Manitoba's northern First Nations are getting set to implement their H1N1 action plans.
David Harper, Grand Chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, an organization representing most First Nations communities in northern Manitoba, said command posts and call centres will soon be established at MKO offices in Thompson and Winnipeg.
They will link MKO, its member First Nations, and the provincial and federal governments on health concerns.
Harper also said an individual will be in place strictly to arrange air ambulance transport and to make sure there's care when it lands.
The plan was conceived by delegates at a three-day flu meeting in The Pas, about 500 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
The MKO, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and officials from isolated communities were part of the meeting, which wrapped up Thursday.
Harper said the MKO will also continue to lobby the provincial and federal governments to increase social assistance to help pay for cleaning supplies to help stop the spread of germs.
Manitoba's First Nations communities were hit particularly hard by the H1N1 virus, also called swine flu, when it emerged in the spring.
Vaccination clinics are being planned for the remote areas in the north, and Harper hopes to know soon when and where people in each community can be inoculated.
