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Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010

Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010. Caribbean Regional Response Team (CRRT) Meeting Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Jos é H. Urdaz, DVM, MPVM, PhD Area Emergency Coordinator for PR and USVI Caribe Hilton Hotel San Juan October 26-28, 2010. Overview. Exercise Planning Team

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Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010

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  1. Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010 Caribbean Regional Response Team (CRRT) Meeting Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands José H. Urdaz, DVM, MPVM, PhD Area Emergency Coordinator for PR and USVI Caribe Hilton Hotel San Juan October 26-28, 2010

  2. Overview • Exercise Planning Team • Program Coordinators • Funding • Infectious Disease Seminars • Rift Valley Fever Tabletop Exercise • After Action Report

  3. Why should We care? Food and Agriculture Safety and Defense

  4. Exercise Planning Team • Dr. Paul Gibbs • Dr. Dana McDaniel • Dr. Miguel Borri-Díaz • Dr. José Urdaz • Ms. Emerlinda Hernández • Dr. Bethany Bradford • Dr. Amy Delgado

  5. Program Coordinators • For Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (PRDA) • Ms. Nilda Pérez • Ms. Evelyn Santiago • Ms. Carmen Delia Alonso • For Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture (VIDOA) • Dr. Bethany Bradford • Dr. Louis Petersen

  6. Funding • VS PR Area Office • U.S. International Services Dominican Republic

  7. Seminars Puerto Rico and USVI Animal Disease Emergency Events: Preparedness and Response • April 15, 2010 and May 7, 2010 • Association of Agronomists of PR • Curriculum Center • Major Goal: Prepare audience for the Rift Valley Fever Tabletop Exercise

  8. Tabletop Exercise Puerto Rico Blue Moon Fever: A Training Exercise on An Introduction of Rift Valley Fever to Puerto Rico PREMA Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Hato Rey, PR, May 20-21, 2010

  9. Tabletop Exercise US Virgin Islands Blue Moon Fever: A Training Exercise on An Introduction of Rift Valley Fever to St. Croix Arthur Abel Complex Fredericksted, St. Croix May 25-26, 2010

  10. Why should I care?

  11. Why you should care: • Economy/Trade/Tourism • Environmental Impact • Food Supply • Human Health • Accidental vs. Intentional Introduction

  12. After Action Report Weaknesses • Capabilities of facilities and Agencies • Collaboration between participants agencies • Cooperation between participating agencies • Designated leader of focus group • Direct transmission vs. vector-borne disease • Communication among focus groups • Unified Command

  13. After Action Report Strengths • First animal health related exercise in PR and USVI • Initiative PRDA and VIDOA • Full international support and participation • Results evaluation forms • New efforts VITEMA SOPs • Future events • Networking

  14. Questions? THANK YOU

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