H1N1 Checklist for Leadership
Dear First Nations Chiefs and Health Directors,
As you are all aware, cases of the H1N1 flu virus have occurred in people throughout BC and Canada, including in First Nations communities. The vast majority of these people have had mild to moderate illness and most of those affected have recovered successfully at home.
It’s important to ensure your community is in a state of readiness - primarily through a pandemic plan - and is using preventative measures.
It’s also important that your community uses all the available support. This support includes the BC Tripartite H1N1 Action Group, which is made up of representatives from the First Nations Health Council, Health Canada, the regional health authorities, and the provincial government.
We urge you to review the attached 1-pager, “Know Your Plan: H1N1 Community Leadership Checklist”, for your region. Please fill out the contact information for your local community health services and hospital and distribute throughout the community. This checklist will help make you better prepared to deal with H1N1 - and it shows you how to access help.The Community Checklist includes key contacts. Please get in touch with these contacts if you have questions - they are ready to help your community.
Be assured that we will keep in touch in the weeks and months ahead with more updates and information. By working together, we can minimize the effects of H1N1 in First Nations communities in BC.
Vancouver_Island_Checklist.pdf
Fraser_Checklist.pdf
Interior_Checklist.pdf
Vancouver_Coastal_Checklist.pdf
Northern_Checklist.pdf
Tripartite H1N1 memo - Re: Community Checklists | pdf |