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Region

South-East Asia Region

Country

Timor-Leste

Date

13-12-2019 to 14-12-2019

Phe Category

Epidemics and Pandemics

Public Health Emergency

Avian Influenza

Simulation Exercise Activity

TTX

Participants

Timor-Leste

Status

Conducted

Purpose

The purpose of the exercise is to evaluate coordination mechanisms in response to emerging public health threats, and to provide opportunities to validate existing mechanisms and identify areas for enhancement._x000D_
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Scope:_x000D_
 This is a TTX, simulating an outbreak of avian influenza in municipality X of Timor-Leste. Through a facilitated discussion, participants will review the processes involved for an efficient coordination of the response, from the deployment of an investigation team up until the declaration of the end of the epidemic._x000D_
 The roles and coordination of government agencies (MOH, MOAF, PoE) and UN agencies (WHO) are included in the scope._x000D_
Specific Objectives_x000D_
 Familiarize participants with roles and responsibilities of agencies in detecting and responding to a public health emergency._x000D_
 Understand communication and reporting channels by different national and international agencies during a public health emergency._x000D_
 Validate the existing coordination mechanism for public health emergency and identify the gaps for improvement_x000D_

Overview

Hazard and Risk

Hazard and risk to countries can be determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. Current hazard/risk can be assessed based on country risk assessment reports, recurring events, current events in other countries and other sources.

Country Capacity

Country Capacity is the combination of the strengths, attributes and resources available within the country to manage and reduce health emergency risks and strengthen resilience. The International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) require all WHO Member States to have the ability to detect, assess, report and respond to public health emergencies. Country capacities are assessed through the IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshops, health system data and related indicators.

National Plan

National planning helps to determine what actions should be taken in the coming weeks, months and years to prevent, detect and respond to risks and threats. Actions can be identified through all-hazards National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS), disease-specific plans, contingency plans and other sources.

Resource Landscape

Donors and partners can include Member States, intergovernmental organizations, development banks, institutes, non-state actors and others who provide financial assistance and/or expertise to assist countries in strengthening and maintaining capacities to prevent, detect and respond to public health risks and threats.