PHLN definition
PHLN means the Public Health Laboratory Network, a sub-committee of AHPC. Public Health Event of National Significance to be Reported to the NFP means:
PHLN means the Public Health Laboratory Network, a sub-committee of AHPC. Public Health Event of National Significance to be Reported to the NFP means: one or more cases of the following diseases as defined on the National Notifiable Disease List: smallpox, poliomyelitis due to wild-type poliovirus; human influenza caused by a new subtype; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); pneumonic plague; yellow fever; viral haemorrhagic fevers; cholera; rabies; or any other potential Public Health Event of National Significance or Public Health Emergency of International Concern, irrespective of cause: that may have a serious public health impact; that is unusual or unexpected (causes, or creates the potential for, significant levels of disease, injury or death above the levels that would otherwise be expected for the time and place where the event occurs and may require a significant national response); where there is a risk of spread across borders within Australia or internationally; where there is a significant risk of national or international travel or trade restrictions; or that may require a coordinated national media response to manage public concern; or an Overseas Mass Casualty Event where more than one person (whether Australian or otherwise) is affected by a disease, or is injured or dies and needs to come to Australia for treatment or for burial, and a Party may need to be involved in responding. Public Health Emergency of International Concern means an event as defined in Annex 2 of the IHR: Decision Instrument for the Assessment and Notification of Events that May Constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.