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EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS Joint ActionPreparedness and action at points of entry (ports, airports, ground crossings)

Joint Action 04-2017 / Grant Agreement Number: 801493

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Sustainability of activities after the Joint Action's end

Annual Work Programme 2019Infoday on Joint Actions24 June 2019Luxembourg

Jan HeidrichEU JA HEALTHY GATEWAYS Sustainability & Air Transport Work Package Co-leaderUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Preparedness and action at points of entry (ports, airports, ground crossings)Joint Action 04-2017 / Grant Agreement Number: 801493

Outline

o Very brief introduction to JA Healthy Gateways

o Sustainability strategy/plan in JA Healthy Gateways

o Core components of sustainability WP

o Practical examples from JA Healthy Gateways and SHIPSAN ACT

o Challenges

o Conclusion


From SHIPSAN & AIRSAN to EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS


Objective:

To support cooperation and coordinated action of Member States to improve their preparedness and response capacities at points of entry. This includes ports, airports and ground crossings, in preventing and combating cross-border health threats from the transport sector.

(facilitates implementation of Decision No 1082/2013/EU on serious cross-border threats to health l International Health Regulations (IHR) from WHO)

Duration:May 2018 - April 2021

Healthy Gateways Joint Action

Consortium: 37 institutions from 29 European countries + Taiwan


In case of a PHEIC

To support:

- coherent response &

- implementation of temporary recommendations

issued by the WHO according to IHR

General JA objectives

Inter-epidemic

Emergency

Two modes

of operation


Structure


To foster the take-up by the EU-countries of the results of the Joint Action

o Integration of Joint Action activities, outputs and results into national policies

o Exploring options for the continuity of Joint Action activities after the conclusion of the action

General sustainability objectives


Five specific sustainability objectives

1. Strengthening Preparedness & Response at all PoE by adhesion to best practices and guideline development

2. Supporting efforts at building and sustaining networks of stakeholders & experts

3. To raise awareness about cross-border health risks and compliance with IHR requirements by trainings/capacity building

4. Developing a common information portal to provide guidelines, SOPs, references, and links as well as discussion fora for each transport sector

5. Reaching out to the public to ensure that the achievements of the JA as well as remaining obstacles and needs receive adequate attention


Core components l SWG

o Sustainability working group

o multi-sectorial

o Leaders/co-leaders from each WP

o National policy advisors

o European & international organizations (CHAFEA, DG Santé, DG Move, ECDC, WHO, CDC, FRONTEX, ICAO)

o Industry representatives invited on ad-hoc basis

o Legal expertise

o Four face-to-face meetings during JA, involvement throughout JA

o Recommendations / decisions taken by General Assembly of JA

o Assess formal partnerships with other programmes (e. g. EPCIP, CIWIN)


Core componentsNational sustainability plan

o Results and deliverables for integration into national/regional/local policies (i.e. MoU, table-top/simulation exercises, contingency plans, training courses integration into national context)

o Policymakers/stakeholders to be involved in JA activities at an early stage to increase potential for national adoption of deliverables

o Timetable for implementation and task distribution

o Legal documents to be produced for the adoption of deliverables (i.e. Ministerial circulars, decisions of Associations, best practice guidelines) at national/regional/local levels

o Monitoring the update progress on the core capacities at PoE (WHO)


Core components l Further overview

Site visitsat Ministries of Health

Legalreport & advice

Monitoring

Indicator-based at T0-T2

Progress in implementing NSPWHO core capacities at PoE

European leveltable-top/simulationexercise

General AssemblyDeliverable

Detailed report at end ofJA on sustainability


Practical example: European web-based network for points of entry (under development)

EU POENET

General EU POENET

forum for issues related

to all PoE

Discussion forum for Advisory

Board members

Discussion forum for

inspectors of conveyances

Web-based training

resources catalogue for

PoE

EU POENET

e-learning platform

Network of professionals

EU POENET bibliography

tool

Specific expert

forums for air, maritime,

ground-crossings

sector

• Web-based network used for rapid communication and notification in case of cross-border health risks at points of entry

• Network of professionals experienced in addressing public health events at points of entry


Practical example: Air transport sector collaborations

ICAO/CAPSCA and EASA

• EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS advisory board member

• Bilateral participation in events and meetings

• Coordination meetings to avoid duplication of efforts and activities

Lufthansa German Airlines (Occupational Safety Lufthansa Group)

• Participate in expert working group and provide input on HEALTHY GATEWAYS activities/deliverables

• Participate as trainers/facilitators in EU-level training courses

• Prepared and hosted webinar on: Issues on disinfection and disinsection of aircrafts (presented in March 2019 with 205 registered participants)


Endorsement of European Manual & SHIPSAN Information System in national legal framework

• 10 EUMS (Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Germany, Malta, Spain, Cyprus, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, the Netherlands)

• 7 EUMS in progress: (Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Romania, and Slovenia)

Practical example l SHIPSAN ACT


DATABASE FOR RECORDING SHIP INSPECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE

EUROPEAN MANUAL

SHIP SANITATION CERTIFICATE DATABASE

Communication network platform

Maritime Declaration of Health

Practical example l SHIPSAN ACT EU Information System

376 registered inspectors from 15 EUMS & 1 Non-EUMS

18,710 SSCs on the database (until 21-05-2019)

This information system has been built on the content of the WHO handbook for inspection of ships and issuance of

Ship Sanitation Certificates. It provides the following functions: a) recording the inspection finding in a standardized manner according to the

checklist of the WHO handbook, b) issuing SSC’s according to International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) Annex 3, c) producing the Evidence Report Form in the format included in Annex 7 of the

WHO handbook,d) generating and printing of blank official documents related with the inspections

(i.e. SSC and the Evidence Report).


DATABASE FOR RECORDING SHIP INSPECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE

EUROPEAN MANUAL

SHIP SANITATION CERTIFICATE DATABASE

Communication network platform

Maritime Declaration of Health

Practical example l SHIPSAN ACT EU Information System

Functions:• maintaining registries (ports,

ships, competent authorities and inspectors)

• sharing epidemiological information in a standardized and confidential way

• recording information for risk assessment

• exchanging information during an outbreak investigation

Disease Events Ships Number of cases

GI 25 20 2743

Varicella 3 3 11Legionellosis 10 10 12Measles 2 2 32

Dengue 1 1 1

Meningitis 3 3 6

TBC 8 8 8

Chickenpox 4 4 10ILI 2 *1 66Histamine intoxication due to tuna intake

1 1 34

Malaria 1 1 1

Possible Coxsackie virus disease

1 1 1

TOTAL 61 54 2925

61 Events on board 54 ships were recorded in the Communication Network platform

(reporting period: August 2011 – until 22/5/2019)

*The ILI event occurred simultaneously with a GI event and the ship has been included in the GI event count above.


New EU legislation about the European Maritime Single

Window environment

“European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 April 2019 on the proposal

for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing

a European Maritime Single Window environment and repealing Directive 2010/65/EU(COM(2018)0278 – C8-

0193/2018 – 2018/0139(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)”.


What are main challenges in JA sustainability from YOUR point of view/experiences?

Assessed at JA Healthy Gateways 1st General Assembly, 13 June 2019


ConclusionThe way to JA sustainability…

…is very challenging

…is not once-done always done

…requires continuous monitoring and advancement of deliverables

…is worth it!

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Sustainability is less an end productthan a cyclical and interactive process (UN 2002)


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1st JA General AssemblyHamburg, 13-14 June 2019

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