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MBDSMekong Basin Disease Surveillance
Newsletter
September to December 2009
First Meeting on Cross Border Disease Surveillancewithin Xayabouly Province, Lao PDR and Nan Province, Thailand
Xayabouly Province, 29th – 30th October 2009
On the 29th October 2009, in Lang Son
City of Vietnam, MBDS Vietnam
organized the Cross-border meeting among
Lang Son, Lai Chau, Quang Ninh province
of Vietnam and Yunnan, Guangxi province
of China.
26 participants including CCs of the two
countries, sites coordinators, leaders of
border provincial and district health
department, animal health sector and from
international cooperation departments have
shared information, experiences in
outbreak surveillance, prevention and
control.
The participants discussed the list of
diseases to be informed and the forms,
frequency, contact persons with
communication information and the
coming activities.
This is the first meeting for China and
Vietnam within MBDS’s cooperation.
The participants assessed that the
meeting has met the objectives and
good outcomes.
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MBDS Cooperation Cross Border Meeting among Lang Son, Lai Chau,Wuang Ninh Provinces, Vientnam and Guangxi, Yunnan Provinces, China
Lang Son, Vietnam, 29th October 2009
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Ministry of Health Lao PDR have expended to three provinces project sites as
Vientiane capital with Nong Kai , Borikhamxay with Hatinh Province and arranged
the meeting between Lao PDR and Thailand and agreed to exchange diseases
information by daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly. Health officers from Lao PDR
and Thailand attended the meeting and discussed to Establish the provincial
coordinator at provincial and district level with TOR, to exchange information
activities follow in MBDS strategies, to arrange yearly rotate meeting and to perform
joint outbreak investigation according to agreement of each sites. The diseases for
reporting are as follows:
•Avian Flu
•AFP
•SARS
•Cholera /Severe Diarrhea
•Encephalitis•Tetanus
•Meningitis
•Diphtheria
•PHEIC
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First Meeting on Cross Border Disease Surveillance
within Xayabouly Province, Lao PDR and Nan Province, Thailand
Xayabouly Province, 29th – 30th October 2009
•Dengue fever
•Typhoid fever
•Measles
•Malaria
•Pneumonia•HIV/AIDs
•Tuberculosis
•Leptospirosis
•Chikungunya
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The main objectives of the meeting are to
strengthen collaboration in epidemic/
communicable disease control between border
sites, to share experiences and information on
outbreak prevention and control of these
provinces and to make a plan of joint activities
in outbreak surveillance, prevention andcontrol in the future.
Dr. Sok Touch, Director of CDC Department,
Dr. Ly Sovann, Deputy Director of CDC
Department, Ministry of Health; Dr. Heng
Nheu, Director of PHD Stung Treng, Ms.
Romdoul Kim, InSTEDD Representative and
Health Officers from CDC Department, PHD,
OD and Health Center of Stung TrengProvince attended the meeting from Cambodia
side.
Dr. Bounlay Phoummasak, Deputy Director
General of Hygiene and Prevention
Department, Ministry of Health, Dr. Vath
Kong Keo, Director of Health Department,
MBDS Cross-Border Collaboration Meeting
Between Stung Treng Province, Cambodia and Champasak Province, Lao PDRStung Treng Province, Cambodia, 05 - 06 October 2009
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Champasak Province, Health Officers
from PHD and Health District of
Champasak Province attended the
meeting from Lao PDR side.
In the meeting, Dr. Ly Sovann presented
about AH1N1 situation update fromCambodia, Ms. Vanida presented about
AH1N1 situation from Lao PDR, Dr.
Heng Nheu presented the progress
update from Stung Treng Province by
using MBDS indicators and Dr. Vath
Kong Keo presented about the progress
update from Champasak Province by
using MBDS indicators, too.
The participants discussed on 7 MBDS
Strategies which are information sharing,
Human Resource Development in
Epidemiology, Animal-Human interface,
ICT, Laboratory, Risk Communication
and Policy Research.
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Innovative Support To Emergencies Diseases and Disasters (InSTEDD) highlighted the
general concept of GeoChat and its interests in CDC especially for RRT of both sidesand demonstrated the field testing of GeoChat and made the exercise of SMS and
registered the name of RRT to GeoChat network.
In the meeting, the health officers agreed upon the disease under the surveillance
including AFP, SARS, severe diarrhea, dengue fever, typhoid fever, measles, pneumonia,
malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, to strengthen and continue the information
exchange between Cambodia and Lao PDR and to manage joint outbreak investigation
control.
Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Cross-Border Meeting among Kampot, Takeo,
Svayrieng, Cambodia and An Giang, Kien Giang, Tay Ninh, VietnamChau Doc, An Giang, 31 August 2009
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Content•MBDS XB Meeting
Between China and Vietnam 1
•MBDS XB Meeting
Between Lao PDR and Thailand 2
•MBDS XB Meeting
Between Cambodia and Lao PDR 3, 4
•MBDS XB Meeting
Between Cambodia and Vietnam 4
•MBDS Cambodia activities 5
•MBDS China activities 6
•MBDS Thailand activities 7
•MBDS Lao PDR activities 7
A basic epidemiology and biostatistics
training course was conducted at Asia Hotel,
Kampong Chhnang Province on 5-7 August
2009. It was organized by the CDC
Department and in collaboration with centre
for National Malaria, Dengue, and parasitic
infection control and financially supported
by Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance
(MBDS).
The main objectives are to build up the
capacity of the Rapid Response Team (RRT)
in basic epidemiology and biostatistics and
to strengthen the provincial RRT members
in skills and knowledge of basic
epidemiology and biostatistics.
Training on Basic Epidemiology for RRT
Banteay Meachey, Kampot, Svayreing, Stung Treng and Takeo Provinces, CambodiaAsia Hotel, Kampon Chang Province, 05 - 07 August 2009
The RRT from Svay Rieng, Takeo,
Banteay Meanchey, and Stung Treng
provinces and CDC Department, totally
18 participants attended the training and
4 trainers from CDC Department and 1trainer from CNM.
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On 26 - 30 October, 2009, Yunnan CDC
hosted the Training on Strengthening
Diseases Surveillance and Response in
Border area in Yunnan Province.
The training is aimed to strengtheningsurveillance and response of AH1N1, avian
influenza, cholera in border areas of
Yunnan; to improve sample collection and
safety transportation; to improve lab
diagnosis capacity on those diseases and to
perform risk communication of public
health emergency.
The topics in the training are as follows:
• Status quo of infectious disease epidemic
and control strategy
• Surveillance, finding the report of
imported cases• Risk communication of public health
emergency
• A case study of cholera epidemic
investigation
• Investigation and response of human
infectious highly pathogenic avian flu
• Focus points of AH1N1 surveillance and
response
• Public health emergency investigation
and response in border area• Field epidemiology investigation
• Lab diagnosis technique
• Emergency response supplies
management
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Training on Strengthening Diseases Surveillance and Responsein Border Area in Yunnan Province
Yunan CDC, 26 - 30 October 2009
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GeoChat Training at Mukdahan Province
24 – 25 September 2009
Thai Health Promotion Foundation, ICT
program is organized the Workshop of Using
Geochat for SRRT Communication Network
together with InSTEDD and MBDS on
September 25th -26th , 2009 in Mukdahan,
Thailand.
The workshop focused on using Geochat for
support communication network for
Surveillance Rapid Respond Team-SRRT and
to brainstorm for the next 6 months action
plan.
The participants are Public Health Staffsfrom Mukdahan, Thailand and observers
form Savannakhet Lao PDR totally around 30
people attended the workshop.
Workshop of Information System
for Disease Surveillance
in Mukdahan & Savannakhet
through SMS by using GeoChat
Savannakhet, Lao PDR, 25 – 26 Sept, 2009
The workshop of using InSTEDD, Geochat for
SRRT communication network, which washeld on November 25th -27th, 2009 in
Savannakhet, Lao PDR organized by MBDS,
InSTEDD and Thai Health Promotion
Foundation, ICT program.
The main objectives are to apply mobile phone
messaging system in disease surveillance, to
improve technical skill of health and public
health staffs in Savarnakhet and to develop the
effective disease surveillance communication
system for SRRT team.
The participants are Public Health Officers
from Savannakhet, Lao PDR and Mukdahan,
Thailand.
Dr. Li Huiyang
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