On this page, we present our latest information on Avian Influenza and its potential to cause a global pandemic.  We also have guidance for CARE country offices on preparedness planning and programmatic action.  Protecting our staff on the front lines is of enormous concern, and we will post here all our recommendations for staff health and safety.  In addition, as an international NGO, we will also advocate for wealthy nations to support efforts in developing countries to prevent and contain the spread of the virus.
 
We invite other NGOs who are working to contain the disease in animals and prevent a human outbreak of avian flu to review these materials, and we hope that they serve to inform their own response.

Please note:  This website is being updated.  Some headings and links may not appear correctly at the moment.  Thanks for your patience as we improve the design of the website.
 
Please contact the Avian flu working group if you have questions about this page: AvianFluWG@care.org.

New!  Check out CARE's Avian Flu blog:  http://avianflunetwork.blogspot.com/

To learn more about CARE’s programs in avian and pandemic influenza, please download the following pdf document or use the interactive google maps application below

CARE's Avian and Pandemic Influenza Capacity Map.pdf

 

  


Briefing Papers


CARE Avian Flu Briefing Paper (updated 9/16/2007)

PowerPoint Presentations for Briefing Staff

CARE Avian and Pandemic Influenza Briefing - PowerPoint Presentation (4.78 MB)
CARE Avian and Pandemic Influenza Briefing in Arabic - PowerPoint Presentation (729 KB)
Gripe Aviar y Pandemica (Spanish translation of the CARE Avian and Pandemic Influenza Briefing - PowerPoint Presentation) (4.5 MB)
Briefing sur la grippe aviaire pour le personnel de CARE (French translation of the CARE Avian and Pandemic Influenza Briefing - PowerPoint Presentation) (6.7 MB)
Vietnamese translation of the CARE Avian and Pandemic Influenza Briefing - PowerPoint Presentation (8.8 MB)

 
  


Information for CARE CO Point Persons


Point Person Responsibilities for Avian Influenza (Updated November 2006) (25 KB)

An Overview of CARE International's Response to Avian Influenza (5.8 MB)
Avian Flu Point Person Contact List

Preparedness Plans and Staff Safety

Resources and Tips on Preparing an Avian Influenza Preparedness Plan (58 KB PDF)
CARE Somalia / South Sudan:  Empowering Staff to Take Appropriate AI Preventive & Management Actions (99.5 KB PDF)

Staff Safety Guidelines on Avian Influenza - CARE International in Vietnam - August 25, 2006 (587 KB PDF)
Example of Staff Safety Guidelines from CARE Vietnam (75 KB PDF)
CARE Recommendations on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (85KB)
Wearing Your Respirator (617 KB PDF)
Qualitative Fit Testing Instructions (469 KB PDF)
"Bird Flu and You" poster - now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, French, German, and Thai:
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Bird_flu.htm
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Available from Kimberly-Clark Corporation (38KB)
International Health Care Contacts for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation (35 KB)

Program Development Tools and Case Studies

Program Development Tools:

CARE Laos Surveillance Handbooks and Tools

District Surveillance and Response Team Surveillance Handbook - English translation

Events based Surveillance Tally sheet for Village Volunteers

Village Volunteer Team Surveillance Handbook - English translation

CARE Vietnam Community-based Surveillance Case Study

CARE CDC pilot surveillance training module
Stop AI Poster

Strengthening Training, Outreach and Prevention: STOP AI - A Model of Community Mobilization in South East Asia -Updated Oct 2007 (1167 KB PDF)

Training Manual: Strengthening Training Outreach and Prevention for the ongoing Avian Influenza (6.9 MB PDF):
The Training Manual: Strengthening Training Outreach and Prevention for the ongoing Avian Influenza consists of a training module which includes basic information on AI in poultry and humans, behavior change communication skills and communication planning sessions, additional appendices which contain materials and handouts intended for distribution to participants upon the completion of the training course, and a number of case studies.  In addition, this working document provides good examples of community events and community event budgets as well as beneficial monitoring information. This manual may be used as is, or serve as a template for the development of additional, contextually specific training manuals.

Documents from CARE Vietnam CD on STOP AI Program, with information on training, outreach, and prevention

AI Animal Health Training (1.7 MB)
AI Human Health Training (260 KB)
AI Communication Skills Training (209 KB)

Links to Annexes and Handouts on the CD (50 KB)


Other CARE Vietnam Resources:

Handbook for Avian Influenza Volunteers—English
Handbook for Avian Influenza Volunteers—Vietnamese

Community Surveillance for Avian Influenza in Vietnam (53 KB PDF)

A Guide for the Community - How to Recognise and Prevent Avian Influenza in Poultry and Humans (993 KB PDF)
Knowledge - Attitudes - Practices Study of Small Holder Poultry Raising Farmers in response to Avian Influenza (CARE and World Health Organization (468 KB PDF)

Healthy Poultry, Happy People - CARE Vietnam TV Spot (8 MB Video)
Protecting People from AI - CARE Vietnam TV Spot (8 MB Video)

Protecting Poultry from AI - CARE Vietnam TV Spot (8 MB Video)
How to Recognize and Prevent Avian Influenza in Poultry and Humans - CARE Vietnam (3 MB PDF)

CARE-AED Final Evaluation of Five-Step Model in Vietnam
CARE-AED-USAID Post KAP Analysis of the Five Step Model in Vietnam
CARE-AED-USAID Pre KAP Analysis of the Five Step Model in Vietnam

Case Studies:

CARE Uganda: Community Mobilization Efforts in Uganda as a Response to Avian Influenza (284 KB PDF)

Promising Practices for Community-based Surveillance: Experiences from CARE’s work with community-based models of avian and human influenza surveillance in five countries.

Community-based Surveillance for Avian Influenza in Vietnam: Experiences, Results, Discussion and Redesign

Championing Preparedness: A case study of NGO leadership in public health preparedness for avian and pandemic influenza

CARE Nicaragua:  Working with Government and Partners in Nicaragua (251 KB PDF)

- CARE Philippines

CARE Philippines recently engaged in an AI prevention and preparedness project.  The following is a case study and tools designed to share our lessons learned from the experience.  

Preparing for Avian Influenza:  Community Based Systems for Early Warning, Reporting and Surveillance:  A Case Study for Best Practices from CARE Philippines (663 KB)

- Risk Assessment (231 KB PDF)

- Contingency Plan (1.35 MB PDF)
- Early Warning System Guide (235 KB PDF)
- Community Drill (194 KB PDF)
 

CARE's Activities on the Ground

 

CARE's Response to Avian Flu - A list of Activities by Country 12-06-07

CARE Capacity Statement on Avian Inluenza 1-15-08

- CARE Niger

Socio-economic impact of avian flu in Niger


- CARE Indonesia

Raising Awareness to Conrol AI in Indonesia.pdf

Avian Influenza Capacity Building and Training Project 2007 (512 KB PDF)

Community Based Surveillance Handbook for Surveillance Coordinators (Bahasa)

Community Surveillance Methodology Training Module (Bahasa)

Community-based Surveillance Handbook for Volunteers (Bahasa)

Poultry Vendor Taining Module (Bahasa)

- CARE Laos
Media Release: CARE Laos Responds to AI Outbreak in Poultry - February 19, 2007 (561 KB)
Avian Influenza Local Risk Reduction Project - Lao PDF (200 KB PDF)

Tackling bird flu in Laos

- CARE Timor Leste
CARE Timor-Leste partnered with the Ministry of Education to create and disseminate educational materials on AI for students and teachers:
Dr. Balada (veterinarian) talks about avian flu (1.10 MB PDF)
Magazine for School Children with Photo Novella on AI (59 MB PDF)
(AI segment is on pages 24-25 of the Magazine for School Children)

 

Program Resources for Country Offices

- USAID Messages on Preventing Transmission of Avian Influenza
Simple messages endorsed by USAID for adaptation by NGOs.  These messages can be integrated into many programs.
USAID: Key Messages on Prevention and Control of Animal-to-Animal Transmission of Avian Influenza (246 KB PDF)
USAID: Key Messages on Prevention and Control of Animal-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza (266 KB PDF)

- Compilation of Additional Resources
CARE has compiled a document which describes and lists additional program resources.  This document contains embedded links which will enable you to view these resources from their official websites.  Please click on the following link to view these resources:  Disseminating Messages to Communities (480 KB)


- Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries through Compensation:  Issues and Good Practices
This document is a great reference to use for advocating for the integration of compensation schemes into national level emergency preparedness plans.  In addition to other issues, the document discusses how local governments and social accountability can be engaged to initiate the compensation discussion.
Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries through Compensation:  Issues and Good Practices (2006) (727 KB PDF)

- Guide for Monitoring and Evaluation of Avian Influenza Programs in Southeast Asia
Guide for Monitoring and Evaluation of Avian Influenza Programs in Southeast Asia (June 2007) (2.8 MB PDF)

 

 

  


Compilation of Media References to CARE and Avian Influenza (30 KB)

Responding to Avian Flu: A Community Perspective (146 KB PDF)

AI Advocacy Handout (175 KB PDF)

- Webcast of Dr. Sanjay Sinho, Health Director, CARE USA

The DPI/NGO Section, NGO Briefing on Avian Flu in Perspective.  Panel includes Dr. David Nabarro, UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, Mr. Kim Moon-Hwan, Director, Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea, and Dr. Sanjay Sinho, Health Director, CARE USA.
http://www.un.org/webcast/SE2005.html (Scroll to listing for February 9, 2006, webcast)

- Guidelines for Working with the Media on Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza:  Media Orientation Training Notes (produced by USAID) (357 KB PDF)
WHO Handbook for Journalists:  Influenza Pandemic (a WHO Outbreak Communication) (729 KB PDF)

- CARE Vietnam Documents and Videos

A two-part special report on avian flu in Vietnam from the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP):

Vietnam's Success Against Avian Flu May Offer Blueprint for Others (Part 1)
When Avian Flu Control Meets Cultural Resistance

 
  


Communications Initiative website - Avian Influenza

Top 10 Avian Influenza Websites:
Flu Wiki website
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) website
World Health Organization (WHO) website
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) website
Pandemic Flu website (en Espanol tambien)
Pan-American Health Organization website
U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Preparedness website
InterAction website
AvianInfluenza.org website


Communications Materials on AI from AED
OHDEN Pandemic Influenza Information Site for Workplace and Workforce Planning
Preparing for the Coming Influenza Pandemic (634 KB PDF)
Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist - from HHS and CDC (166 KB PDF)