Publication date:
Saturday, November 1, 2014
ICAO have added a new web page dedicated to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak on the CAPSCA web site (http://www.capsca.org/EbolaRefs.html). CAPSCA is the Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation. The Ebola web page consolidates references published by CAPSCA partner organisations.
Submitted by Martin Walker on Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:40
Dear Colleagues,
A question arose at a recent training event as to how to record an invalid Ship Sanitation Certificate (SSC) when you discover one during a routine/unannounced inspection or notice it from information on the Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH).
Legally, a ship can be considered by the flag state to be affected and Article 27 of the International Health Regulations (IHR) applies. Scenario 3 of Annex 2 in the WHO Technical Handbook for ships sets out the procedure for inspection and issuance of a new SSC.
Submitted by Martin Walker on Tue, 11/25/2014 - 12:39
Dear Colleagues,
A question arose at a recent training event as to how to record an invalid Ship Sanitation Certificate (SSC) when you discover one during a routine/unannounced inspection or notice it from information on the Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH).
Legally, a ship can be considered by the flag state to be affected and Article 27 of the International Health Regulations (IHR) applies. Scenario 3 of Annex 2 in the WHO Technical Handbook for ships sets out the procedure for inspection and issuance of a new SSC.
Submitted by MIGUEL DÁVILA-C... on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 09:53
Good morning,
I'd like to ask the forum a question:
Which is the best place to perform an inspection in case there is a suspected case of Ebola on board a ship: anchored or docked? If we consider the whole ship as affected, inspectors should wear their PPE when accessing the ship. If the ship is anchored this is really difficult and could be dangerous for them. Otherwise, if you decide to let the ship enter the port, the same problem could happen with the pilots and they could refuse to access the ship and move it into the port.
Article published on Lancet, October 21, 2014 ( http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673614618286 ) assessing the potential for international dissemination of Ebola. Authors analysed International Air Transport Association data for worldwide flight schedules between Sept 1, 2014, and Dec 31, 2014, and historic traveller flight itinerary data from 2013 to describe expected global population movements via commercial air travel out of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and the potential risk of disease spread by air travel.
Publication date:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Here are the instructions to access the first version of the online module "Ebola Event Management at Points of Entry":
1 - If you access for the first time our e-learning platform, please create your account from the following page:
https://extranet.who.int/ads/adswebinterface/create.aspx
2 - When you have your own account, you can access the content at the following address:
Publication date:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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