Pandemic Influenza Community Educational Plan

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Pandemic Influenza Community Educational Plan

• Crystal L. Jones, MD
• Medical Director, Acute Diseases
• Marion County Health Department
• June 27, 2006

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Radio and Television

• Public Service Announcements
• Channel 16 Focus on Health
• WFYI Public Broadcasting Service

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Community Informational Sessions

• Community Presentations
• 10 sites around city
• 45 minutes in length
• Offered in mornings, afternoons, and evenings
• Speakers Bureau
• Available to businesses, schools, churches and
  other groups
• Call 221-8965 or email indyful_at_hhcorp.org to
  request

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Other Educational Activities

• Marion County Health Department (MCHD) will
  encourage schools, universities, businesses,
  churches and other agencies to plan for pandemic
  influenza and to share their planning with
  students, staff, constituents, and others
• Packets and brochures will be available to assist
  you from MCHD

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Additional Information Resources

• www.mchd.com/indyflu
• Will find information regarding the Summit,
  including breakout sessions, upcoming meetings,
  community presentations, etc.
• www.pandemicflu.gov
• www.in.gov/isdh
• www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/

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Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI)
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CRI

• Is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (CDC) pilot program
• Aids cities in increasing capacity to deliver
  medicines and medical supplies during a
  large-scale public health emergency in a
  timeframe that will make an appreciable health
  difference
• Currently has as a planning scenario of an
  aerosolized anthrax attack requiring prophylaxis
  of the entire Indianapolis Metropolitan
  Statistical Area (MSA)

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CRI

• Requires the Marion County Health Department to
  lead the planning for mass prophylaxis of the
  Indianapolis MSA
• 10 counties Marion, Boone, Hendricks, Hancock,
  Hamilton, Johnson, Shelby, Morgan, Brown and
  Putman

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CRI

• Requires mass prophylaxis of the entire
  population be completed within 48 hours of the
  decision to do so
• Includes 12 hours that CDC has to get the
  Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to the Indiana
  State Department of Health (ISDH) and the time
  ISDH needs to get it to the local Points of
  Dispensing (PODS)
• In reality will have about 32 hours to dispense
  medication to the public

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Marion County Health Departments (MCHD) CRI
Planning

• MCHD will open public mass prophylaxis sites
  around the city
• Hospital systems will provide prophylaxis to
  staff and their families
• MCHD will partner with large employers who have
  health care providers on staff to provide
  prophylaxis to staff and their families
• MCHD will partner with other agencies to reach
  the special populations