2009 Cross Border Conference

On May 26 - 28, 2009, the British Columbia Ministry of Health Services, in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Health, will host the sixth annual bilateral infectious disease surveillance and response workshop.

The Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance Sixth Annual Cross Border Workshop, will begin on May 26th at 11:00 AM and conclude on May 28th at noon.

This year's theme, Public Health Resilience: A Collaborative Change, will continue the work of building and maintaining cross-border public health surveillance, communication and mutual assistance relationships. Featured will be discussions about the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in British Columbia.

The workshop brings together cross border public health partners in epidemiology surveillance and investigation, public health laboratories, emergency management, emergency medical services, risk communication, public health law and academia.

The disciplines involved include communicable disease epidemiology, surveillance information technology, public health laboratory diagnostics, risk communication, first response, surge capacity, and public health law.

The participating jurisdictions include:

Canada: Federal, provincial/territorial, regional and first nation representation. Invited provinces/territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta.

United States: Federal, tribal, state and local representation. Invited states include: Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota.

The workshop is being held in Vancouver British Columbia at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel.

For additional information about the Workshop, contact:

Canada
Amy Sheridan, Cross Border Workshop Coordinator
Emergency Management Unit
British Columbia Ministry of Health
1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria, BC V8W 3C8
Tel: 250-480-9665 / Fax: 250-952-2467
amy.sheridan@gov.bc.ca

USA
Wayne Turnberg, Cross Border Workshop Coordinator
Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington State Department of Health
1610 NE 150th St, MS: K17-9
Shoreline, WA 98115
Tel: 206-418-5559 / Fax: 206-418-5515
wayne.turnberg@doh.wa.gov

For additional information about registration:

Gail Zimmerman, Cross Border Workshop Organizer
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47890
Olympia, WA 98504
Tel: 360-236-4087 / Fax: 360-586-7424
gail.zimmerman@doh.wa.gov

Thanks to everyone who made this year's conference another success!

There's a new page where you can download Power Points and other materials from the conference.

Workshop registration

If you have been invited to attend the workshop, you can register online by completing the registration form.

You may want to refer to the work session descriptions to determine the breakout workgroup track that you wish to attend.

Newcomer/Refresher Orientation
A new session has been added this year to help bring anyone up to speed with the work of of past conferences and a history of our cross border collaboration. Open to all.

Travel information

Information about requirements for traveling to Canada.

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