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Welcome!
Decision Making for Using Community
Mitigation Measures: Planning
for Influenza and Other Public Health
Emergencies 19-20 January 2011Caribbean Regional
Workshop
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Dr. Guillermo Troya, MD
Advisor Health Services Administration
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Ms. Yvonne Lewis
DirectorHealth Promotion
Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago
Introductions of Special Guests,
Workshop Faculty, and Staff
Dr. Emily B. Kahn, PhD, MPHSenior Epidemiologist
Community Interventions for Infection Control
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Alfonso Contreras, MD, MPH
Regional Advisor in Health Promotion and Communication
Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization
Workshop Objectives
Understand community mitigation strategies to respond to an influenza pandemic, seasonal influenza epidemics or other public health emergency
Understand and apply the principles of risk communication needed to communicate with the public and the media during an influenza pandemic, seasonal influenza epidemics or other public health emergency
Identify the key components of the decision-making process for use of community mitigation measures during an influenza pandemic, seasonal influenza epidemics or other public health emergency
Practice using the decision-making process for use of community mitigation measures