AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
AI.COMM - Avian and Pandemic Influenza Resource Link
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PRE-PANDEMIC PLANNING<br />
After conducting initial research on home-based care during p<strong>and</strong>emics <strong>and</strong> the role<br />
of community health workers, <strong>AI</strong>.<strong>COMM</strong> was poised to take on additional p<strong>and</strong>emic<br />
preparedness communications activities, at the request of US<strong>AI</strong>D. In October 2007,<br />
a number of UN agencies <strong>and</strong> international NGOs including AED signed a global<br />
declaration at the IFRC in Geneva to prepare for an infl uenza p<strong>and</strong>emic. This declaration<br />
formally launched the Humanitarian P<strong>and</strong>emic Preparedness (H2P) Initiative, created<br />
through a three-year US<strong>AI</strong>D-funded program intended to build a chain of health <strong>and</strong><br />
disaster management tools <strong>and</strong> practices that could be used to enhance the capacity of<br />
community fi rst-responders during an infl uenza p<strong>and</strong>emic. H2P set off on three main<br />
tracks of activity: to support countries in the development of infl uenza p<strong>and</strong>emic<br />
preparedness plans <strong>and</strong> protocols in the areas of health, food security <strong>and</strong> livelihoods;<br />
to strengthen the capacities of humanitarian <strong>and</strong> civil society organizations to carry<br />
out these plans <strong>and</strong> protocols; <strong>and</strong> to facilitate coordination between global, national,<br />
district <strong>and</strong> community level stakeholders, including the UN system.<br />
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