What is the Public Health Agency of Canada doing to protect Canadians from the next pandemic?
The Public Health Agency of Canada, together with other federal government departments and provincial and territorial governments, has taken and continues to take action in a number of areas to protect Canadians. Activities include: • Maintaining the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan.The plan maps out how Canada will prepare for and respond to pandemic influenza. The Agency continues to work on the plan based on new information that comes available. The plan also provides a model for responding to other infectious disease outbreaks. • Establishing a contract for pandemic vaccine production. Canada is the first country worldwide to plan for a secure vaccine supply through the contracting of a domestic supplier. • Creating a national antiviral stockpile for use against an influenza pandemic. The national antiviral stockpile will be used to treat identified priority groups agreed upon by a national expert committee. • Managing the National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS). The NESS contai
The Public Health Agency of Canada, together with other federal government departments and provincial and territorial governments, has taken and continues to take action in a number of areas to protect Canadians. Activities include:Maintaining the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan. The plan maps out how Canada will prepare for and respond to pandemic influenza. The Agency continues to work on the plan based on new information that comes available. The plan also provides a model for responding to other infectious disease outbreaks.
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