Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 : Pandémie de grippe (H1N1) 2009 : examen du plan d'intervention de l'Ontario

H1N1 was the first pandemic of the Internet Age; the first pandemic with a 24-hour news cycle; the first pandemic with its own chat groups and listservs; the first pandemic where we could trace the spread of a virus around the globe in real time; the first pandemic influenza virus whose genome we could decode in the blink of an eye. [...] Key factors to the successful implementation of Flu Assessment Centres included organizational processes developed to plan and implement the centres and the timing of the opening of the centres. [...] The pandemic response activities documented in this report are a tribute to the skill and dedication of the health professionals who are the foundation of the health system. [...] The ministry’s Emergency Management Branch collected and analyzed the majority of survey responses and facilitated discussions with the support of the Ontario Internal Audit Division (OIAD) of the Ministry of Finance. [...] The recommended next steps reflect the findings from the engagement process led by the Emergency Management Branch and the Communications and Information Branch; the operational review led by the Ontario Internal Audit Division; and the report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH), The H1N1 Pandemic – How Ontario Fared, 2010.