, World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Bureau for Asia

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Thursday, 1 April 2010 Vulnerable Populations and Pandemic Preparedness Thai model for Pandemic Preparedness for Migrant Populations
Dr. Nigoon Jitthai, Migrant Health Program Manager, IOM Bangkok

The way forward on pandemic preparedness and response: IMCAPI 2010
Representative of Government of Vietnam and Dr. David Nabarro, Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations

The view from a clinic at Thai-Myanmar border; how H5 and H1 affected migrants and what educational challenges are faced?
Dr. Josu Alexwin, MBBS, MHS, Director, Health Education and Literacy Project, Mae Tao Clinic

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Thursday, 4 March 2010 Communication for Pandemic Preparedness Overview of the Asia Regional Risk Communication Initiative
Mr. Anton Schneider, Academy for Educational Development (AED)

The View from the Farm: Why Behavior Change is so Difficult (and what to do about it)
Mr. C Y Gopinath, Regional Communication Coordinator, FAO RAP

Communication in the Time of Emerging Infectious Diseases: Challenges and Directions
Mr. C Y Gopinath, Regional Communication Coordinator, FAO RAP

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Thursday, 4 February 2010 Government Pandemic Preparedness Royal Government of Cambodia Approach towards Multi-sectoral Pandemic Preparedness
Mr. Ross Sovann
Deputy Secretary General of the National Committee for Disaster Management NCDM, Chief of National Emergency Coordination Center, Council of Ministers, Royal Government of Cambodia.

Government of Thailand Experience in Pandemic Preparedness and Lessons Learned through H1N1
Dr.Supamitr Chunsuttiwat
Senior Expert in Preventive Medicine, Thailand Ministry of Public Health

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