Welcome! Decision Making for Using Community Mitigation Measures: Planning for Influenza and Other Public Health Emergencies January 2011 Caribbean Regional Workshop

Registration Please Complete the Pre Workshop Questionnaire

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 Director Health Promotion Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago

Introductions of Special Guests, Workshop Faculty, and Staff Dr. Emily B. Kahn, PhD, MPH Senior 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

Introductions of Participants Name: Occupation: Organization:

Today’s Agenda Participant Guide

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

Open Your Tool Kit!

Tool Kit Inventory  Participant Guide  Learning Objectives, Agenda, Biographies, Other Resources, Glossary, Web Sites for Working with Businesses, Slides  Printed Planning Tools  CM Decision Making Tool  Posters  A Job Aid for Trainers (Key Ring)  CD and USB Flash Drive  Hand Sanitizer Wipes 9