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SPC Initiative UpdateResearch, Evidence and Information (REI)
ProgrammePHD
57th PIHOA Executive Meeting, Palau9th -12th March, 2015
Dr Yvan Souares, Deputy Director PHD: [email protected] Adam Roth, Epidemiologist and Team Leader Operation and
Research: [email protected] Damian Hoy, Epidemiologist: [email protected]
Ms Salanieta Duituturaga, Team Leader: Health Laboratory Strengthening: [email protected]
Mr Tebuka Toatu, Laboratory Specialist: [email protected]
Presentation Outline:• Brief epidemiological overview
• PPHSN
• Enhanced surveillance for mass gatherings
• REI Achievements/Outcomes for 2014
• REI Planned activities for 2015
Brief epidemiological overview
Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)
What is PPHSN?
• PPHSN is a voluntary network of countries/territories and institutions/ organisations – 1996, SPC & WHO
• Dedicated to promotion of public health surveillance & response
• Current focus on CDs: outbreak-prone diseases
• PPHSN Goal is to improve public health surveillance and response in the Pacific Islands, in a sustainable way
PPHSN Institutional Framework
PPHSN services
• PacNet • LabNet • EpiNet • PICNet -
Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Alert and Communication
Verification and Identification
Investigation and Response
Infection Control
LabNetA three-tier level network of laboratories
• L1 labs – labs of the PPHSN member countries.
• L2 labs – are regional labs which perform the first level of confirmation testing for L1 labs.
• L3 labs – are PPHSN reference laboratories. Perform more sophisticated testing important for epidemiological and surveillance information.
Provides recommendations and support for shipping and testing of specimens.
Enhanced surveillance for mass gatherings
Mass gatherings
• Potential for communicable diseases to spread efficiently and rapidly.
• Enhanced surveillance (ES) is increasingly being used for mass gatherings:1. Detecting and responding to disease outbreaks in a timely and
effective manner; 2. Durable surveillance system improvements; and 3. Disseminating epidemiological information through the Region
to assist with preparedness.
REI Achievements since 2014 to date:• Collaborate with PIHOA and other PPHSN partners to the
delivery of the DDM four-module course in the USAPIs.• Completion of DDM1 in Guam and Palau• Completion of DDM2 and DDM3 in Guam• Establish and coordinate the delivery of the PPHSN
Strengthening Health Intervention in the Pacific Programme (PPHSN-SHIP).
• Assist in establishing evidence-based policies to contribute controlling the regional NCD crisis.
• Support the evaluation of the outcomes of NCD-related policies in place, e.g. tobacco-free, soft drinks and/or salt and/or healthy local food consumption.
REI Achievements since 2014 to date:• Support Public Health Surveillance during the Micronesian
Games, July 2014.
• Networking with PPHSN partners on current outbreaks as reported in the weekly Surveillance Syndromic Report.
• Provided TA support to Pohnpei State Laboratory to strengthen Lab-based surveillance.
• Completion of pre and post assessment report on Microbiology and lab-based surveillance systems for Pohnpei State Laboratory.
REI Achievements since 2014 to date:• Conducted capacity building on microbiology and parasitology
testing processes at Pohnpei State Laboratory.• Completed laboratory M&E for TB and STI/HIV and follow up
on outbreak prone diseases and microbiology testing processes for Chuuk, Pohnpei, RMI (Majuro and Ebeye) and Palau.
• In collaboration with WHO and PIHOA, co-facilitated Ebola Preparedness and Infection Control training for FSM.
• Provided constant off-shore technical advice and support to RMI on the maintenance issues for their BD Probe Tec Analyser.
• Contributed and provided technical advice during the 2015 AUL meeting in Guam.
REI Planned Activities in the USAPIs for 2015:
• Consultation with Guam DOH and PIHOA including other key stakeholders in the planning and strengthening of public health surveillance – 2016 FOPA in Guam.
• Conduct DDM 4 (May) in Guam
• Conduct DDM 5: “Supervision of research or surveillance projects”
REI Planned activities in the USAPIs for 2015:
• Microbiology upskilling training at GPHL – SPC/PIHOA capacity building initiative for GPHL.
• Strengthening of laboratory-based surveillance systems and linking it to syndromic surveillance at GPHL.
• Ongoing consultation and assist PIHOA in the laboratory strengthening activities including LQMS implementations of L1 laboratories in the USAPIs.
Acknowledgements
• PPHSN core members: all PICTs • PPHSN allied partners: PIHOA,
WHO, CDC, FNU, SPC, RAPID• Funders: French Fund, Australia
DFAT, NZAID, CDC, EU