Lessons learned review : Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

Lessons Learned review: Public HealtH agency of canada and HealtH canada ResPonse to tHe 2009 H1n1 Pandemic acknowLedgement it is important to acknowledge the profound professionalism, commitment and hard work of staff across the Public Health agency of canada and Health canada during the H1n1 pandemic. [...] Lessons Learned review: Public HealtH agency of canada and HealtH canada ResPonse to tHe 2009 H1n1 Pandemic 8 1. introduction Purpose and scope of the Lessons Learned review the lessons learned Review examined the response of the Public Health agency of canada and Health canada to the 2009 H1n1 influenza pandemic. [...] HeaLtH PortfoLio under the Department of Health Act, the minister of Health has a broad mandate to protect the people of canada against risks to health and the spread of diseases. [...] Lessons Learned review: Public HealtH agency of canada and HealtH canada ResPonse to tHe 2009 H1n1 Pandemic 23 background and context Health Portfolio Emergency Operations Centre the Health Portfolio emergency operations centre is the central command and coordination platform for emergency response for the Public Health agency of canada and Health canada. [...] Lessons Learned review: Public HealtH agency of canada and HealtH canada ResPonse to tHe 2009 H1n1 Pandemic 29 findings: surveiLLance, science and researcH the Public Health agency of canada helped identify, understand and monitor the H1n1 virus from the very beginning of the pandemic, the Public Health agency of canada’s national microbiology laboratory, internationally recognized as a state-of-t