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Pandemic Preparedness (COVID-19)


Increasing Canada's Pandemic Response Capabilities

  • This publication examines how the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Government of Canada are supporting efforts to build Canada's current and future pandemic-fighting capabilities.
  • More specifically, this page shares their efforts to support projects under the COVID-19 Challenge: An intelligent digital clearing house, which is intended to be a place for various organizations across many sectors to share information and expertise in relatio

Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Force

  • The Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (CPIP) guide for the health care sector gives guidance to federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions and their ministries of health to ensure the health sector is prepared for an influenza pandemic.
  • This guide is intended to aide the health sector to prepare and respond to an influenza, to mitigate illness and casualties, and to limit the societal and economical impacts of a pandemic.

Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning Guide

  • The Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Planning Guidance for the Health Sector (CPIP) is a guidance document intended to inform the federal, provincial, and territorial governments about their role in preparing and responding to a pandemic alongside the public health sector.
  • Ever since its first iteration in 2004, this document has been updated several times and was put to the test for the first time during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.