In addition to members of the Great Lakes Border Health Initiative, attendees included representatives from the Eastern Border Health Initiative, the Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance, and North Dakota-Saskatchewan-Manitoba. More than 40 participants attended the conference, representing 30 jurisdictions and organizations from the United States and Canada.

Attendance at the meeting was by invitation-only. Participants included public health managers, emergency preparedness coordinators, physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, legal counsel, food and drug advisors, laboratory specialists, and federal government representatives.

Stakeholders worked together to identify key issues for inclusion in a 3- to 5-year strategic plan that will provide long-term direction and establish mutual priorities related to international infectious disease surveillance.

The Great Lakes Border Health Initiative plans to hold a larger-scale conference in 2010. Watch the GLBHI website for more conference details and registration materials as they become available.

Questions about the Great Lakes Border Health Initiative may be directed to the EWIDS Project Coordinator in Michigan, Diane Krueger (kruegerd@michigan.gov or 517/335-6533) or Richard Buck (RJB06@health.state.ny.us or 518/474-2893).

Northern Border Strategic Planning Meeting Final Report

• Final Report (includes GLBHI's planning session)

Northern Border Strategic Planning Meeting Documents

Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance (EWIDS)

• U.S. Border States Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance (EWIDS) Project

Eastern Border Health Initiative (EBHI)

• Disease Response Standard Operation Procedure

Great Lakes Border Health Initiative (GLBHI)

• Infectious Disease Emergency Communication Guideline
• Public Health Data Sharing Agreement
• Reportable Disease Directory

Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance (PNWBHA)

• PNWBHA Background Briefing Document
• 2009 GLBHI Presentation: Pacific Northwest Border Health Alliance: Forging Ahead

• Operational Plan for Moving Emergency Medical Service Staff and Resources Across the Washington and British Columbia Border

• Pacific North West Border Health Alliance Memorandum Of Understanding

Manitoba

• Prairie Region International Public Health Emergency Management Memorandum Of Understanding Background Paper (July 2008)

Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Information Brief

Additional documents can/will be added to this site after the conference ends should the need arise.