Burkina Faso - Emergency aid to combat the spread of avian flu

The present intervention relates to emergency aid for combating the spread of avian influenza in Burkina Faso. This operation includes two types of components, including an animal health component and a human health component. On the one hand, the animal health component includes: the supply of chemicals, including disinfectants and animal health laboratory equipment, the provision of protective clothing for staff working in laboratories and surveillance teams of Avian influenza, training of additional staff to increase laboratory capacity, sensitization campaigns and dissemination of information to farmers and the purchase of vaccines. On the other hand, human health includes: development and distribution of monitoring equipment and training of health personnel, provision of test kits and chemicals to laboratories - a measure to strengthen the capacity to combat H5N1 and the pandemic in the future, the training of laboratory technicians on the safe handling of samples taken in the throat, samples from monitoring sites, as well as on standards applicable in laboratories and the implementation of the data management system relating to the avian influenza pandemic, the distribution of management tools for the surveillance of avian influenza and the improvement of communication and networking between avian influenza laboratories, including veterinary and public health laboratories.