The State of National Governance Relative to the New International Health Regulations
Ottawa Symposium, 20-21 September 2006
P A R T I C I P A N T S
AUSTRALIA
Ms Cath Halbert
First Assistant Secretary,
Office of Health Protection
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Canberra
Ms. Lisa McGly nn
Health & Technology Branch
Primary & Ambulatory Care Division
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Canberra
BRAZIL
Dr. Expedito Luna
Director of Epidemiological Surveillance Department,
Ministry of Health,
Brasília
CANADA
Dr. Howard Njoo
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and
Response
Public Health Agency of Canada
(PHAC)
Dr. Jeffrey Scott
Chief Medical Officer of Health
Government of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Dr. Barbara von Tigerstrom
Assistant Professor
College of Law, University of
Saskatchewan
Office of Health Emergency Response
Bureau of Disease Control
Ministry of Health
Beijing
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Dr Li, Jian Guo
Deputy Director General,
Dr. Zhang, Jianzhong
Deputy Director
Institute of Communicable Disease
Prevention and Control,
Beijing
Dr. Stéphane Veyrat
Departement des Situations d'urgence,
Direction Générale de la Santé
Paris
FRANCE

INDIA
Dr. Sampath K Krishnan
IHR Focal Point, Communicable Diseases Surveillance,
Office of the WHO Representative to India
Delhi
RUSSIA
Dr. Yuri Fedorov
Deputy Chief, Department for Epidemiological Surveillance of the Federal Service for the
Surveillance of Consumers Rights, Protection, and Human Well-being,
Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation
Moscow
SENEGAL
Mr. Andre Basse
Responsable de la Division Protocole et Conférences
Agence Nationale de l’OCI
Dakar
Ms. Rebecca Hathaway
Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials Representative, &
UNITED STATES
Dr. Anthony A. Marfin
Deputy Division Director (Acting)
Division of Global Migration and
Deputy Director, Office of Public Health
Preparedness, New York State
Department of Health
Troy, N.Y.
Quarantine, CDC
Atlanta, Georgia
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Dr Stefano Lazzari
Director, WHO Office in Lyon
National Epidemic Preparedness and
Response of the
Department. of Epidemic and Pandemic
Mr. Bruce Plotkin
Technical Officer (Legal) International
Health Regulations,
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and
Response (EPR) World Health
Alert and Response (EPR)
Lyon, France
Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Obijofor Aginam
Carleton University
Dr. Garry Aslanyan
CIDA
Ms. Nasreen Jessani
IDRC (GEH)
Dr. Robert Clarke
Deputy Chief Public Health Officer
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ms. Stephanie Edwards
Health Canada
OTTAWA REGION
Mr. Jeremy Hill
Public Health Agency of Canada
Mme. Beatrice Mullington
Health Canada
Ms. Mara Pollock
Health Canada
Ms. Valerie Percival
DFAIT
Mr. Dennis Brody
Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. David Fidler
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN.
U.S.A.
Dr. Harvey Lazar
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
Mr. Christopher McDougall
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Canada
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr. Ron St. John
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Kumanan Wilson
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Canada