Pandemic Surveillance Strategy
- This element of the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (CPIP) guide highlights the strategy for surveillance, which is the collection and analysis of health data to guide public health decisions and is a vital component of the pandemic response.
- This guide draws upon lessons from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and highlights the vale of sharing information across all levels of government to ensure early virus detection, report cases and deaths, understand virus severity, and risk factors of the disease.
Citation
Henry B on behalf of the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (CPIP) Task Group. Canada’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Surveillance strategy. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2018; 44(1): 14-7. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v44i01a04
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Editorial