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

Rift Valley Fever Initiative 2010

Documents

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