R E P E A T OTTAWA -- Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Minister of State (Public Health) Dr. Carolyn Bennett will join Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist Ted Turner, co-chairs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, as well as the World Health Organization's Dr. Stephen Corber in launching the enhanced Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN II). GPHIN II is a unique, secure Internet-based "early warning" system developed by Canadian health officials to gather and disseminate preliminary reports of public health significance (i.e., bioterrorism such as anthrax, infectious diseases such as avian flu, SARS) on a 24/7 basis. This conference will be held simultaneously from the United Nations press room in New York and the Public Health Agency offices in Ottawa via a broadcast quality satellite link. Note: Media will require UN accreditation to attend the New York event. For more information on UN accreditation, refer to http://www.un.org/media/accreditation . For more information regarding accreditation procedures, please contact: Mr. Abdellatif Kabbaj, Chief, Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit, United Nation Headquarters, (212) 963-6934 or (212) 963-6937. Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Emergency Operations Centre 100 Colonnade Road Ottawa, Ontario - 30 - Media Inquiries: Aggie Adamczyk Public Health Agency of Canada (613) 941-8189 Adèle Blanchard Office of the Minister of Health (613) 957-0200 Tricia Geddes Office of the Minister of State (613) 941- 8081 Cathy Gwin Nuclear Threat Initiative (202) 454-7706
