Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT1675
2007-11-29 10:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 001675
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AIAG, NEA/ARP, NEA/RA; CAIRO FOR LINDA LOGAN;
AMMAN FOR MANU BHALLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP
RECONVENES
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001675
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AIAG, NEA/ARP, NEA/RA; CAIRO FOR LINDA LOGAN;
AMMAN FOR MANU BHALLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP
RECONVENES
1. Embassy held a meeting of its Interagency Avian Influenza
Working Group (AIWG) on Tuesday, November 27, which included
representatives from each section of the Embassy and U.S.
military health officials from local bases. Embassy
participants included CDA Misenheimer, the Regional Security
Office, Medical Unit, Community Liaison Office, and the
Management, Political, Economic, Consular and Public Affairs
sections. Medical officers from Army Central Command
Surgeon's Office, Office of Military Cooperation - Kuwait,
Defense Attache Office, Central Command Medical Office, Air
Force Central Command, Army Emergency Medical Facility, and
Air Force Expeditionary Medical Group attended the meeting.
This was the first Interagency AIWG meeting following the
summer rotation season. This meeting served as an
opportunity for new Embassy and military participants to
meet, discuss their roles, recap Kuwait's AI status, and
review preparedness. Discussion focused mainly on updating
lines of contact among in-country USG elements and on Embassy
and DOD Avian Influenza action plans and the need to ensure
that the various action plans are coordinated.
2. The interagency AIWG will serve mainly as an
information-sharing group in which different military health
sections and Embassy sections will share relevant AI
information gathered from their relevant contacts. For the
next meeting, each military office and the Embassy Med Unit
will present the key elements of its action plans, focusing
on those portions that deal with interagency cooperation.
The Group decided to meet again in mid-January to discuss
action plans and review existing tripwires. Embassy internal
AIWG will meet in January prior to the next interagency
meeting, and will also renew contact with relevant host
government authorities of AI preparedness.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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MISENHEIMER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AIAG, NEA/ARP, NEA/RA; CAIRO FOR LINDA LOGAN;
AMMAN FOR MANU BHALLA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP
RECONVENES
1. Embassy held a meeting of its Interagency Avian Influenza
Working Group (AIWG) on Tuesday, November 27, which included
representatives from each section of the Embassy and U.S.
military health officials from local bases. Embassy
participants included CDA Misenheimer, the Regional Security
Office, Medical Unit, Community Liaison Office, and the
Management, Political, Economic, Consular and Public Affairs
sections. Medical officers from Army Central Command
Surgeon's Office, Office of Military Cooperation - Kuwait,
Defense Attache Office, Central Command Medical Office, Air
Force Central Command, Army Emergency Medical Facility, and
Air Force Expeditionary Medical Group attended the meeting.
This was the first Interagency AIWG meeting following the
summer rotation season. This meeting served as an
opportunity for new Embassy and military participants to
meet, discuss their roles, recap Kuwait's AI status, and
review preparedness. Discussion focused mainly on updating
lines of contact among in-country USG elements and on Embassy
and DOD Avian Influenza action plans and the need to ensure
that the various action plans are coordinated.
2. The interagency AIWG will serve mainly as an
information-sharing group in which different military health
sections and Embassy sections will share relevant AI
information gathered from their relevant contacts. For the
next meeting, each military office and the Embassy Med Unit
will present the key elements of its action plans, focusing
on those portions that deal with interagency cooperation.
The Group decided to meet again in mid-January to discuss
action plans and review existing tripwires. Embassy internal
AIWG will meet in January prior to the next interagency
meeting, and will also renew contact with relevant host
government authorities of AI preparedness.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
MISENHEIMER