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Pandemic Response and Activities: Bangladesh
Mr. Barun Dev Mittra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. M Mushtuq Husain, PhDSenior Scientific Officer, IEDCR (NIC, Bangladesh)
Dr. Be-Nazir Ahmed, Principal Scientific Officer, IEDCR (NIC, Bangladesh)
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Pandemic Situation in Bangladesh
• Identification of first case: 18th June, 2009
• Total number of lab confirmed cases: 74 (19.08.09)• Epidemiological features (36 cases)• Primary cases (Returning from abroad): 24(66.7%)• Secondary cases: 12 (33.3%)• Age range: 1 to 46 yrs • Male/ Female: 21 (58.3%)/ 15(41.7%)• Number cured : 30• Number under treatment: 6
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Detection of CasesDetection of Cases
a. Through surveillance on ILI and SARIi. Community surveillance ii. Hospital based surveillance iii. 36 cases detected
b. Through screening at Points of Entry (PoE): 4 cases detected
c. Event based surveillance: a. Rapid Response Teams: National (1), District
(64) and Sub-district (481)b. 34 cases detected
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Hospital based Influenza Surveillance:Hospital based Influenza Surveillance:May 2007 to June 2009May 2007 to June 2009
Sample positivity SARI and severe pneumonia
Influenza Like Illness
Sample collected 448 4707
Influenza positive 111(25%) 495 (11%)
Influenza types
Influenza A 110 (99%) 307 (62%)
Influenza B 1 (1%) 188 (38%)
Influenza types
Influenza A (H1) 0 (0%) 137 (45%)
Influenza A (H3) 110 (100%) 170 (55%)
Influenza A (H5) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Pandemic H1N1 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
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PreparednessPreparedness• Establishment of Influenza ward/isolation units– 30 district general hospitals – 20 medical college and specialized hospitals – Formation of Pandemic Influenza Management Committees
• Lab facilities– test for Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 with real time RT-PCR in two labs– two BSL 3 labs (IEDCR and ICDDRB) are almost ready to start
functioning• Training
– 5000 physicians, 150 lab medicine specialist, Red Crescent personnel
• Antiviral stock– Oseltamivir: 2.5 million capsules
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ConclusionConclusion
• Strong rapid response teams• Effective surveillance system • A dedicated group at NIC• Good collaboration and coordination: intra/inter national• Managed the 38 pandemic cases, contact tracing
professionally • Has capability to handle up to several thousand cases with
ease• Challenges:– Constraint to increase surge capacity on a huge scale
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Thank You
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