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Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System: Time for a new long-term strategy

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Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System: Time for a new long-term strategy CMAJ Recent media reports identified that millions of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies in Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS) have expired and gone to waste. Government officials and health care organizations are also trying urgently to secure new stock to address widespread shortages. Management of emergency stockpiling has proven challenging for Canada and other countries, including the United States and Australia, particularly regarding stock expiration and financial waste. We propose an alternative long-term strategy to maintain Canada’s stockpile that aims to minimize waste and ensure adequate supply, based on consideration of other countries’ pandemic responses and stockpile audits. READ MORE

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