Pandemic Module - Interdisciplinary Collaboration
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Collaboration
Dr. U. Sarath Kumar
Senior Resident
Dept. of Community Medicine
SSSMCRI
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INTRODUCTION
• When an outbreak is suspected, interdisciplinary collaboration
is essential.
• Inter-sectoral coordination is one among the four principles of
primary health care.
• To ensure this, the outbreak control team or multidisciplinary
team is convened to conduct the investigation in the field for
confirming the outbreak and taking measures for preventing
the spread of disease
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INTERSECTORAL COORDINATION
• It is a fact that health care cannot be provided by the health
sector alone.
• While managing an outbreak we would understand that many
of the determinants of health lie outside the domain of
Healthcare.
• Hence inter-sectoral coordination as one among the four
principles of primary health care is worth mentioning.
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INTERSECTORAL COORDINATION
• This also points towards the importance of interdisciplinary
collaboration.
• The other areas closely related to health are agriculture,
animal husbandry, food, industry, education, housing, public
works, communication etc
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INTERSECTORAL COORDINATION
• Provision of safe drinking water, sanitation, nutrition, legal
measures for imposing strict interventions, good house and
shelter are some examples.
• To ensure such coordination, administrative system should
take the lead with suitable legislation and strong political will.
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RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
• In the event of a suspected outbreak, the Rapid Response
Teams (RRT) which is a multidisciplinary team that looks into
various aspects of an outbreak is alerted and meeting is
convened.
• The team includes an epidemiologist, clinician, microbiologist
and other specialties and sectors as per requirements
• The main role of RRT will be to investigate and confirm
outbreak.
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RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
• The members of RRT are regularly doing their work but, in the
event of an outbreak, come together to undertake a special
function.
• They should work in coordination with the Government health
staff.
• They will help and support health staff in management and
control of outbreak but the responsibility of implementing
control measures mainly rests with local health staff.
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RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
• RRT should be formed at all levels of administrative system
(district, block, Panchayath).
• The name, address and mobile phone number of RRT
members should be available at respective levels so that they
can be alerted as soon as possible.
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THANK YOU
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