AGENDA

To achieve objectives there will be strong emphasis on cross-disciplinary issues and the sharing and comparison of experiences across countries.

A more detailed draft agenda is available for downloading here (PDF). This will be updated as additional details are confirmed or changed.

Session 1 – Welcome and introduction

Session 2 – Towards a risk assessment

2.1 An assessment of H5N1 – situation, trends and new epidemiological insights

• Global situation: HPAI outbreaks in poultry
• Trends and dynamics of HPAI and epidemiology
• Situation on H5N1 infections in humans

Session 3 – Assessment of efforts over the last three years to address HPAI in poultry, reducing risk to humans and pandemic preparedness

3.1 Achievements and lessons learnt - Experiences by case study countries

• Main focus animal health
• Main focus human health

3.2 Achievements, issues and options on strategies for HPAI control and prevention

• What has been achieved and learned on outbreak control responses
• What has been achieved and learned on prevention measures
• Evidence on short-term socio-economic impacts and their issues and options
• Trends, issues and options in applying long term biosecurity measures
• A reflection on communication in the disease control process and behaviour change

3.3 Issues and Options for Implementation of strategies for pandemic preparedness

• Assessment of preparedness of human health systems to respond
• Assessment of UN System Preparedness regarding non-health aspects

3.4 Assessment of institutional strengthening and support at national and regional level

• A critical reflection on the use of PVS and veterinary governance for the future
• Strengthening the relationship between public and private sector roles
• Regional and global technical support: coordination units, labs and networks
• Ensuring intra-governmental support to national and other stakeholders

Session 4 – Strengthening Strategic Approaches - Identifying priorities and ways forward

4.1 Working group discussions - Some of the themes to be explored

• Identification of immediate and short term regional strategic technical priorities
• Identification of long term regional strategic technical priorities
• Strategies by types of countries: endemic, occasional outbreaks, at risk, etc.
• Collaboration between veterinary and human health systems
• Cross-cutting thematic priorities: on communication; socio-economic issues, etc
• Institutional issues with political implications to be addressed
• Recommendations for international agency support mechanisms

Conclusions and recommendations of technical meeting

Tentative agenda for separate final session 5 – with limited participation

Session 5 – Review of international agency programming and implementation mechanisms

5.1 Presentation on funding issues and raising of key concerns
5.2 Group discussions of mechanisms for implementation of international support
Conclusion and next steps

Contact: francesca.ambrosini@fao.org

© FAO, 2007

The Technical Meeting on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Human H5N1, 27-29 June 2007 has been organized by FAO of the UN, WHO and OIE with the collaboration of UNSIC and UNICEF. The conference is funded by the organizers and collaborating partners.