Indonesia accounts for the most confirmed human H5N1 avian influenza (AI) cases and deaths in the world. At the epicenter of the AI epizootic since soon after its reported emergence in poultry in early 2004, Indonesia has been aware of its need to expand its surveillance and response capabilities. Since its inception in August 2006, CBAIC has worked with the Government of Indonesia and local partners to do just that. CBAIC has expanded community-level capacity in animal and human surveillance and response to more than 27,000 different villages across the western half of the country.

Highlights

• CBAIC trained and certified 80 master trainers, who, in turn, trained 1753 volunteer subdistrict AI coordinators and 25,210 village AI coordinators in more than 124 districts across nine provinces in western Indonesia. This was accomplished through close collaboration with two local partners: Indonesian Red Cross and Muhammadiyah, whose existing community-based networks and resources facilitated training and dissemination of key messages to reduce the risk of AI transmission between animals and humans.


• CBAIC designed and implemented an integrated program of behavior change communications initiatives, to support the surveillance and response program. Initiatives included edu-taining community events in high risk areas, production and distribution of a variety of print materials, and a hard-hitting nationwide mass media campaign (see link below to "Intensive Mass Media Campaign Reinforces Community-level Risk Reduction Messages").


• The CBAIC commercial poultry private sector partnership (PSP) program has directly reached more than 250 commercial poultry farms in western Java Island with key biosecurity and flock management training to improve disease control and farm production.


• CBAIC designed and implemented intensive community mobilization activities in West Java province.  These efforts include creating village AI teams, partnering with local markets, and training local public health cadres to increase hygiene and sanitation to reduce disease risk.  By the end of 2009, these initiatives, along with supporting communication activities such as community variety shows, directly reached 11,270 people in more than 1000 villages.

Current Work

Sustainable risk reduction continues to be the objective of the project, which ends in June 2010. As mentioned above, the geographic focus is western Java Island, where nearly seventy percent of all confirmed human and animal AI cases in Indonesia have been recorded. To ensure efficiency and to leverage the reach of the diversity of AI control initiatives in Indonesia, CBAIC continues to collaborate with USAID AI partners including FAO, WHO, ILRI, the Ministry of Agriculture AI Campaign Management Unit (CMU), the Ministry of Health, and local government officials.

CBAIC initiatives include a community mobilization program to reduce the risk of AI transmission in West Java province, a commercial poultry PSP to develop and test biosecurity advisory services models, and an integrated behavior change mass media campaign as follow-on to two previous campaigns. Combined, these activities are well aimed to further reduce the risk of AI transmission to animals and humans, and, ultimately, to reduce the risk of pandemic influenza developing from deadly bird flu.

Program and Activity Highlights

Intensive Mass Media Campaign Reinforces Community-level Risk Reduction Messages

CBAIC provides technical direction in the design and execution of the Indonesian government's first national multisectoral workshop on National Pandemic Preparedness Plans.

CBAIC supports Indonesian scouts as change agents to reduce risky behaviors

Success Stories

Community Combats Avian Influenza with Homework, Ingenuity

Community Spurred To Action by Educational Mass Media Campaign

CBAIC in the News

Community-Based Avian Influenza Control Project featured in Jakarta Post

The Avian Influenza Roundup
A quarterly collection of Indonesian avian influenza information.

February 2010 (English) 
February 2010 (Bahasa Indonesia) 

September 2009 (English)

April 2009 (English)
April 2009 (Bahasa Indonesia)

January 2009 (English)
January 2009 (Bahasa Indonesia)

October 2008 (English)
October 2008 (Bahasa Indonesia)

July 2008 (English)
July 2008 (Bahasa Indonesia)

April 2008 (English)
April 2008 (Bahasa Indonesia)

January 2008 (English)
January 2008 (Bahasa Indonesia)

Further Information

Click here and here to view the English and Indonesian versions of the CBAIC project description booklet or write to CBAIC@dai.com for more information

The CBAIC program summary on the Communication Initiative Network


Click here to view the 2010 CBAIC commercial poultry PSP flyer (English)

Click here to view the 2010 CBAIC commercial poultry PSP flyer (Bahasa Indonesia)


Click here to view the 2009 CBAIC commercial poultry PSP flyer (English)

Click here to view the 2009 CBAIC commercial poultry PSP flyer (Bahasa Indonesia)