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Multi-sectoral involvement vital in health emergencies =

Qistina Rangga
BANDAR SERI = BEGAWAN

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

MULTI-SECTORAL involvement which includes animal = health,=20 disaster management as well as the military is integral in dealing with = public=20 health emergencies, says a government high ranking official = yesterday.

Dr=20 Hjh Kalsom Hj Abdul Latif, acting director general of the Ministry of = Health=20 pointed this out in her welcoming remarks at the first sub-regional = (Bimp)=20 Exercise Management Training Workshop held in the Songket II ballroom of = the=20 Rizqun International Hotel.

"As we all know, the threat of avian=20 influenza and pandemic influenza which continue to loom upon us which = command=20 for each country to have action plans in place to ensure that = appropriate and=20 timely interventions can be executed effectively," she said.

To = ensure=20 the feasibility of the action plans, the five-day workshop concentrated = on=20 building "the capacity of the people responsible for exercise management = for=20 preparedness, prevention and control of emerging diseases" in = participating=20 countries.

Representing Asean secretariat was the workshop's = programme=20 coordinator, Dr Ma Luningning Elio Villa.

She said that for = member=20 states to be better prepared, stronger multi-sectoral involvement is = vital as=20 "it is recognised that in an actual situation, the extent of the effects = of a=20 severe outbreak of emerging infectious diseases (EID), as well as = response to=20 such a situation extends beyond the health sector."

The programme = which=20 the workshop is under, is working for endorsement by the highest level = of animal=20 and human health government bodies according to the workshop's = coordinator.=20

Status and validity of plans, organisational relationships, = capabilities=20 and strategies in managing emergencies and disasters in Asean plus three = countries will be evaluated through simulation exercises according to = Frederick=20 John Abo, from the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) who will = train the=20 participants in technical aspect during the workshop.

The 37=20 participants from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will = be=20 introduced to "skills and knowledge required to design, conduct and = evaluate=20 simulation exercises in (respective) countries", said Frederick=20 John.

ADPC has been recognised as an implementing partner to = organise and=20 conduct the workshop.

The sub regional training workshop was = initiated by=20 the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand with the ADPC as technical = partner and=20 is co-hosted by Brunei in partnership with Asean plus 3 EID programme = with=20 funding provided by Australian Agency of International Development = (AusAID).=20

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