AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
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As the project matured, capacity building<br />
materials took center stage, <strong>and</strong> over 25<br />
different training guides were developed for<br />
various purposes ranging from interpersonal<br />
communication skills, to setting up an emergency<br />
hotline, to educating the media on <strong>AI</strong>, to<br />
learning how to correctly use personal<br />
protective equipment.<br />
All of the training materials usually offered a<br />
facilitators’ manual <strong>and</strong> participant h<strong>and</strong>outs,<br />
<strong>and</strong> many offered the option of holding a more<br />
detailed training over several days, or convening<br />
an abbreviated version of the training over one day.<br />
Many of these training guides were intended to<br />
be used on the district or community level,<br />
such as in Bangladesh: separate <strong>AI</strong> trainings<br />
were developed for national, district <strong>and</strong> local<br />
levels (e.g., Trainer Notes for National Offi cers to<br />
Train District Offi cers on <strong>Avian</strong> Infl uenza (HP<strong>AI</strong>)<br />
Outbreaks, Trainer Notes for District Offi cials to<br />
Train Upazilla Offi cers on <strong>Avian</strong> Infl uenza (HP<strong>AI</strong>)<br />
Outbreaks, <strong>and</strong> Workbook for Upazilla <strong>and</strong><br />
District Offi cers).<br />
Other community training guides included<br />
Community Preparation <strong>and</strong> Response to<br />
<strong>Avian</strong> Infl uenza: A Participatory Guide, <strong>and</strong><br />
various peer educator training materials specifi c<br />
to audiences in Yemen.<br />
Bringing the Community Together was a<br />
step-by-step guide created by <strong>AI</strong>.<strong>COMM</strong> to<br />
help local leaders <strong>and</strong> community organizers<br />
work with communities to plan for disease<br />
outbreaks <strong>and</strong> other emergencies. The guide uses<br />
lessons learned from other outbreaks to prompt<br />
<strong>and</strong> encourage discussions among community<br />
members <strong>and</strong> effectively garner their insight. Using<br />
this tool, community organizers are able to learn<br />
to build support within their communities, invite<br />
participants <strong>and</strong> select tools, schedule activities,<br />
implement community-based activities, analyze<br />
fi ndings, create an action plan, <strong>and</strong> track the<br />
success of their programs.<br />
Various media<br />
orientation guides<br />
have been<br />
developed, as<br />
have materials<br />
for fi eld<br />
epidemiologists.<br />
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