Translation of "canadian pandemic influenza plan " (English → French) :

All participants in the report's round table agreed that although the current 2006 Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector is a step in the right direction for mitigating serious illness and overall deaths during a pandemic, more needs to be done to prepare Canada and Canadians for future, more moderate or severe pandemics.

On 26 October 2005 and 14 June 2006 the European Parliament adopted resolutions entitled ‘Strategy against an influenza pandemic’ and ‘Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community’ respectively, calling on the Member States to increase influenza vaccination in line with WHO recommendations.

(Return tabled) Question No. 424 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1) virus in Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit, Metis) communities in Canada: (a) what were the containment measures taken to slow the spread of the virus within households, between households, and among communities; (b) what were the control measures taken in more remote areas to flatten the epidemiological peak; (c) what was the average length of time from symptoms to treatment for those Aboriginal peoples who required a stay in intensive care unit (ICU); (d) what percentage of hospitalizations, ICU cases, and deaths were amo ...[+++]ng Aboriginal peoples, and how do these compare with the Canadian population at large; (e) what was the average length of time on a ventilator and the mean length of stay in an ICU for Aboriginal peoples; (f) what specific measures are being planned to reduce the time to treatment, hospitalizations, ICU, and deaths; (g) when will the results of the preliminary investigation in First Nations communities be available, specifically, (i) how many Aboriginal communities in Canada have a revised H1N1 pandemic influenza plan, (ii) how many have tested their plan, (iii) how many have necessary supplies in place; (h) what specific actions have been undertaken to address the fact that only two of 30 communities in northern Manitoba had a pandemic plan, and none had been tested; (i) where did the Minister of Health obtain the 90 percent figure she used in her August 28 response letter to Drs Bennett and Duncan; (j) what funding have Aboriginal communities requested, and what additional funds have been made available to Aboriginal communities for pandemic planning and response in 2009; (k) is there any encouragement to identify vulnerable people, such as pregnant women and those with underlying medical conditions, to take additional precautions, specifically, (i) how many communities lack necessary clean water for infection control measur ...

Key actions: For the EU and its Member States to: Upgrade their action plans on handling health threats (in preparation for a possible pandemic, taking account of the recently updated guidance on pandemic influenza preparedness). Agree and implement an EU Strategy to address HIV/AIDS, including by taking steps to improve surveillance and strengthen co-operation between Member States. For third countries, efforts need to be stepped ...[+++]up to implement the existing EU Programme for Action to confront HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Coordinate research into the links between environmental pollutants, exposure and health impacts to improve our understanding of what environmental factors cause health problems and how best to prevent them.

health threats: the adoption of action plans on EU preparedness planning for public health threats and influenza pandemics.

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch also developed Annex B: ``Influenza Pandemic Planning Considerations in On Reserve First Nations Communities,'' which Chief Evans mentioned, the Canadian pandemic influenza plan for the health sector in collaboration with PHAC, the Assembly of First Nations — AFN — and others, and we actually updated it during H1N1.