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4 chapter two Air TrAvel And CommuniCAble diseAses I view the threat of deadly pandemics right up there with nuclear war and climate change. Innovation, cooperation, and careful planning can dramatically mitigate the risks presented by each of these threats.
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5 and the Canadian Quarantine Act (2005)
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6 In 2016, Canada, Mexico, and the United States adopted the Communicable Disease and Public Health Risk Air Traffic Operational Response Concept of Operations (Trilateral CONOPS) , which refines the notification and air traffic management provisions of Document 4444 to create a cooperative, coordinated system to handle a flight with a suspected communicable disease aboard.
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7 Airport and Airline roles TRB convened two conferences that addressed agency–aviation industry collaboration to plan for pandemic outbreaks, the first in 2007 and the second, which dealt with the transmission of diseases in airports and aircraft, in 2009 (Turnbull 2008; Gerencher 2010)
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8 in a series of three papers. The first provided a web-based GIS tool for vector-borne disease airline importation risk (Huang et al.
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9 Airports Are expected to Have Preparedness Plans Air travel–related risk management and preparedness for communicable diseases is the responsibility of the local/regional/national public health authority and the airport operator (WHO 2005)
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10 open itineraries with connections to domestic flights, including the need for surge staffing at multiple airports. The CDC and PHAC also have authority for disease control and quarantine at their respective country's (United States or Canadian)
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11 • Defining the step-by-step response process; • Monitoring, mitigation, and communication strategies; and • Business continuity and recovery. Although community reaction to a communicable disease reported or rumored to be at an airport is important, it lies outside the scope of this study.
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12 Case examples Six detailed case examples are presented to highlight processes each airport has implemented since 2003 and the airports' particular disease response incident. Potential epidemic/pandemic diseases (SARS, Ebola, and influenza)
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