Lior L Y, Njoo H
Health Security Infrastructure Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Office of the Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2015 Dec 17;41(Suppl 6):9-13. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v41is6a02.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (the Agency) has an important role to play in collaboration with its provincial/territorial partners to advance preparedness for emerging and re-emerging high-consequence infectious diseases. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the Agency established Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Rapid Response Teams that were available to any requesting provincial/territorial jurisdiction with a laboratory confirmed case of EVD. Working with provincial and territorial officials, a Rapid Response Team Concept of Operations was developed which outlined the process for Rapid Response Team engagement as well as the suite of technical expertise available. The Concept of Operations was refined further following a series of face-to-face advance planning meetings with individual provincial and territorial jurisdictions. This led to a consensus agreement that the Agency's Rapid Response Team should be available to support management of both confirmed and suspected EVD cases. There was also unanimous support from provincial and territorial jurisdictions that the concept and operationalization of the Agency's Rapid Response Team should be broadened to provide surge-capacity support to the provinces and territories to include any event with significant public health consequences. The Agency will continue to engage with domestic and international partners regarding best practices to maintain a highly skilled and nimble Rapid Response Team that is operationally ready to support both domestic and international public health emergencies.
加拿大公共卫生署（该署）在与省级/地区合作伙伴合作推进对新出现和再次出现的高后果传染病的防范方面发挥着重要作用。在2014年埃博拉疫情期间，该署组建了埃博拉病毒病（EVD）快速反应小组，可供任何报告有实验室确诊埃博拉病毒病病例的省级/地区司法管辖区调用。该署与省级和地区官员合作，制定了一份快速反应小组行动概念文件，概述了快速反应小组的参与流程以及可用的一系列技术专长。在与各省级和地区司法管辖区举行了一系列面对面的预先规划会议之后，该行动概念文件得到了进一步完善。这促成了一项共识协议，即该署的快速反应小组应随时准备为确诊和疑似埃博拉病毒病病例的管理提供支持。省级和地区司法管辖区也一致支持将该署快速反应小组的概念和运作进行扩展，以便为各省和地区提供应急能力支持，涵盖任何具有重大公共卫生影响的事件。该署将继续与国内和国际伙伴就最佳做法进行合作，以维持一支技能高超、行动灵活且随时准备支持国内和国际公共卫生紧急情况的快速反应小组。
