Perspective from ASEAN: WHO support activities Health and Communicable Disease Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Perspective from ASEAN: WHO support activities
Health and Communicable Disease Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Signed at the 13th
ASEAN Summit on 20 November 2007 in SingaporeIt has been ratified by the 10 Member StatesThe ASEAN Leaders celebrated the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter on 15 December 2008
The ASEAN CHARTER
ASEAN Vision 2020
"A concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability
and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in
a community of caring societies"
• Vision: By 2015, ASEC will be the nerve centre of a strong and confident ASEAN Community that is globally respected for acting in full compliance with its Charter and in the best interest of its people.
• Mission:TO initiate, facilitate and coordinate ASEAN
stakeholder collaboration in realising the purposes and principles of ASEAN as reflected in the ASEAN Charter.•Basic FunctionTo provide for greater efficiency in the coordination of ASEAN organs and for more effective implementation of ASEAN projects and activities
ASEAN COOPERATION on ANIMAL HEALTH
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SOMSOM-M-AMAFSOMMAMAFAMAAF
ASWGLASWGL
HPAI Task HPAI Task Force
HPAI TaskForceForce
ACCAHZ ACCAHZPrepComACCAHZ PrepComPrepCom ACGLACGL VaccineVaccine EtcEtc
ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT
ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) : Thailand , Meets every 2 yrs
Senior Officials on Health Development (SOMHD, Philippines)
China and Plus Three SOMHD
ASEAN Expert Groups on Communicable
Diseases (Myanmar)
6 Working Groups &4 Task Forces (CHAIRS & Lead
Co)
Networking (FETN, APL), Lead Countries
ASEAN Sociol – Cultural Community Blueprint
Health and Communicable Diseases Division, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta (facilitate, initiate & coordinate)
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL BLUEPRINT
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ON HEALTH DEVELOPMENT (2010-2015)
WORK PLANS (ASEAN MEDIUM TERM PLAN ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES : MTP -EID)
B5. IMPROVING CAPABILITY TO CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASESTo enhance regional preparedness and capacity through integrated approaches to prevention, surveillance, and timely response to communicable and infectious diseases
AREA: I. Prevention and control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (AEGCD, Myanmar)
AREA II: HIV AND AIDS (ATFOA, Cambodia)
AREA III. ENHANCING REGIONAL SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMERNT
IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS
lead Countries Collaboration
Strengthen roles of SOMHD/Chairs of
Subsidiary bodies
Consultative development
partners’ meeting
ROLES OF LEAD COUNTRIES
1. Conceptualise and develop initiatives/projects/programmes on regional health development as well as their implementation plan
2. Identify resource mobilisation strategy3. Coordinate with other ASEAN Member States in
implementing the initiatives / projects/ programmes
4. Consult with other ASEAN Member States on matters requiring common position arising from the implementation of initiatives /projects/programmes
ASEAN MEDIUM TERM PLANON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2012- 2015)
ASEAN Expert Group on Communicable Diseases (AEGCD)Chair: Philippines Next Meeting: Singapore (6-8 November 2013)
ASEAN Partnership Laboratories, (Malaysia)
Risk Communication, (Malaysia)
ASEAN EID Mechanism (Thailand) EID website, (Indonesia)
Operationalisation of Minimum Standards of Joint MultisectoralOutbreak Investigation and Response, (Cambodia)
Stockpiling of antivirals and PPE
Field Epidemiology Training Network (Thailand)
HPED Project (Thailand and Lao PDR)
Specific diseases: Rabies (Viet Nam), Dengue (ASEAN Dengue Day), and Malaria (Myanmar)
ASEAN – Plus Three SOMHD
Among others: Collaborative areas include Emerging Infectious Diseases
APL, FETN, Risk CommunicationAnimal and Human Health -Focused on Rabies
UPDATES: Animal Health –Human Health Collaboration
ASEAN Plus Three Framework and
Workplan on Human and Animal
Health Collaboration
Joint Recommendations
for Human and Animal Health Collaboration
Call For Action Towards the
Elimination of Rabies
Regional Workshop on Collaboration between Human
and Animal Health Sectors on Zoonoses
Prevention and Control
JOINT CONSULTATIVE MEETING: AEGCD and ASWGL in Nov 2012
Strengthen Collaboration
Identify Joint Efforts
Sharing Platform
• Specific focus area of collaboration• Rabies control and prevention:• Agreed to also work on ASEAN priority
zoonotic diseases;• Development of a capacity building strategy on
animal health-human health collaboration;• Strengthening risk communication and
laboratory networking capacity of the ASEAN Member States;
• Operationalization of communication mechanism:
Activity: WHO-EC Project on HPED 7th AEGCD Meeting: “Strengthening Surveillance and Response Capacity for Highly Pathogenic and Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases in Cross-Border Areas of ASEAN Region” The proposed activities include:• An assessment of existing cross border collaboration and
recommend appropriate modalities for prevention and control of HPED in cross border areas;
• Develop mechanism and models• Develop modalities to institutionalize border health
authorities at local and national levels for regular exchange of disease surveillance information;
• Develop guidelines and SOPs
ASEAN Community
in 2015“Regional
Mechanism on EID”Medium Term Plan
on EID
HPED Project : Cross Borders Focus
Specific Diseases: Rabies, Dengue ,
Malaria Coordination Mechanism :
ASWGL & AEGCD
Animal Health Components
IHR 2005, APSED 2010
• ASEAN – WHO MOU• Closed working relationship with partners• Previous Building Blocks on EID
WAY FORWARD
Continuation & Coordination to synergy our efforts – , Tripartite Concept, Development Partners, Sectoral bodies; Maximize ASEAN comparative advantages (High-level Advocacy, Political Commitments, Multisectoral support, Cross-border activity)complementary on given mandates and national efforts;Sustainability (utilise existing mechanisms and integration of ASEAN Cooperation); and Prioratization regional issues (implementable & doable)