CARE AI Meeting

Last Wednesday was CARE Lao's all-day avian influenza program meeting to share lessons learnt and discussing the way forward with donor representatives, government authorities (national, province, and district levels), and international partners, including the WHO and other NGOs.

CARE Lao's AI program works with all of these partners to pilot activities in Laos to build capacity in dealing with issues surrounding AI. This includes community-based surveillance, outbreak response, AI awareness, wet markets, model households, and the 166 free hotline to report bird deaths. I also presented on the health seeking behavior assessment and got questions from both local authorities (re: content) and partners (re: technical aspects). The two guys below were our simultaneous translators; very impressive!

Group photo!

After a day well done, the CARE AI team rounded out with Beer Lao at the Mekong Deck.