Thanks very much for the questions.
There are a number of interrelated activities. Having the senior surveillance adviser is simply to make sure there's a clear focal point for responsibility. It is not to actually do the surveillance, etc., but to make sure we have the systems in place. Across the agency, we've been reviewing all our surveillance systems, not just in infectious disease. Also, within the public health network, which is again the joint governance of the system between the provinces, territories, and us, we have expert committees and others that report to the conference of deputy ministers, where I sit, and on to the conference of ministers, to actually do the kind of joint planning we need to do.
In addition, in terms of roles, we've worked through memoranda and letters of agreement. For example, with CFIA we have the MOU with the provinces in terms of roles. We have plans in terms of who does what when, related to our relationships with the provinces, not just on surveillance but also in response to it and who deals with issues as they arise.
Secondly, every day we do scan. We operate GPHIN, the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, and at this moment WHO tells us that between 40% and 60% of all outbreaks in the whole world are first notified to them by us, not by the country affected. We run that system for the world. Each day that's reviewed. In the morning there's a meeting of officials in the agency with other relevant people, to look at the risks that are occurring around the world. That then comes to a meeting with me, usually at 9:00 or 9:30, and decisions are made as to how we go forward, what we need to do, and what else needs to happen. If it's something that requires engagement with the provinces, we will have a conference call with the chief medical officers across the country that very same day. And that's how we've been practising.
Those are just some of the systems we have in place. We monitor that on a daily basis, 24 hours a day.