Good Emergency Management Practice: The Essentials
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10.7 Surveillance strategy to accompany vaccination (e.g. differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA)) Public awareness 11.1 Establishment of a communications working group 11.2 Key public awareness messages to be used 11.3 Methods of communication to be used for public awareness 11.4 Materials produced and ready for distribution (or can be quickly produced) 11.5 Arrangements for coordination of messages with Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment (where appropriate) Communication 12.1 Establishment of a report hotline 12.2 Identification and training of press officer(s) 12.3 Criteria for public announcement of outbreak Establishing disease freedom 13.1 Active clinical surveillance around outbreak areas 13.2 Sero-surveillance around outbreak areas and countrywide 13.3 Publication of results of surveillance to confirm absence of disease 13.4 Inclusion of OIE standards for claiming freedom from disease Recovery 14.1 Policy for lifting quarantine and movement controls 14.2 Restocking policy and protocols 14.3 Use of public awareness campaigns to support recovery of markets and consumer confidence Other possible contingency plan chapters 15.1 Surveillance systems (may also be in the preparedness plan) 15.2 Detection of heightened risk 15.3 Increased activities in response to heightened risk (e.g. surveillance, border controls, public awareness) 15.4 Training of government veterinarians, private veterinarians and livestockkeepers to detect the disease (more properly part of the preparedness plan) 15.5 Decision matrix for use of different control methods in different out break situations (with advantages and disadvantages)
Operational manuals (or standard operating procedures) These are detailed sets of instructions for carrying out the key programmes and activities within the contingency plan. SOPs may be prepared for programmes such as: • organization and operation of the NDCC; • organization and operation of LDCCs; • emergency disease reporting and information systems; • laboratory diagnosis and surveillance; • field diagnosis and surveillance; • zoning; • quarantine and movement controls;
