What is PPHSN? The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) is a voluntary network of countries and organisations dedicated to the promotion of public health surveillance and appropriate response to the health challenges of 22 Pacific Island countries and territories. The first priorities of PPHSN are communicable diseases, especially the outbreak-prone ones. At this stage the target diseases include: dengue, measles, rubella, influenza, leptospirosis, typhoid fever, cholera, SARS and HIV/STIs.
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PPHSN was created in 1996 under the joint auspices of SPC and WHO
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Key information
A Practical Guide for Implementing Syndromic Surveillance in the Pacific Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)
H1N1 now in post-pandemic period. However, localised outbreaks of various magnitudes are likely to continue. H1N1 Surveillance in the Pacific Island Region ______________________
 Directory of PPHSN Resources 2010 Edition The directory highlights the wide range of resources and technical expertise available within the network. ______________________ Recent meetings 
 16th meeting of the PPHSN Coordinating Body, Auckland, New Zealand, 22 March 2010
WHO/SPC Meeting for Pacific IHR-National Focal Points and PPHSN-EpiNet Representatives on Syndromic Surveillance for the Pacific, Auckland, New Zealand, 23 to 26 March 2010 |
Highlights  The 32nd edition of Inform'ACTION is now complete. Topics covered include: recrudescence of leptospirosis in French Polynesia in early 2010, assessment of NS1 antigen detection tests during DEN-4 epidemic in French Polynesia, open borders with no cases of Pandemic H1N1 2009 in Niue, achievements and opportunities of the lab-based influenza surveillance project, susceptibility to anti-TB drugs of M. tuberculosis strains isolated in Kiribati 2008–2009... Read more.
 Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce (PAPITaF) to review the 2009 H1N1 experience
A three-day meeting of the PAPITaF will take place in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 May 2010 to examine the region’s responses to H1N1 and identify how pandemic preparedness and response plans can be improved. Read more...
 PPHSN Infection Prevention and
Control Guidelines – 2010
Prepared by SPC in collaboration with WHO and in
consultation with Pacific Island countries and territories
(PICTs) and other PPHSN partners
Published by SPC for PICTs with financial assistance from
AusAID and NZAID (through Pacific Regional Influenza
Pandemic Preparedness Project – PRIPPP) |
 The special issue of Inform'ACTION (31) dedicated to Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in the Pacific Islands is now complete and available on line. It includes contributions from New Caledonia, Palau, Guam, Tokelau, French Polynesia, Samoa and Solomon Islands.
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