AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link

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