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[start]. Pandemic Influenza Contingency (PIC), UNSIC. 1) National readiness Best Practice. Substantive planning for: 1) pandemic containment and 2) responding to the pandemic crisis: . National readiness main elements. Organization & planning Coordination
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1) National readinessBest Practice Substantive planning for: 1) pandemic containment and 2) responding to the pandemic crisis:
National readiness main elements • Organization & planning • Coordination • Operational continuity of infrastructure • Communications
Coverage of contingency planning for essential services in 15 National Pandemic Preparedness Plans in Asia Pacific Total economies = 15 (UNSIC/PIC May 2007)
Indicators Of Pandemic Readiness For 7 Selected Countries No Of Countries with a YES
Indicators Of Pandemic Readiness For 6 Selected Countries % of Indicators Positive on Basis of Available Paper Plan
10 areas for attention - Rule of law - Financial sector - Public utilities - Communications • Local level - Citizens engaged • The vulnerable - Who does what? • Public, private, civil, media partnership • Lower capacity countries
A strategy for improvement - measure progress in national influenza pandemic preparedness, - advocatethe need for improvement, - help-- develop and deploy tools that help partners improve preparedness.
Integrating this new risk into the work of existing structures
1) National readiness2) Humanitarian readiness • Existing humanitarian operations • New vulnerable groups • ... worst in lowest capacity countries
