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Terms
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The
CB membership is rotated in a staggered manner, with membership voted or
endorsed by network and CB members.
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CB Terms of Reference
(PDF, 37 KB)
> PPHSN-CB roles and responsibilities
The
major roles and responsibilities of the PPHSN-CB is to support the
activities and functioning of the PPHSN by:
1)
developing efficient and effective models for surveillance and response
with an initial focus on priority diseases and conditions as reflected
in the PPHSN Strategic Framework, including new emerging and re-emerging
diseases;
2)
developing and facilitating the implementation of a dynamic action plan
for the PPHSN (the action plan will address issues including, but not
limited to, public health surveillance and response, relevant training,
and operational research);
3)
organizing, coordinating and integrating PPHSN activities (this will
include, but not be limited to, regional response to outbreaks, liaising
with other organizations, and securing adequate resources for PPHSN
activities);
4)
monitoring and evaluating PPHSN activities;
5)
communicating the status of PPHSN activities to its membership and
outside entities;
6)
providing leadership in the identification and control of public health
problems in the region;
7)
advocating the development and use of evidence-based practices in public
health surveillance and response; and
8)
facilitating preparedness for dealing with outbreak-prone diseases in
the region, including new emerging and re-emerging diseases.
> CB meetings
The
CB meets regularly to plan and directly support the implementation of
network activities. Sixteen
meetings took place between 1996 and 2010.
Reports
of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th and
16th CB meetings were published in Inform'ACTION (issues 3, 7, 8, 12,
15, 18, 22, 24, 26, 29, 30 and 32), the information bulletin of the PPHSN.
All
these issues of Inform'ACTION are available on
PPHSN website
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