Mrs. Suda Lawanrattanakul Phayathai community,

Bangkok, Thailand

“Surveillance and Prevention of Swine influenza 2009 (H1N1)”

Surveillance data of Swine influenza 2009 (H1N1) of Bureau

of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health during 13 - 26 September

2009 had confirmed 297 cases of the illness in the last 14

days which found in 38 provinces. And number of patients

reporting flu in Thailand were 10,045 in 2009, making the

country with 81 deaths from swine influenza.

Therefore, Thung Phayathai Community has paved the way

for the preparation and surveillance to prevent the spread of

the flu in the area since 2009 until present. The latest

report for Rajathevi District since 2012 - 2014 found the

number of patients with influenza in 2009 at a total of 2,575

cases and no death. Phayathai Community has sought

cooperation and support, information and knowledge used

in the activities from Rajthevi District Office and Child Safety

Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Faculty

of Medicine of Ramathibodi Hospital for surveillance to prevent the spread of the swine influenza 2009.

Objectives

Surveillance of the spread of

swine influenza 2009 in the area

Methods

1.Community leaders has

set up the meeting with

Faculty of Medicine,

Ramathibodi Hospital to

request for the support

for various tools, learning

media, and guidance on

surveillance and

prevention of the spread

of influenza in the

community.

Methods

2.Establish the Surveillance Committee in

the community to prepare training

sessions to educate the youth.

Methods

3.Survey of patients with flu, provide an advice on self-care

for social responsibility. Collect community’s data weekly.

Train and make hand sanitizers and sanitary masks for risk

groups. Campaign of wearing sanitary masks to prevent

diseases for people with chronic disease, patients, and

children.

Methods

4.Prepare a place in the community if there is an outbreak.

Patient will be taken together in order to prevent the spread

from person to person. Until they are recovered from the flu

and ensure that is not infectious to others.

Results

The community has surveillance system, various tools,

learning media, and guidance on surveillance of the spread of

the swine influenza 2009 in the community. The data is

collected weekly by recording the risk spots and surveying symptoms of patients in their own community.

Conclusions

During an outbreak of the swine influenza 2009 in Thailand,

many agencies with the community educated people,

produced media, and had surveillance of the influenza.

Some areas may not have received information thoroughly

and this is one of the reasons why some people in the

community do not understand the surveillance of the

influenza.