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PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON PLANNING
FOR PANDEMICS
Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 March 2006
WILTON PARK CONFERENCE WPS 06/19
With support from:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
International Development and Research Centre, Ottawa
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basle
Rockefeller Foundation, New York
THURSDAY 2 MARCH
1400
Introduction to the conference
Sheila MACKAY
Director of Conferences, Wilton Park
1415-1515
1
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CO-ORDINATING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO
COMBAT THE THREAT OF AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
David NABARRO
United Nations Co-ordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, New York
1515-1645
2
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RISK OF H5N1 AVIAN FLU VIRUS SPREADING TO
HUMANS
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Identifying and isolating potential outbreaks in the animal population
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Containment policies
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Timeline and economics of culling
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Pros and cons of animal vaccination programmes
Christianne BRUSCHKE
Leader, Avian Influenza Taskforce, Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris
Juan LUBROTH
Senior Officer, Infectious Diseases Group/EMPRES, Food and Agriculture Organisation of
the United Nations (FAO), Rome
1730 –1845
3
EPIDEMIC AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: STATE OF PLAY AND THE WHO’s RECENT
STRATEGY PLAN
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Role in global disease surveillance; funding, capacity, interfaces with regional teams
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Interface between WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and
national action plans
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Ongoing international funding initiatives to build anti-viral purchases and regional
stockpiles where demand is greatest but where financial resources weakest
Michael RYAN
Director, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, World Health
Organisation (WHO), Geneva
1915
Reception followed by dinner
FRIDAY 3 MARCH
0915–1045
4
QUANTIFYING SHORTFALLS AND BUILDING CAPACITY: WHAT STILL NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED?
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Building an adequate surveillance capacity
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Generating and co-ordinating disparate disease surveillance data
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Dealing with the issue of transparency
Alberto LADDOMADA
Deputy Head of Unit, Animal Health and Welfare, European Commission, Brussels
James LEDUC
Influenza Coordinator, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
1115–1230
5
ANIMAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND POULTRY SECTOR MANAGEMENT:
CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FURTHER NEEDS IN MANAGING THE FOOD
DISTRIBUTION CHAIN
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Work achieved by central animal health and Veterinary Public Health Services to
improve early detection and response
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Communicating with backyard producers in rural and suburban communities
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Pre-emptive approaches; changing market place trading methods
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When is culling workable and what are the alternatives?
NGUYEN Tien Dung
Head of Virology Department, National Institute of Veterinary Research, Vietnam
1430–1545
6
LESSONS LEARNED FROM SARS IN HONG KONG AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY BIRD FLU
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Capping emergence of disease at source
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Planning, organizing and mobilizing surge capacity
TSANG Thomas
Head, Communicable Disease Division, Centre for Health Protection (CHP), HKSAR
1615-1700
7
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CASES INFECTED BY
INFLUENZA A (H5N1) IN CHINA
Zhancheng GAO
Clinical Counsellor, Chinese Center for Disease Control, Beijing
1700–1830
8
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLANS IN ASIA
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Status of national integrated influenza pandemic preparedness plans
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Stockpiling of the anti viral drugs
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Testing national pandemic preparedness plans
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Strengthening the capacity of health systems, training clinicians and health managers
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Cross border integration of country plan
Suwit WIBULPOLPRASERT
Senior Adviser on Health Economics, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok
NGUYEN Thi Hong Hanh
Deputy Director, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi
SATURDAY 4 MARCH
0915–1045
9
PANEL SESSION: SOME EXAMPLES OF PANDEMIC RESPONSE MEASURES:
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRY PROGRAMMES?
Arlene KING
Director, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Public Health Agency of
Canada (PHAC), Ottawa
Nigel LIGHTFOOT
Director, Emergency Response Division; Head, Pandemic Flu Programme, Health
Protection Agency, Salisbury
SATURDAY 4 MARCH (continued)
115–1230
10
BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM
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Outbreak communication
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Risk communication to rural populations
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Post outbreak: how to communicate difficult issues of equity and access to antivirals
and vaccines
Joanne YARWOOD
Head of Immunisation Information, Department of Health, London
1500 -1545
11
a.
MEDICAL INTERVENTION:
HOW TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTIVIRALS AT POINTS OF
OUTBREAK
David REDDY
Tamiflu Pandemic Task Force Leader, Roche, Basle
1545 - 1630
12
b.
HOW TO ENSURE ADEQUATE MASS PRODUCTION OF VACCINE
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What is happening currently in terms of vaccine production
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Scalable manufacturing processes to meet vaccine needs for pandemic flu
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Public private sector partnerships
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How will countries without manufacturing capability cope?
Luc HESSEL
Chairperson of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Working Group, EVM; Executive Director,
Medical and Public Affairs, Europe, Sanofi Pasteur MSD
1700 - 1830
13
NEXT STEPS: INCORPORATING EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM PANDEMIC
PLANNING INTO FUTURE RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Synergies between non-health sector and health sector groups
Jean LEBEL
Director, Environment and Natural Resources Management Programme, IDRC, Ottawa
Structuring our global partnership after Beijing
Vincent DE VISSCHER
Head of Unit, Director General External Affairs, Asia – Policy, Planning and Co-ordination,
European Commission, Brussels
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b.
2000
Conference Dinner
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
0915
Participants depart