Transcript Cross Border Collaboration - Northwest Center for Public Health

Cross Border Collaboration
Tracking Infectious Disease Across Borders
in the Pacific Northwest
Wayne Dauphinee
Executive Director
Emergency Management Branch
BC Ministry of Health
Background
Post 9/11 need to:
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Track acts of bioterrorism and emerging pathogen
threats
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Maximize capacity to address extraordinary
demands impacting the public health and health
care delivery systems
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Reinforce existing informal communication/
collaboration between cross-border public health
partners
Feedback Poll
Are you involved in cross border collaboration
as it relates to public health preparedness?
A. Yes
B. No
Goal
Establish a seamless cross border,
cross-jurisdictional
public health
infectious disease
surveillance and
response network
Cross-Border Workshops
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Tracking Infectious Disease Across Borders
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Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
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August 9-11, 2004, Bellingham, WA
April 18-20, 2005, Vancouver, BC
Building Cross Border Infectious Disease
Surveillance and Response Partnerships
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May 8-10, 2006, Bellingham, WA
Feedback Poll
Which, if any, of the previous Cross Border
conferences did you attend?
A. Bellingham, WA (2004)
B. Vancouver, BC (2005)
C. Both
D. Niether
Feedback Poll
Are you planning to attend the upcoming Cross
Border Preparedness conference on May 810?
A. Yes
B. No
Participant
Participant
Jurisdictions
Jurisdictions
Target Audience
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Epidemiologists
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Public Health Labs
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Public Health Lawyers
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Risk Communicators
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Emergency Managers
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Hospital and Health Authorities
Charge to Participants
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Build and strengthen relationships
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Understand response systems across borders
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Identify obstacles to a seamless
response
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Identify actions needed to
overcome obstacles
Workshop Breakout Sessions
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Discipline-specific workgroups
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Multi-discipline groups (cross-pollination)
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Surveillance
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Infection control
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Surge capacity
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Risk communication
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Border quarantine
Feedback Poll
Which session is most important?
A. Surveillance
B. Infection control or Border quarantine
C. Surge Capacity
D. Risk Communication
Obstacles to Overcome
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Legal issues
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Cross-border consistency
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Policies
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Message
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Resources
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Inclusion of tribal/first nations
governments
Keeping the Momentum
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Establish working committees to address
obstacles
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Develop work plans, timelines,
deadlines
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Work towards building
MOUs and written
agreements
Working Groups
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Epidemiology/Surveillance/Infection Control
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Public Health Laboratories
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Emergency Management/Surge Capacity
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Communications
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Public Health Law
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Exercise Planning
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Regional Preparedness Assessment
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Public Policy
Feedback Poll
How interested would you be in working on this
initiative?
A. Very likely
B. Somewhat likely
C. Not likely
D. Definitely not
Accomplishments
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24/7 emergency contact list
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Electronic connectivity
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BC-CDC added to CDC Epi-X
electronic alerting system
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Adjacent states and provinces
added to Washington State
SECURES electronic health alert
network
Continued cross-border communication
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Regional surveillance plans for the 2010 Olympics
Annual cross-border workshops