Ensuring national preparedness to environmental health crises

Ensuring national preparedness to environmental health crises is a task of the National Institute of Public Health and Welfare.

Scope (Vaikuttavuustavoite)

How can it be ensured that if a large health-threatening acute environmental event occurs, there is a clear plan, clear responsibilities, and necessary resources to minimize the harm?

• The action plan must be known by everyone involved.
• The action plan must be applicable to any plausible event of this kind anywhere in the country.
• The responsibilities must be in compliance with the legislation and the true capabilities of each actor.
• The resources must be available immediately or so quickly that a delay does not cause additional harm.

Procedure (Tehtävä)

There must be a continuous phone consultancy system for

• biological threats
• chemical threats.