South-East Asia Region national influenza programme: influenza factsheet 2020

South-East Asia Region Influenza Surveillance – Landscape Analysis 2020 INFLUENZA FACTSHEET 2020 WHO SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION (SEAR) National Influenza Programme Fig. 1. National Influenza Centres (NICs) in SEAR Table 1. Basic information by SEAR Member States Member State Population Number of provinces/ regions Number of districts Total health expenditure as % of GDP Bangladesh 167 836 821 8 64 2.3 Bhutan 741 672 - 20 2.6 DPRK 25 404 298 13 209 7.0 India 1 358 652 115 36 712 3.9 Indonesia 268 074 565 34 514 5.0 Maldives 338 434 3 22 9.5 Myanmar 53 286 494 17 69 4.7 Nepal 29 411 592 7 77 5.1 Sri Lanka 22 034 594 9 26 3.8 Thailand 66 558 935 77 928 3.7 Timor-Leste 1 327 038 13 65 3.9 Influenza Surveillance – Landscape Analysis 2020 South-East Asia Region Table 2. Sentinel surveilance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI) Member State Conducting SARI surveillance Number of SARI sentinel surveilance sites Conducting ILI sentinel surveillance Number of ILI sentinel surveilance sites Bangladesh Y 19 Y 10 Bhutan Y 11 Y 7 DPRK Y 68 Y 48 India Y 54 Y 54 Indonesia Y 14 Y 31 Maldives Y 5 Y 5 Myanmar Y 10 Y 8 Nepal Y 9 Y 13 Sri Lanka Y 4 Y 19 Thailand Y 40 Y 40 Timor-Leste Y 3 Y 5 Table 3. National Influenza Centres in WHO’s Southeast Asia Region Member State Location of the NIC Name of the NIC Year of designation Bangladesh Dhaka Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research 2007 DPRK Pyongyang Central Hygienic Anti-Epidemic Station 2009 India Pune National Institute of Virology 1980 Indonesia Jakarta National Institute of Health Research 1976 Myanmar Yangon National Health Laboratory 2008 Nepal Kathmandu National Public Health Laboratory 2010 Sri Lanka Colombo Medical Research Institute 2001 Thailand Nothaburi Nothaburi National Institute of Health 1972 Table 4. Virological surveillance Member State Conducting virological surveillance Weekly average number of specimens processed Access to epidemiological case information Bangladesh Y 200 Y Bhutan Y 40 Y DPRK Y 30 Y India Y 270 Y Indonesia Y 40 Y Maldives Y 20 Y Myanmar Y 39 Y Nepal Y 62 N Sri Lanka Y 150–200 N Thailand Y 94 Y Timor-Leste Y 2–3 Y South-East Asia Region Influenza Surveillance – Landscape Analysis 2020 For technical information, please contact: Dr Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Programme Area Manager (Infectious Hazard Management). Email: wijesinghep@who.int Fig. 2. The number and percentage of specimens positive for influenza and sub-types, 2018–2020 Table 5: Status of National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness planning and seasonal influenza national Vaccination policies in SEAR MS Member State Availability of a national vaccination policy Availability of a National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan The Year last updating the National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness plan Bangladesh N Y 2016 Bhutan Y Y 2015 DPRK N Y 2020 India Y Y 2009 Indonesia N Y 2019 Maldives N Y 2017 Myanmar N Y 2017 Nepal N Y 2014 Sri Lanka N Y 2012 Thailand Y Y 2012 Timor-Leste N Y 2019