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Thailand AI update ( January 2008)
ISSUE:
In November 2003 an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) was reported in domestic poultry in two provinces. The first human case of H5N1 was confirmed in January 2004.
To date, there have been four rounds of outbreaks, affecting poultry in 41 of the 76 provinces, and AI has infected 25 people, claiming 17 lives, more than half of them under the age of 18. August 2006 was the most recent fatality, and January 2007 was the most recent outbreak in poultry.
ACTION:
Funding by the Government of Japan: US$ 2,160,000.
UNICEF Thailand suports Thailand’s National Avian Influenza Strategic Plan.
Partners/Collaborators: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Health, International Rescue Committee, Kenan Institute Asia, Aide Medicale Internationale, FAO, IOM, WHO.
AI awareness and prevention posters and pamphlets, and AI teaching packages distributed to all schools (over 40,000 schools, reaching 12.7 million students). 800 young AI leaders (“Bird Flu Busters”) from 80 schools trained to promote AI risk-avoidance behaviours and personal hygiene in their schools and communities.
Distribution of AI awareness and prevention materials to the general public (100,000 booklets, 800,000 AI fact sheets and 75,000 sets of posters).
AI posters and pamphlets in Karen and Burmese and hygiene kits distributed in refugee camps on Thai/Myanmar border, covering 30,000 households, or 250,000 refugees. Pamphlets in Burmese distributed (40,000 copies) in migrant and ethnic minority communities in the tsunami-affected provinces. An additional pamphlets (60,000) distributed in other migrant communities.
1,000 community radio broadcasters trained on AI awareness raising and prevention.
Three animated AI awareness and prevention TV spots (50,000 each) distributed to health stations and local media networks. Three AI awareness and prevention radio spots (145,000 CDs, 20,000 cassette tapes) for distribution to media networks, academic institutes, schools, etc.
