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Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010
Caribbean Regional Response Team (CRRT) Meeting Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
José H. Urdaz, DVM, MPVM, PhDArea Emergency Coordinator for PR and USVI
Caribe Hilton Hotel San JuanOctober 26-28, 2010
Overview
• Exercise Planning Team• Program Coordinators• Funding• Infectious Disease Seminars• Rift Valley Fever Tabletop Exercise• After Action Report
Why should We care?
Food and Agriculture Safety and Defense
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
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
Funding
• VS PR Area Office• U.S. International Services Dominican Republic
Seminars Puerto Rico and USVI
• 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
Animal Disease Emergency Events: Preparedness and Response
Tabletop Exercise Puerto Rico
PREMA Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Hato Rey, PR, May 20-21, 2010
Blue Moon Fever: A Training Exercise on An Introduction of Rift Valley Fever to Puerto Rico
Tabletop Exercise US Virgin Islands
Arthur Abel Complex Fredericksted, St. Croix May 25-26, 2010
Blue Moon Fever: A Training Exercise on An Introduction of Rift Valley Fever to St. Croix
Why should I care?
Why you should care:
• Economy/Trade/Tourism• Environmental Impact• Food Supply• Human Health• Accidental vs. Intentional Introduction
After Action Report
• 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
Weaknesses
After Action Report
• 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
Strengths
Questions?
THANK YOU