Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANSALVADOR454
2007-03-09 21:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy San Salvador
Cable title:
AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESPONSE PLANS
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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000454
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID/LAC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES
SUBJECT: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESPONSE PLANS
REF: SECSTATE 22992
UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000454
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID/LAC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES
SUBJECT: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESPONSE PLANS
REF: SECSTATE 22992
1. The following are activities the Government of El Salvador has
undertaken to prepare for the threat posed by highly pathogenic
influenza subtype H5N1:
-- The GOES has established the National Commission for Pandemic
Avian Influenza Preparations (CONAPREVIAR) to coordinate the
activities of government agencies, the private sector, and
international agencies in educating the public, monitoring the
poultry industry, and preparing for a human pandemic. The Ministry
of Health and Ministry of Agriculture head this commission.
CONAPREVIAR has established a website, www.conapreviar.com, which
describes the program and answers common questions. CONAPREVIAR
officials have met three times already in 2007.
-- In July 2006, the Ministry of Health led a seminar that provided
an overview of avian influenza. A second seminar is planned for
March 28-30, 2007, to review GOES public affairs efforts should
avian flu epizootic or human cases occur in El Salvador.
--The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a week-long emergency
response drill in September 2006 to review the country's response to
poultry outbreaks. Participants spent two days in a field exercise.
The Ministry conducted a second tabletop exercise in December 2006.
A third drill is planned for April 2007, including a field exercise
for human-to-human transmission in the city of Santa Ana.
-- The Ministry of Agriculture plans to vaccinate more than 99
percent of all commercially raised chickens. Personal protective
equipment is being used at all the larger commercial (more than 500
chickens) poultry ranches. Surveillance of backyard chickens
remains limited.
-- The GOES has established surveillance sites at many of the border
crossings with Guatemala and Honduras and at Comalapa Airport.
2. USAID and USDA are actively working with the GOES to assist in
preparations for a bird epizootic and a human pandemic. The U.S.
Center for Disease Control is providing laboratory equipment and
training to test for human H5N1 disease. USSOUTHCOM plans to
provide equipment for PCR testing of H5N1.
3. The Pan American Health Organization represents the World Health
Organization in this region, with the mission to coordinate
international efforts. FAO and OIRSA are the two animal groups
assisting the GOES with preparations for a future poultry
epizootic.
Glazer
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID/LAC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES
SUBJECT: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESPONSE PLANS
REF: SECSTATE 22992
1. The following are activities the Government of El Salvador has
undertaken to prepare for the threat posed by highly pathogenic
influenza subtype H5N1:
-- The GOES has established the National Commission for Pandemic
Avian Influenza Preparations (CONAPREVIAR) to coordinate the
activities of government agencies, the private sector, and
international agencies in educating the public, monitoring the
poultry industry, and preparing for a human pandemic. The Ministry
of Health and Ministry of Agriculture head this commission.
CONAPREVIAR has established a website, www.conapreviar.com, which
describes the program and answers common questions. CONAPREVIAR
officials have met three times already in 2007.
-- In July 2006, the Ministry of Health led a seminar that provided
an overview of avian influenza. A second seminar is planned for
March 28-30, 2007, to review GOES public affairs efforts should
avian flu epizootic or human cases occur in El Salvador.
--The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a week-long emergency
response drill in September 2006 to review the country's response to
poultry outbreaks. Participants spent two days in a field exercise.
The Ministry conducted a second tabletop exercise in December 2006.
A third drill is planned for April 2007, including a field exercise
for human-to-human transmission in the city of Santa Ana.
-- The Ministry of Agriculture plans to vaccinate more than 99
percent of all commercially raised chickens. Personal protective
equipment is being used at all the larger commercial (more than 500
chickens) poultry ranches. Surveillance of backyard chickens
remains limited.
-- The GOES has established surveillance sites at many of the border
crossings with Guatemala and Honduras and at Comalapa Airport.
2. USAID and USDA are actively working with the GOES to assist in
preparations for a bird epizootic and a human pandemic. The U.S.
Center for Disease Control is providing laboratory equipment and
training to test for human H5N1 disease. USSOUTHCOM plans to
provide equipment for PCR testing of H5N1.
3. The Pan American Health Organization represents the World Health
Organization in this region, with the mission to coordinate
international efforts. FAO and OIRSA are the two animal groups
assisting the GOES with preparations for a future poultry
epizootic.
Glazer