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Objectives

  • offer a cross-jurisdictional, open forum for the community – including individual first-responders, public health workers, and political and policy decision-makers – focused on information and actions related to the public health sector and terrorism;
  • enhance understanding of chemical, biological, radio-nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) agents in order to develop solutions in clinical and public health, biologics, social health, and laboratory and public safety that will help manage, reduce, or mitigate Canadians’ exposure to risk and losses due to terrorist events;
  • explore four streams of public health activities as they relate to health emergencies and CBRNE terrorist events: 1) prevention, 2) preparedness, 3) response and 4) recovery and continuity, including the psycho-social dimension;
  • build and strengthen working relationships and ‘best practices’ among federal, provincial/territorial and local health departments, first responders, public health workers, voluntary health agencies, governments and professional organizations.