Global Presence
STOP AI (Stamping out Pandemic and Avian Influenza)
Project Date: 2007–2010
Stamping Out Pandemic and Avian Influenza (STOP AI) assists countries to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), prepare for, and respond to HPAI outbreaks among animals and humans, and minimize the risk of re-infection among poultry during the recovery phase following an outbreak. The overall goal of STOP AI is to prevent H5N1 infections in humans.
MSH, as the principal subcontractor to Development Alternatives Inc., is responsible for strengthening preparedness and planning to detect and contain HPAI outbreaks in both poultry and humans, improving containment measures in human populations, decreasing high-risk behaviors associated with animal-to-animal transmission, and limiting the exposure of health workers to the H5N1 virus. MSH’s partnership with four regional organizations—the University of Dakar in Senegal, the University of Rwanda School of Public Health, Aga Khan University in Pakistan, and Primex in the Philippines—ensures local capacity-building and sustainability control in the prevention of avian influenza.
Please visit www.stopai.net for more information