Worksheet

Lesson Plan and Worksheet Activity: Country to Country

Objective: To learn about the Avian Flu by skimming and scanning for information

Materials: Laptops, if unavailable computers and/or a computer with a projector, printed worksheets, pencils, paper

Time: 20 minutes for the worksheet, another 20 for discussion

Procedure:

Tell the students they will be looking for the breakdown of Avian Flu facts by country. Tell the students this page of the website is a quick guide to some of the Avian Flu situations in different parts of the world. Have the students look at the table of facts. Ask them to skim the information. Separate the students into groups. Tell the students they will be responsible for locating information on the worksheet. This is called scanning for information. Explain skimming and scanning is very useful in reading all kinds of text books and helps you remember quick facts. Have the students begin the activity. The first team who completes the activity wins! Have the winning group read the answers. This helps generate a deeper discussion on the Avian Flu, especially the last two questions.

*Or separate the students into four groups give, separate the questions into four groups. This means each group has six questions. Have groups answer the questions. Present the answers to class. That way each group fill in the blanks they did not answer and everyone can participate. Leave the last two questions for a whole class discussion.

*Another way a teacher can do this is by whole group activity. Simply ask the students the questions on the worksheet and have them raise their hands when they find the answer

Country	National Plan	Research	Vaccine Availability	Medical Priorities	Travel Precautions	Poultry	Miscellaneous
Belgium	Health workers with symptoms to be vaccinated	Negotiations underway to pay 5 million Euros for the first option to buy anti viral stocks	3 Million doses, 30% of population protected	People with non communicable diseases to be supervised with a course of anti virals	None	None	Veterinarians a priority
France	None	Sanofi Pastuer to deliver 1.4 million doses in 2005 after human trials were successful	40 million doses in the case of a pandemic, currently stock piled 14 million doses at the end of 2005	200 million face masks ordered	None	Confined until May	None
Germany	Avian Flu downgraded to low	20 million Euros to develop prototype vaccine	1 in 10 people as of now should be protected in case of a pandemic	None	none	Confined until 2005	None
Greece	National Plan for epidemics in place since the Olympics, 1 Billion spent on security	No independent research	200,000 doses of anti viral drug	Major hospitals have a rapid reaction plan	Border checks with Turkey, population warned of traveling in that area	Lorries from Turkey being disinfected	None
Italy	None	None	100 million Euros to buy anti vial drugs, 10% of the population covered, 30 million doses ordered	None	Police enforce border patrols	Labeling of Italian poultry, poultry vaccinated, imported poultry labeled	Extra Veterinarians and animal disease prevention personal recruited
Netherlands	National Plan in Place	Wants EU wide research	220,000 in place, 2.4 million in 2006, 2.4 million in 2007	Hospitals have an emergency plan	None	None	None
Poland	None	None	None	None	None	Poultry has to be confined in closed compartments	Formulating a plan now
Romania	Emergency Plan in place since October 2005	Ready to manufacture vaccine but need WHO approval	500,000 anti viral doses, 1,000,000 are on order 15,000 capsules of Tamiflu	All cases of Influenza are to be reported, vaccines for inhabitants of infected areas	None	120,000 birds culled since October, 2005, cull of bird houses, disinfecting spray for vehicles carrying poultry	Ban on fishing
Russia	Avian Flu plan adopted in August,2005	Research has taken place but details remain top secret	Enough vaccine for its 150 million inhabitants, Influenza drugs being stockpiled	Protective suits and training for people with high risk,	Warning from scientists not to visit Turkey, beefed up security at airports and borders	Chicken farmers over 60 with chronic lung and cardiac disease may not work with poultry, only trained doctors/biologist may work with poultry infected with the Avian Flu, full protective clothing mandatory	Citizens are discouraged from visiting areas where Avian Flu has been reported
Spain	Extensions of measures taken last November	Plans to build a factory to manufacture anti-virals, up and running in six years	10 million doses to cover 25% of the population	None	None	Poultry is not allowed to be kept in the open, 25 wetland areas designated high risk, movement of birds in those areas is limited	None
Turkey	National Bird Flu Action Plan adopted 2001	None, Turkey imports up to 300,000 regular Flu vaccines yearly	15,000 courses of Tamiflu stockpiled, 100,000 on order	None	Iran has closed one of its borders to Turkey	Mass culling of birds in affected areas, imports of birds/poultry products from Greece, Iran and Romania have been banned.	International experts sent to decide how quickly the bird flu is spreading, impossible to police hygiene standards in small rural communities is next to impossible
United Kingdom	Update of Pandemic Contingency Plan of 2005	10 million L for research into infectious diseases as recommended by the Medical Research Council	14.6 million courses of anti-viral drugs by Aug, 2006, to date 4 million doses	Doctors have been advised on how to handle people infected with the Avian Flu	None	Citizens must register their poultry by Feb. 2006	None
China	Emergency Plan using four levels of alert	Chinese company to begin research, but until the exact strain is found it is difficult to prepare	Exact numbers unavailable	Patients with Avian Flu treated with Tamiflu, Amantadine and Rimatadine	None	Agriculturist monitor areas of high risk, 14 billion ducks and chickens vaccinated	Domestically developed bird flu vaccine for animals, 1 billion doses by the end of the year, closer links with health, agriculture established
Indonesia	People are encourage to keep their houses clean and areas where they have chickens	None	30,000 doses of Tamiflu	Urgent and free hospital treatment for people with Avian Flu symptoms	None	Cleanliness in chicken preparations stressed, deaths of chickens should be reported, opposes mass culling	Farms can deny access to the authorities under the current laws
Kazakhstan	None	None	Unavailable	Laboratories have been given funds for protective clothing and equipment	None	Several thousand birds culled, quarantines enforced, wild and domestic birds checked	Crosses 3 main migratory paths, wildlife officials alerted to possible outbreaks, hunting season delayed by a month
Thailand	None	Trials could begin next year	None	None	None	Poultry farmers advised to wear protective clothing, clean cages and equipment regularly,	None
Vietnam	National Bird Flu plan	Research in coordination with the WHO	Imported from other countries	Hospital Staff trained in protective measures when dealing with a person infected with the Avian Flu	None	47 million poultry culled, restricted feeding and raising of poultry, inoculation of poultry	Strict surveillance
Australia	National Pandemic Plan	6.5 million in emergency funding for research	Vaccine development, stockpile of vaccines	Hospital staff trained according to national plan	None, but travel precautions to infected countries are recommended	Australian Veterinarian Emergency Plan which recommends, surveillance, quarantine, disinfection, destruction of poultry infected	555 million dollars spent since 2003 in preparedness and research
United States	National Pandemic Flu Planning Update, 2005	10 million for egg research, cell vaccine research, 100 million for all flu variations	Stockpile of vaccines, with those at high risk treated first	Hospital staff trained according to national plan	None, but CDC recommends checking with their website prior to travel in infected areas	Chickens are inoculated, feeding indoors, strict monitoring of domestic animals who might interact with the poultry, culling of poultry with Avian Flu	CDC developing new technologies for cross variant strains, funding for poor countries to battle Avian Flu

Questions

How many countries are represented on the table?
How many countries have a national plan?
Which country spent 1 billion dollars on security for epidemics?
Why did this country spend so much money?
Which countries plan includes advising people on house cleaning?
Which country is spending 10 million dollars on egg cell research
How many counties do not have research plan?
Which country has spent the most on research so far?
Which country has the most vaccine stockpiled?
Which country does not have any vaccine stockpiled?
Which country ordered 200 million face masks?
Which country has their police enforce border patrols?
Which country has closed its borders with Turkey
Which country has advised its travelers not to visit Turkey?
Which country culled 47 million poultry?
Which country vaccinated 14 billion ducks and chickens?
Which country has confined poultry to close quarters?
Which country has made veterinarians a priority?
Which country has a ban on fishing?
Which country crosses 3 migratory bird pathways?
Which country can citizens deny local authorities access to their farms?
Which country has spent the most money on an Avian Flu plan?
Which country has their citizens register poultry?
Which country has discouraged their citizens from visiting countries who have had the Avian Flu outbreak?
According to the table which country do you think has the best chance of battling the Avian Flu and why?
According to the table which country do you think has the worst chance of fighting the Avian Flu and why?

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