Advancing Emergency Management Essentials for Biological Threats Lee Myers, Etienne Bonbon, Clarisse Ingabire, Eran Raizman FAO Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health
Global Challenges: hunger, poverty and food insecurity 791 million poor people (1 in 8) go to bed hungry every night 805 million of 7.3 billion people (1 in 9) suffer from chronic undernutrition (deficiency in protein including essential AAs, and micronutrients) Only 11 million in the developed world Human Poverty Copyright Sasi Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). Copyright Benjamin D. Hennig (Worldmapper Project) http://www.worldmapper.org
EMPRES-AH FAO s EMERGENCY PREVENTION SYSTEM for ANIMAL HEALTH
FAO s RESPONSE: EMPRES-AH Sustainable capacity building Knowledge sharing Tools & Strategies Coordination & Networking
Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health 2006 Mandate: Provide rapid response for transboundary animal diseases and emerging animal disease threats, including zoonoses.
Response to Zoonotic Diseases Anthrax Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 H7N9 Brucellosis Ebola Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Rabies Rift Valley fever (RVF) Credit: J-M Feussom
Morocco PPR Viet Nam PRRS Deployment Activities Support preparedness for at-risk countries Support immediate response assess and investigate disease control and surveillance sample collection and shipment crisis communication Promote cross-border dialogue authorities donors technical agencies Mobilize resources internal FAO funding advocate for external funding from donors Provide immediate support and recommendations emergency action plan emergency funding package in-country debrief
Emergency Response Missions To Date Newcastle Disease Mers-CoV 89 missions 45 countries (approx. 46% HPAI, 20% Zoonoses and 34% other TADs) October 2006 October 2017
PREPAREDNESS
GEMP In Action Increasing emergency capacities of countries Conducting emergency risk analyses Developing emergency funding capacities (drafting project proposals, emergency funding mechanisms, etc.) Setting up and testing of emergency operation centers Increasing support for contingency plans Drafting contingency plans and practical field SOPs Properly equipping the plans Conducting training and simulation exercises Increasing multi-sectorial approaches in emergency management Engaging VS into One Health approach Developing public-private partnerships (private veterinarians, non-governmental organizations, farmer associations, etc.)
FAO s vision A world free from hunger and malnutrition SO1 SO2 SO3 SO4 SO5 Help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable Reduce rural poverty Enable more inclusive and efficient food and agricultural systems SO5 Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises Resilience as an institutional condition for reducing hunger Resilience in terms of sustainable production and agroecosystem stresses Resilience in terms of social poverty dimension Resilience in terms of market and food chain dimension Resilience to stresses 70% of the poor depend on livestock for survival
FAO Shift to Boots on the Ground Country offices over 100 10 Sub-Regional offices 194 Member Nations 5 Regional offices 6 Liaison offices: New York (UN HQ), Washington, Brussels, Geneva, Moscow, Tokyo. FAO Headquarters: Rome
What are the Needs for the Future? Driving forces presenting both challenges and opportunities: Address the disturbing increase in the number of high impact animal diseases and emerging biological threats. Meet the increased international demand for incident coordination of animal disease emergencies through Animal Health Emergency Operations Centres. Address FAO s desire to expand integration and collaboration in other international platforms, including one health, e.g. OIE, WHO Global Outbreak Alert Response Network, WHO EOC-NET, Global Health Security Agenda, Global Partnership for Biological Security, etc.
What are the Needs for the Future? Driving forces presenting both challenges and opportunities (cont d): Support FAO SO5 to build resilience to food chain crises. Support 2016 World Humanitarian Summit findings that humanitarian assistance should be combined with resilience building communities and countries at risk or in crisis. Sensitize to the shifting emphasis of funding partners for a proactive investment in capacity building and outcomes. Meet the growing need of regions and countries for tools and assistance in all stages of GEMP: emergency preparedness, prevention/mitigation, detection, response and recovery, while sustaining the assistance for rapid deployment teams in emergency response missions.
CMC-AH Proposed Strategic Action Plan Based on re-framing of the emergency management essentials Inclusive of animal diseases and threats whether of natural, accidental or deliberate introduction New emphasis on incident coordination and development of an Animal Health Emergency Operations Center Framework Emphasis on resource mobilization
A Renewed Emphasis on Emergency Preparedness Plan: Develop and modify national emergency preparedness plans, animal disease contingency plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs). Equip: Assess equipment and supplies required to implement the plan. Train: Facilitate training on plans. Exercise: Design, develop, conduct and evaluate simulation exercises that test the plans, equipment and training resulting in objective after action reports and improvement planning.
For Consideration Recognizing that building capacity for natural or accidental incursions of animal diseases contribute to capacity for deliberate introductions: Would it be helpful to better understand and communicate the gaps and needs of specific countries and regions to manage and coordinate animal disease incidents caused by deliberate introduction? Should the scope of the GEMP tools for animal disease emergency management be broadened to include guidance for bioterrorism?
Thanks to CMC-AH International and Funding Partners Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry France Ministry of Agriculture, Agri-food and Forestry Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries OIE United States Cooperative Defense Threat Reduction Agency United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service WHO
Thank you! FAO Crisis Management Centre Animal Health Email: Lee.Myers@fao.org