Yanina Lenz

Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

CAPSCA Global Symposium

Montreal

30 April 2015

AIRSAN: Coordinated action in the aviation sector to control public health threats

• Aim: to support EU Member States to ensure a well-organised and coherent response to public health threats in air transport

• Supports the implementation and preparedness activities according to the IHR (2005) and under EU Decision 1082/EC/2013

• Main focus: biological threats

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Guidance Document:

Remote risk assessment and management of biological threats on board an aircraft

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• Remotely and rapidly assess whether a disease poses a public health risk

• Decide on infection control measures

• Establish ground to air & air to ground communication

• Minimize interference with international traffic

Operational guidance on how to:

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Contact tracing

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Guidance Document:

Contact Tracing – Collaboration between Public Health and Aviation Sector

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• Is there a need to perform CT? Which passengers? o Yes, see RAGIDA

• Which information is needed? o From the PLF

• Is providing passengers‘ data legal? o Yes, according to IHR o All data is treated

confidentially

Q&A

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• What information do airlines have?

o Passenger Name Record

o Advance Passenger Information

• Whom to contact?

o Airport medical services or Emergency Call center

o Airline: through airlines operation control center

• Based on the AIRSAN Guidance Documents

• Contains suggested scenarios around risk assessment and contact tracing

• Table-top exercise format

AIRSAN Training Tool

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AIRSAN Bibliography

• Example: Exit and Entry Screening

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AIRSAN Bibliography

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• Developed Guidance Documents

• Bibliography

• Links to websites of major international and national organizations (e.g. EC, WHO, ICAO, CAPSCA, IATA, SHIPSAN)

www.airsan.eu

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AIRSAN Network

• We invite everyone from:

o national public health authorities PHA

o local PHA responsible for designated airports

o civil aviation authorities

o airport management

o airlines

• Join by registering through the web-site

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AIRSAN Communication Platform

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• Linked to the AIRSAN Web-site, private section

• Rapid communication between the AIRSAN Network members

AIRSAN Project

• Funded by EU (DG SANTE)

• Duration: April 2013 – December 2015

• Coordinated by: Robert Koch Institute

• In close collaboration with CAPSCA

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Project Partners

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Public health sector

1. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

2. University of Thessaly, Greece 3. National Institute of Hygiene, Poland 4. Port Health Authority, Federal Public

Service Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium

5. Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland

6. Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Israel

Aviation sector

1. KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, Netherlands 2. Medical Services, FRAPORT AG, Germany 3. International Civil Aviation Organization

(ICAO) 4. Airport Health Control Office, Environmental

Health Directorate, Malta 5. Atatürk Airport Health Control Center,

Turkey 6. Varna and Burgas Airport Medical Services,

Bulgaria 7. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Medical Services,

Germany 8. Air France Medical Services, France 9. EUROCONTROL, Belgium Scientific Advisory Board

1. WHO Headquarters and European Office

2. ECDC 3. IATA 4. EC DG MOVE 5. EASA 6. Office for Nuclear Regulation (UK) 7. German Federal Ministry of Transport

and Digital Infrastructure

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Our thanks go:

• To all AIRSAN Partners for their highly valued contribution to the project

E-mail: AIRSAN@rki.de

www.airsan.eu

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