Evaluation of the National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS)

Prepared by: Evaluation Services
Public Health Agency of Canada

April 2011

Table of contents

• List of Acronyms
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose and scope of the evaluation
  • 1.2 Methodology
• 2. Background and context
  • 2.1 What is the NESS?
  • 2.2 The history of the NESS program
  • 2.3 Deployment of NESS supplies
• 3. Findings
  • 3.1 Domestic role
  • 3.2 International role
• 4. Summary and recommendations
• Appendix A: Considerations − Life-cycle management
• Appendix B: Technical annex
• Appendix C: Current context, roles and responsibilities
• Appendix D: Components of the NESS stockpile
• Appendix E: Changes in the legislative framework
• Appendix F: Domestic case studies
• Appendix G: International case studies