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Pandemic Preparedness: helping Canadians prepare

In light of the recent outbreak of swine flu, the Chamber would like to remind chambers of a kit that the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has prepared for pandemic preparedness.

The Canadian Chamber was involved in the start-up of the project that brought together national organizations in health and home care, labour,business, local government, emergency response and planning, and faith communities.

The result was that the CPHA made available a toolkit which includes useful information pieces for you and your communities.

Tools for Everyone: includes five fact sheets and three short videos and basic information about pandemic flu; Canada’s preparations; and, how to prevent the spread of influenza; prepare for a public health emergency; and protect individuals’ health during a pandemic.

Tools for Organizations: includes risk communication guidelines, a poster for bulletin boards, a template article for use in a newsletter, and a template news release – in short, a variety of tools to communicate the risk of a flu pandemic to employees and their families, clients, and partner organizations.

The toolkit is available in hard copy in English and French and it is also available on-line. Visit www.pandemic.cpha.ca for further information.

Additional tools are posted on the Canadian Chamber’s Web site, www.chamber.ca:

_ Human Resources Preparedness Checklist

_ Business Continuity Plan