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Presented by Khamphithoun Somsamouth, MD., MPH

Building Risk Communication Capacity for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health Emergency 2011-2013, Lao PDR. Presented by Khamphithoun Somsamouth, MD., MPH Deputy Director of the Center for Information and Education for Health Ministry of Health

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Presented by Khamphithoun Somsamouth, MD., MPH

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  1. Building Risk Communication Capacity for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health Emergency 2011-2013, Lao PDR Presented by Khamphithoun Somsamouth, MD., MPH Deputy Director of the Center for Information and Education for Health Ministry of Health Behavior Change Communication During Outbreak Response Hong Kong, 26-29 June 2013

  2. Introduction • Risk communications (RC) for emerging infectious diseases and public health emergencies (EIDs and PHE) capacities is required during the preparedness, response and recovery phases of a serious public health event. • The function of RC is particularly important in the management of any acute public health event, especially at an early stage when decisive action has to be taken in the context of uncertainty. • RC cannot be limited to any one method. It comes in many forms and must follow guidelines and an appropriate level of formality to ensure knowledge and information transfer. • The first case of Pandemic H1N1 was confirmed on 16 June 2009 in Vientiane, Lao PDR with a well 27 year old foreign male developing influenza-like symptoms on June 13th, 2009.Widespread transmission was defined as community transmission in two or more provinces and recognized at the end of July. Therefore, RC is needed in Lao PDR

  3. Vision To ensure better coordination among health and non health stakeholders at all levels to deliver specific RISK COMMUNICATION messages to the different target audiences during health emergency event

  4. Objectives • To highlight the importance of RC on EIDs and PHE situation and potentially contribute to the overall achievement in the implementation of next five years plan of MOH (2011-2015) • To introduce RC model acquired international and regional into the RC framework of MOH-Lao PDR • To strengthen the capacity and knowledge of RC staff at all levels • To provide an opportunity for RC staff to apply RC into their day-to-day work as well as during emergency events

  5. Key Components of RC • Health Emergency Communications • Operational Communications • Behaviour Change Communications • Strengthening the RC network and management.

  6. Key achievements (Policy and structure) • National Policy on Health Communication signed by Prime Minister developed and disseminated to the targets at the central and provincials • RC Strategy and five years action plan 2011-2015 developed and implementation • Taskforce for health communication established at the central and provincial levels

  7. Nation Policy on Health Communication

  8. Key achievements (Cont)knowledge and skills • Lao staff learned about planning development for Emergency Risk Communication and Public Health Emergency established by CAREID RC Experts from Canada

  9. Four Taskforce Members Attended Emergency RC Training Workshop in Canada 2011

  10. Key achievements (Cont)Training curriculum and guideline developments • CAREID Risk communication training module was finalized and applied into Lao content curriculum for central and provincial levels training • RC curriculum is introduced into One Health training curriculum for surveillance and response during outbreak 3. Operational risk communication procedure during health emergency event is developed and submitted for approval by MOH and National Communicable Diseases Control

  11. 83 staff from central and provincial gained knowledge and skill for RC through central and regional emergency RC training conducted by CAREID and Lao trainers RC Training at the central level

  12. Regional Emergency RC Training conducted for 74 Provincial staff from 12 out of 17 provinces Regional Training for 6 provinces in the north Regional Training for 6 provinces in the middle

  13. Summary of knowledge and skills of staff on RC during pre and post training 2012

  14. Risk communication is integrated into the Lab- surveillance training curriculum

  15. Media Training and RC IEC/BCC materials production and utilization

  16. Key achievements (Cont) Political & stakeholder encasement to support the RC • Policy, decision makers and national health communication taskforce in Ministry of Health and related stake holders understand and gained knowledge and understand well about RC on 18-20 June 2013 by WHO consultants • 2. Propose to establish MOH spoke person, role and function incase of emergency

  17. Priority Activities for next steps • Continue to support the capacity building for provincial and district levels to ensure they capable to process timely risk communication • Support for the developing an operational RC procedure and guideline (SOP for RC), RC-IEC materials and communication equipments for RC implementation in both national and sub-national levels • Attend the international and regional meeting, workshop and training for sharing and learn experiences on RC from abroad

  18. Thank you (Kob Jai)

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