In 2006, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was tasked with creating and maintaining the Avian Influenza International Stockpile (AIIS) to ensure that countries could receive the commodities needed to respond to and contain highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI/H5NI) outbreaks. When HPAI/H5NI strikes both animals and humans, USAID is ready to distribute standardized support kits and packs either from established warehouses or by rapid emergency deployment from the U.S. in response to requests from the country.
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 2, (Avian Influenza) contract, funded by USAID under contract number GPO-I-02-06-00007-00, was awarded on March 21, 2007, to manage the USAID Avian Influenza International Stockpile (AIIS) and to distribute avian influenza commodities to recipient countries around the world. By ensuring the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), decontamination equipment, laboratory specimen collection, and testing supplies, the project supports surveillance and outbreak response activities in countries at risk for and currently experiencing an avian influenza outbreak.
Task Order 2 (TO2) meets the specific challenges of stockpile management and the international distribution of the stockpile commodities. It has three main objectives:
Objective 1 : Establish and operate a secure, reliable global mechanism to store, transport, rapidly deliver, and track in-country distribution of current and future USAID Avian Influenza International Stockpile (AIIS) assets. This global distribution mechanism requires in-country distribution coordination with USAID Missions, USAID implementing partners, host country governments, UN agencies, NGO partners, and other U.S. Government agencies.
Objective 2: Establish a comprehensive management information system (MIS) that can provide current information about all aspects of the avian influenza global distribution mechanism, from procurement to end use.
Objective 3: Procure, assemble, and distribute additional assets, as needed.
Activity 1: Management and Distribution of Existing USAID AI Stockpile
The USAID avian influenza global distribution mechanism has taken over and is managing the current USAID avian influenza commodities stockpile to ensure the rapid global distribution, in-country coordination, and tracking of these commodities. The project supports this effort and the overall management of the existing AIIS commodities.
Activity II: Management, Distribution, and Expansion of USAID AI Stockpile
The project is also procuring additional avian influenza commodities, continuing the global distribution of commodities, coordinating the in-country distribution process, providing operational and technical support, and tracking all aspects of commodity distribution and procurement.
The project has provided procurement of avian influenza commodities, supply chain management services, and/or technical assistance to the countries listed below. The project expects to support 70–80 countries in the near future.
