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Newsletter Issue No Newsletter Issue No. 7 – February 2016 In this issue Editorial Editorial Andreas Gilsdorf, Robert Koch Institute, News from the AIRSAN Coordination Germany Recent meetings The current development in transmission of Zika virus infection, Recent developments particularly in South and Central American countries, is alarming. Table-top exercise in Tel Aviv (Israel) Given the high numbers of passengers travelling between Europe Second review of guidance material and America, the probability of European citizens getting infected Finalisation of the AIRSAN Training Tool is increasing. Finalisation of the AIRSAN Website We hope that AIRSAN can support the response to Zika virus Finalisation of dissemination activities infections similarly as it was possible during the time of the climax Preparation of the AIRSAN Final Report of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa. We would Final evaluation of the AIRSAN Project like to reinforce the useof the AIRSAN Communication Platform Other topics (where there is currently a discussion ongoing regarding infection control measures at European airports) or the updated AIRSAN Proposal of a user friendly version of the Bibliography, to get into exchange with each other and to have Passenger Locator Form access to relevant guidance material on the response of public A medical emergency landing and risk health threats in air tansport. assessment challenge for public health threats People from the AIRSAN Project News from the AIRSAN Coordination Cinthia Menel Lemos, Chafea Virgilijus Valentukevicius, EASA Astrid Milde-Busch, Robert Koch Institute, Airports at a glance Germany Burgas Airport and Varna Airport After almost 3 years of activities, the AIRSAN Project is now drawing to its close. The AIRSAN Coordinator wishes to thank all AIRSAN Crossword Puzzle AIRSAN Partners as well as the members of the AIRSAN Network At the end for their highly valuable contributions and support during the lifetime of the AIRSAN Project. In particular, we would like to thank all partners and members of the AIRSAN Network who Editorial Board Astrid Milde-Busch, RKI, Germany supported us with the conduct of the table-top exercises at Andreas Gilsdorf, RKI, Germany different airports in the framework of the development of the Yanina Lenz, RKI, Germany AIRSAN Training Tool and who supported us with the hosting and Christos Hadjichristodoulou, UTH-EL, Greece organisation of AIRSAN Meetings. We are convinced that the Dominique Wagner, FPS-PHFCSE, Belgium Janusz Janiec, NIPH-NIH, Poland continuous discussion and feedback have contributed a lot to the Laurence Perroud, BAG, Switzerland improvement of the products of the AIRSAN Project. Further, we Matthias Jeglitza, BMVI, Germany would thank all partners and institutions who helped us to make Birgitta de Jong, ECDC, Sweden AIRSAN known amongst the relevant stakeholders. Cinthia Menel Lemos, Chafea, Luxembourg If you are not quite sure, what you have learnt from the AIRSAN Project in the past 3 years, we heartily invite you to test your knowledge and solve the AIRSAN Crossword Puzzle on the second-to-last page of this newsletter. We hope that many of you will try and send us the solution word. The first 5 persons who send to correct solution word to [email protected] will win a prize! This document arises from the AIRSAN project which has received funding from the European Union, in the framework of the Health Programme. Sole responsibility lies with the author. The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Contact us: [email protected] | www.airsan.eu AIRSAN Newsletter – Issue No. 7 – February 2016 2 Recent meetings European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology AIRSAN Final Meeting on 10-11 (ESCAIDE) on 11-13 November 2015 in September 2015 in Berlin, Germany Stockholm, Sweden The AIRSAN Final Meeting took place on 10 and 11 The European Scientific Conference on Applied September 2015 at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) took place Germany. The scope and activities of each work package between 11 and 13 November 2015 in Stockholm, were briefly presented. It was demonstrated that Sweden. Participants of the ESCAIDE mainly represent deliverables and milestones were achieved. international, national, regional and local public health authorities from European and non-European countries. The AIRSAN Partners expressed their satisfaction with the progress of the work. It was emphasized that a Staff from the AIRSAN Team at RKI participated in the special and valuable feature of the AIRSAN Project was ESCAIDE and presented the AIRSAN Project with a the creation of an informal network of representatives stand. Our aim was to provide information and to foster from the public health as well as from the aviation discussions about the AIRSAN Project as well as to invite sector. The AIRSAN Network allows colleagues from all new members to join the AIRSAN Network. Besides the levels (including national, regional and local) to usual information material offered (AIRSAN Flyer, participate in the discussions and activities. AIRSAN Newsletter, AIRSAN Poster) the AIRSAN Guidance Documents and the AIRSAN Training Tool The AIRSAN Partners believe that the AIRSAN Project were made available to the interested participants of has evolved the way it was conceived and that the the conference. Additionally, the information provided original ideas and objectives were followed through the on the AIRSAN Website was demonstrated. Interested project lifetime. However, there is a general feeling that parties from many different countries and international to achieve the sustainability of the outcomes of the organizations visited our stand and showed a AIRSAN Project, future activities within a common substantial interest in the AIRSAN Project. framework are needed. Even in the absence of a formal consecutive project some of the activities, such as the AIRSAN Website and the AIRSAN Communication Platform, should be sustained at least for a certain period of time. Symposium "Bridging epidemiology to public health security policy" on 10 November 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden Chafea organised a satellite workshop to the ESCAIDE (European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology) on 10 November 2015, called “Bridging epidemiology to public health security policy” The ESCAIDE provided an excellent opportunity to (http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/news/news416.html). inform a wide audience of public health officials from EU MS and beyond about the AIRSAN Project. The aim of this satellite workshop was to offer experts, project partners and other conference participants an opportunity to exchange information related to their Pre-/post-exercise meetings on 24 and work in the field of preparedness and response and to 25 November2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel demonstrate how the Health Programme actions’ outputs have been taken-up at national and regional (Work Packages 6 and 4) levels. Representative from EU and national authorities On 25 November 2015, a table-top exercise using the were invited to discuss the relevance of the presented AIRSAN Training Tool was conducted with the airport projects and their achievements with the and public health authorities in Israel. AIRSAN Teams representatives of the funded projects. from CAA UK and RKI and a colleague from GGD Amongst other projects funded under the Health Kennemerland, Netherlands, participated as facilitators Programme, AIRSAN was invited to be presented at this and observers in this exercise. Pre- and post-exercise workshop. We very much appreciated this opportunity meetings were conducted on 24 and 25 November to get in contact with other project coordinators and 2015. These 2 days of intensive collaborative work gave policy makers. us an excellent opportunity to discuss the final version Contact us: [email protected] | www.airsan.eu AIRSAN Newsletter – Issue No. 7 – February 2016 3 of the AIRSAN Training Tool and to agree on upcoming The exercise took place in the Ben Gurion International procedures. Airport of Israel. The participants of the exercise were representatives of: airport authorities, airlines (El Al, Lufthansa and Delta) Meeting on optimisation of the AIRSAN including a member from the cabin crew, civil aviation Website on 8 December 2015 in Larissa, authorities, airport medical services, border police, Greece customs, public health authorities including the National IHR Focal Point and the ministry of health. On 8 December 2015, Astrid Milde-Busch from the AIRSAN Team at RKI and Nick Bitsolas from the AIRSAN Dr Nigel Dowdall from CAA UK and Dr Rolf Appels from Team at UTH-EL met in Larissa, Greece. Aim of this the department of public health in charge of meeting was to discuss the content and the final layout emergencies at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol of the AIRSAN Website. Final details were agreed in (Netherlands) facilitated the table-top exercise. The order to optimise and finalise the AIRSAN Website exercise was observed by staff from the AIRSAN Team which should make information about the AIRSAN of the RKI. The exercise was evaluated by Dr Nigel Project and its products available for some years even Dowdall and two evaluators from public health after the end of the project lifetime. authorities in Israel. The table-top exercise went in a very interactive format. The participants demonstrated the existence of plans to Recent developments respond to
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