Submission ID 117034
| Issue/Objective | Aim: To identify key strategies used by U.S. GHSS, the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the EU's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to determine how applicable they may be to a Canadian global health security strategy. |
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| Methodology/Approach | Methods: Qualitative case study analyses were conducted on the U.S. GHSS, BARDA and HERA by exploring the patterns, meanings and contexts of each authority. A critical analysis on the operation of these bodies was also performed to determine their applicability to a Canadian GHSS. To reduce biases bracketing was employed before the final results were consolidated. |
| Results | Results: There were two identifiable gaps in the Canadian pandemic response strategy. One was the lack of domestic manufacturing and Canada's limited research capacity which inhibits the country's ability to effectively prepare for the next pandemic in a sustainable way. The other is that Canada has not fostered key partnerships that could be used to leverage the existing strengths of the system. The Canadian strategy has capacity for improvement by following the guidelines of both BARDA and HERA who also made significant improvements to their GHSS by building upon an older existing structure. |
| Discussion/Conclusion | Conclusion: The Canadian strategy has found to be outdated, and in need of a new strategy that takes the current global landscape into consideration. There also needs to be a centralised single authority that implements and coordinates all other Canadian bodies such as Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and vaccine task forces like the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force. Taking some guidelines from the U.S. GHSS, and the EU's HERA Canadian should aim to implement a Canadia GHSS and improve its capacity and collaboration to strengthen its global health security. |
| Presenters and affiliations | Zaynab Nakhid Center for Global Health Security and Diplomacy Zaynab Nakhid Center for Global Health Security and Diplomacy Jacqueline Duhon Center for Global Health Security and Diplomacy Andrew Defor Center for Global Health Security and Diplomacy |
