The Regional Community-Based AHI Management Practitioners' Workshop
The
project on ‘Strengthening Community Based Management of AHI in Asia’
has involved a mapping of activities in managing AHI at the
community level in Asia. Some of the projects and activities thereby
identified have been selected for presentation as case studies at
the Regional Community-Based AHI Management Practitioners' Workshop,
to be held 10th (afternoon) to13th March in
Bangkok.
The
case studies presented at the Workshop will consist of examples of
activities in community-based management of AHI in Asia from which
lessons can be drawn in order to benefit other community-level
practitioners in the region. The case studies will also be used as a
basis to highlight underlying themes such as community engagement
and community participatory processes.
Discussions in the Workshop will focus on drawing lessons from case
studies on specific themes (e.g. community-based surveillance and
response, IEC, animal/human health worker training, bio-safety,
exercise management) as well as identifying generic principles and
processes that apply to community-based management of AHI more
generally (e.g. participatory processes, community empowerment,
effective implementation processes, etc.) The case studies and the
lessons identified will then be collated to become part of a toolkit
for community-based management of AHI in Asia.
Objectives of the Regional Community-Based AHI Management
Practitioners’ Workshop
The
objectives of the Regional Community-Based AHI Management
Practitioners’ Workshop are to:
Present, discuss and learn from case studies in community-based
management of AHI in Asia
Identify lessons for community-based management of AHI, based on
experience and practice in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam,
Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines
Contribute to the development of a toolkit for community-based
management of AHI in Asia
Highlight challenges and priority areas in the management of AHI
at the community level in Asia
Build relationships among community-based practitioners in Asia
Outputs of the Regional Community-Based AHI Management
Practitioners’ Workshop
The outputs of the Regional Community-Based AHI Management
Practitioners’ Workshop will be:
Documented case studies and discussions as input for the
toolkit, based on experience in AHI management in Cambodia, Lao
PDR, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines
Key lessons for each theme, and common principles and processes
for community-based AHI management in Asia
Regional priority areas identified for the management of AHI at
the community level in Asia
Workshop Participants
The
following people will be invited to the Workshop:
Community representatives
Representatives of NGOs, government organisations or
international organisations working directly with communities
Government representatives (from Ministries of Health and
Ministries of Agriculture respectively) from the target
countries
NGOs involved in AHI management in Asia
UN organisations (UNSIC, WHO, FAO, OIE, UNICEF)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
World Bank
ASEAN
Development Cooperation Partners (USAID, AusAID, ECHO)
Members of the Southeast Asia Regional Inter-Agency Coordination
Meeting on AHI
Language Requirements
The Workshop will be
conducted in English, with translators available for Lao, Thai,
Khmer and Vietnamese. Fluency in English is desirable but not
necessary. Where possible, community-level project counterparts are
encouraged to lead the joint presentations of case studies.
