Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza in madagascar - this proposal is being submitted by the national influenza center (NIC) madagascar, a department of the institut pasteur of…

Surveillance and response to avian and pandemic influenza in madagascar - this proposal is being submitted by the national influenza center (NIC) madagascar, a department of the institut pasteur of madagascar (IPM) on behalf of the ministry of public health (moph) of the republic of madagascar. Designed by the who as the national reference for influenza in 1978, the NIC madagascar is members of gisrs (global influenza surveillance and response system) and participates actively to the influenza surveillance since more than 40 years. The project is designed to sustain national influenza activities conducted by the NIC under previous CDC cooperative agreement, and strength national capacities in preparedness, early detection and response to avian and pandemic influenza as well as emerging/RE-emerging infectious disease with potential threats.three goals will be addressed under this project:goal 1: to maintain and consolidate routine ILI, sari and mortality surveillance in madagascar to generate robust data so as to significantly impact policy development for the country and potentially for the region, while working toward down-scaling and long-term sustainability of the ILI and sari surveillance network in madagascar. Since our biological sari surveillance depends only on two sites, this will entail to reinforce the sari surveillance system from its current level in order to obtain robust data on hospitalized sari patients with particular emphasis on important high-risk groups. These data will be used to formulate appropriate policies for influenza surveillance and vaccination interventions (especially in high-risk groups in madagascar) and encourage the ministry of public health to fund these activities in the future.goal 2: to consolidate the laboratory capacity so as to serve as national and regional reference laboratory for zoonotic influenza, to provide training and support to the country and region, and to establish additional technology. Thanks to the agreement between IPM and the direction of veterinary service ( DSV) of the ministry of livestock, close collaborations with the animal health surveillance systems will be set up with the aim to monitor potential zoonotic emergence of avian influenza.goal 3: to use the findings and experiences from influenza surveillance to sustain and reinforce the diagnostic of covid-19 in the country in order to increase national capacity management of severe cases and improve the covid-19 surveillance. Two main components are addressed to reach these goals:component 1: surveillance and emerging disease preparedness of influenzacomponent 2: surveillance and response to non-influenza respiratory viruses