CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Oct. 29, 2014, CNS –Regional Air Carrier LIAT has boosted the OECS Commission’s campaign to reduce the threat and minimise the impact of the dreaded Ebola virus on Member States and the wider region.
The Caribbean Airline has offered complimentary seats to three core members of each national leadership team from each OECS Member States to a central location for air transfer to Havana, Cuba for a special technical preparatory meeting from 29-30 October 2014.
While in Havana the team of top medical personnel will revise the national plans with a view to transforming them into regional containment plans.
The OECS Commission’s Director General says the containment plan will provide the complete specifications of the material requirements to support and safeguard the efforts in each national space in dealing with issues associated with Ebola.
The special technical preparatory meeting in Havana will include a training of trainers element. The meeting will also review the national protocols towards ensuring convergence of processes and synergies among the national protocols to ensure cohesion in the region’s response to Ebola.
The OECS Commission is grateful to the rapid and caring response by LIAT to the OECS anti-Ebola campaign which is based on four critical points of action – Prevention, Protecting the Health of workers, Managing Ebola cases and Managing public perceptions of Ebola.
David Evans, LIAT Chief Executive Officer said: "We at LIAT are proud to be able to contribute in some way to the vitally important work being carried out by the OECS commission"
Recently the OECS Commission addressed a joint sitting of Saint Lucia’s parliament which reiterated the need for householders, business houses and other places of social activity to apply basic hygiene practices such as the washing of hands, in building early defense against disease.
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