Coordinated action in the aviation sector to control

Coordinated action in the aviation sector to control public health threats Slides developed by the AIRSAN Coordinator, Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Scope of the AIRSAN Project • Aim: to support EU Member States to ensure a wellorganised and coherent response to public health threats in air transport • Support of implementation and preparedness activities according to International Health Regulations (2005) and under EU Decision No 1082/EC/2013 • Funded by EU • Duration: April 2013 – December 2015 2

AIRSAN Partners • • • 3 Public health Robert Koch Institute, Germany (also Coordinator) National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands University of Thessaly, Greece National Institute of Public Health, Poland Federal Public Service, Belgium Federal Department of Home Affaires, Switzerland Israel Ministry of Health, Israel World Health Organization (WHO) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) • • • • Aviation KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, Netherlands Fraport AG, Germany Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany Air France, France Atatürk Airport, Turkey Varna and Burgas Airport, Bulgaria EUROCONTROL Airport Health Control Office, Malta International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Air Transport Association (IATA) Ministry of Transport, Germany European Commission, DG MOVE European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Nuclear threats • Office for Nuclear Regulation, United Kingdom

Objectives of the AIRSAN Project • Development of an AIRSAN Network • Review and gap analysis of existing international guidance material in the area of response to public health threats in air transport • Development and field test AIRSAN Guidance Documents • Strengthening the core capacities needed to implement the International Health Regulations (2005) • Development of an AIRSAN Website linked to an AIRSAN Communication Platform • Develop an AIRSAN Training Tool to support countries in implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) 4

AIRSAN Network • Methods: o Inviting members of target organisations from the public health and the aviation sector • Results: o AIRSAN Network supporting the information exchange between network members o Availability of contact details of network members 5

AIRSAN Website • Methods o Development and further optimisation of AIRSAN Website o Regular update • Results o www. airsan. eu o Open-access and passwordprotected areas o Space to make the products of the AIRSAN Project accessible 6

AIRSAN Communication Platform • Methods o Development and pilottesting of AIRSAN Communication Platform o Final optimisation, development of user manuals • Results o Working space of AIRSAN Network o Platform for discussion of topics on control of public health threats in air transport 7

AIRSAN Bibliography • Methods o Surveys on existing guidance material on public health threats in air transport o Review of existing guidance material • Results o Annotated AIRSAN Bibliography of reviewed guidance material with linked documents o Keyword search function 8

AIRSAN Guidance Documents • Methods o Prioritisation of topics where guidance is still missing o Development and test of AIRSAN Guidance Documents • Results: AIRSAN Guidance Documents o Remote risk assessment and management of communicable disease events on board an aircraft o Contact tracing – Collaboration between the public health and the aviation sector 9

AIRSAN Training Tool • Methods o Development and pilot-testing of AIRSAN Training Tool o Finalisation of AIRSAN Training Tool • Results o Toolkit, incl. manual, scenarios, training guidelines, evaluation forms 10

Use of the AIRSAN Products • AIRSAN supports the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005). • In order to ensure a coherent and efficient response to public health threats in air transport, the harmonisation of existing procedures is important. This can be supported via the inter-sectoral AIRSAN Network. • With the use of the AIRSAN Website www. airsan. eu, the outputs of the AIRSAN Project (AIRSAN Bibliography, AIRSAN Guidance Documents, AIRSAN Training Tool, AIRSAN Communication Platform) are easily accessible. 11

Contact • Access to AIRSAN Website: www. airsan. eu • E-mail: AIRSAN@rki. de 12

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 Consumer, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.