Aboriginal Head Start Initiative Urban and Northern Communities Program (AHSUNC)
Description: Aboriginal Head Start Initiative (AHSUrban) and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) is an early intervention strategy program which addresses the needs of young Aboriginal children, ages 0‑6, living in urban centres and large northern communities. Projects are locally controlled and administered by Aboriginal non‑profit organizations with programs designed to meet the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, health and other physical needs of the child Aboriginal children.
Document Types: Aboriginal children; culture and language; early childhood education; early childhood development; health promotion; nutrition; social support programs; parental involvement.
Record Number: PHAC 008 430

Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Conditions
Description: Coordination of a national approach to the surveillance, prevention and effective management of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in Canada. An external expert advisory group has been established to advise The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on the planning, development, use, and evaluation of high quality, timely surveillance information designed to guide and evaluate decisions about arthritis and other rheumatic conditions policies, programs, services, education and research. Membership includes academia, health professional organizations, NGOs, provincial/territorial governments, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada. Surveillance reports can be accessed via the PHAC website.
Document Types: Arthritis; rheumatic conditions; health determinants; risk factors; quality of life; diagnosis; disease management.
Record Number: PHAC 008 500

Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division
Description: This division's mission is to prevent, reduce and contain the risk of acquiring health-care associated infections for people who encounter, use or work in the Canadian public health and health care systems. It fosters and engages in partnerships and networks to perform public health activities such as surveillance, risk analysis, policy analysis, and targeted research and dissemination of various communication products. The current priorities are the nosocomial and occupational infections projects and the blood safety surveillance network.
Document Types: Infection Control Guideline Program; transfusion-transmitted injuries and infections; transplantation of tissues and organs; blood-borne hepatitis (B and C).
Record Number: PHAC 008 401

Breast Cancer
Description: The Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (CBCI) is a departmentally-led initiative that involves working in partnership with key stakeholders from the provincial and territorial governments, health professionals, care providers, associations, researchers, educators, consumers and support groups, the private sector, and women affected by breast cancer. The Initiative carries out its mandate through the following linked components: the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative; Prevention, Early Detection and Quality Screening; Surveillance and Monitoring; Enhancing Quality Approaches to Diagnosis, Treatment and Care; Community Capacity Building; and Evaluation and Coordination. The objectives of the CBCI are to: reduce the incidence of breast cancer; reduce mortality as a result of breast cancer; and improve the quality of life of those affected by breast cancer and their support networks.
Document Types: Breast cancer (prevention; early detection and screening; community capacity building, surveillance and monitoring activities).Breast cancer (prevention; screening; early detection; quality management; treatment and care; support; advocacy).
Record Number: PHAC 008 260

Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)
Description: Canada's The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) is a program which funds community-based coalitions and agencies to establish, deliver or enhance services for at‑risk pregnant women in order to improve birth outcomes. CPNP is targeted at pregnant women most likely to have unhealthy babies because of challenging circumstances that put their health and nutrition and the health of their infants at risk. CPNP aims to improve maternal and infant health; reduce unhealthy birth weights; promote and support breastfeeding; build partnerships; and strengthen community supports for women.
Document Types: Prenatal Program evaluation; prenatal health; prenatal nutrition; prenatal care; lifestyle counselling; breastfeeding.
Record Number: PHAC 008 435

Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database (CBCSD)
Description: The CBCSD is a national breast screening surveillance system designed to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of organized screening programs in Canada. Established in 1993, it contains screening information from all provinces and the Northwest Territories. In addition to demographic data (such as age, ethnicity, place of residence) and risk-factor profile data (such as parity, age at 1st pregnancy, gravidity, family cancer history) for each consenting client, the database records details pertaining to all screening episodes occurring within the programs. Diagnostic databases and provincial cancer registries are linked to the CBCSD to provide diagnostic outcome data for abnormal screen (including diagnostic procedures, cancer diagnosis and stage of disease). The CBCSD is a national breast screening surveillance system designed to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of organized screening programs across Canada. Established in 1993, it is operated and maintained by the Chronic Disease Management and Control Division, and Chronic Disease Surveillance Divisions in the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. In addition to demographic data (such as age, ethnicity, place of residence) and risk‑factor profile data (such as parity, gravidity, family cancer history) for each consenting client, the database records details pertaining to all screening episodes occurring within the programs. Diagnostic databases and provincial cancer registries are linked to the CBCSD to provide diagnostic outcome data for abnormal screens.
Document Types: Breast screening surveillance.
Record Number: PHAC 008 261

Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (CFEP)
Description: CFEP (formerly known as the Field Epidemiology Training Program or FETP) is Canada's national disease detective service and training program. CFEP rapidly mobilizes staff to the field for outbreak response at the request of local, provincial, territorial, federal and occasionally international organizations, to respond to public health emergencies requiring epidemiologic assistance, including outbreak investigations and field investigations assessing risk factors, etiologies and effectiveness of control measures for communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, chronic disease and natural disasters. CFEP coordinates such responses with other the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Federal Department, provincial, territorial, local and international public health authorities as appropriate. Field Epidemiologists also evaluate public health events under surveillance undertaken at all levels of public health jurisdiction, to assess the capacity to translate data into public health action. CFEP is part of an international network of training programs in epidemiology and public health interventions. CFEP builds public health capacity by offering its training modules to public health professionals at all levels of public health practice in Canada and internationally. CFEP training modules include: advanced epidemiology and statistics as they relate to applied epidemiology (outbreak investigation, surveillance), practical field studies, professional communication, etc.
Document Types: outbreak response, epidemiology, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, environmental health, capacity building, training, surveillance,
Record Number: PHAC 008 108

Canadian Integrated Public Health Surveillance (CIPHS / iPHIS)
Description: CIPHS brings together a strategic alliance of public health and information technology professionals working collaboratively to build an integrated suite of computer and database tools specifically for use by Canadian public health professionals. These custom tools are being designed to support the systematic collection and collation of health surveillance data as a by-product of the normal work of public health professionals. The data will be used to support evidence-based public health decisions.
Document Types: Contracts, memoranda of understanding, guidelines, policies, reports.
Record Number: PHAC 008 700

Canadian Public Health Service (CPHS)
Description: The mandate of the CPHS program is to enhance public health capacity and encourage inter-agency collaboration in public health across Canada. The program addresses these goals through the placement of full-time Federal Public Health Officers (PHOs) in jurisdictions or organisations across the country with responsibilities in public health. Placement sites for PHOs are determined through periodic requests for proposals which include specific information on the tasks to be carried out and the qualifications required. As a result, PHOs may be active in one or more of several public health activities, ranging from routine surveillance and epidemiology, public health policy development, environmental health issues, infection control, public health teaching activities or other duties as outlined by the placement site. A key feature of this program is the training support that is provided, particularly in the area of pandemic preparedness, and rotational field assignments are encouraged to provide a broad public health experience to the PHOs.
Document Types: Infectious diseases; chronic diseases; surveillance; training; teaching; public health policy; surveillance; pandemic preparedness.
Record Number: PHAC 008 700

Cancer
Description: The Agency's cancer program includes surveillance, risk assessment and analysis, screening, early detection and monitoring and community based programming. Public health activities in cancer control address issues facing Canadians. The Agency's cancer program works to further develop knowledge on cancer prevention and control through its work on the determinants of cancer (risk factors); their impacts and trends as well as supporting access and use of best practice interventions.
Document Types: Cancer; air quality; climate change and health; contaminated sites; environmental contaminants noise; radiation; water quality; legislation and guidelines.
Record Number: PHAC 008 100

Cardiovascular Disease
Description: The Chronic Disease Prevention Division of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control has the lead role for cardiovascular disease. This includes the overall coordination for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases, as well as limited surveillance and data interpretation (in cooperation with the Chronic Disease Surveillance Division as well as the Chronic Disease Evidence & Risk Assessment Division). The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was integrally involved in a number of initiatives, including The Canadian Heart Health Initiative (CHHI) and the Cardiovascular Action Plan. PHAC helped to establish a coalition for the prevention and control of hypertension with a focus on high blood pressure as part of an integrated screening approach with the development of comprehensive screening policies. The division was also a partner in the development of The Growing Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada 2003. The report examines the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors - smoking, physical inactivity, being overweight, high blood pressure and diabetes - and also makes policy recommendations on how to address the growing burden presented by heard disease and stroke. PHAC will also publish a new report, Cardiovascular Disease in Canada in the spring 2008. The Agency is also funding the development of a Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan that will be presented to the Minister of Health in the fall, 2008.
Document Types: Cholesterol; high blood pressure; diabetes; tobacco use; physical inactivity; obesity; modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease; surveillance.
Record Number: PHAC 008 265

Centres of Excellence for Children's Well‑being
Description: The Centres of Excellence for Children's Well‑being program was created with a mandate to improve Canadians' understanding of, and responsiveness to, the physical and mental health needs of children and the critical factors for healthy child development. Each of the four centres focuses on a different issue associated with child and youth well‑being: child welfare; early childhood development; special needs; and youth engagement. Each centre is responsible for: collecting and analysing data, conducting original research, providing policy advice, disseminating information, and developing networks of individuals and groups who are working on the same issue.
Document Types: Children; early child development; health; youth engagement; disabilities; special needs; child welfare; child and youth centred communities; policy issues, research.
Record Number: PHAC 008 338

Cervical Cancer
Description: The Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Network (CCPCN) is an expert working group consisting of federal, provincial, territorial and non-governmental representatives. The goal of the CCPCN is to facilitate the continued reduction in the incidence, morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer in Canada by providing a platform for discussion and debate regarding current and future priorities of cervical cancer prevention and control in Canada; maintaining a Pan-Canadian network that collaboratively addresses issues concerning cervical cancer prevention and control; fostering partnerships and opportunities for collaboration, learn from and promote best practices among sectors and across jurisdictions; and, communicating consistent messages on key issues to stakeholders, including policy and decision makers. The CCPCN is lead by a Steering Committee which is made up of representatives from provincial and territorial screening programs, infectious disease departments, professional medical related associations, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. The Cervical Cancer Prevention Network (CCPN) is a network of federal, provincial, territorial and non‑governmental representatives which has been established to foster the development of provincially based organized quality screening programs in Canada and the development and use of information systems to enable monitoring and evaluation of the programs through the activities of three working groups: the Quality Management Working Group, the Recruitment Working Group, the Information Systems Working Group.
Document Types: Cervical cancer (prevention; screening, early detection).
Record Number: PHAC 008 333

Chronic Disease Knowledge Development, Exchange and Transfer
Description: This Program focuses on the development of various chronic disease information products and tools, synthesizing synthesis and packaging of knowledge for end-users, that are understandable and usable, as well as undertaking activities to facilitate dissemination, uptake and implementation of knowledge to end-users. Types of activities include risk assessment studies, economic analysis, evaluations, environmental scans, needs assessments, literature and structured reviews, meetings, forums, and collaborative exchange projects. Key to this process are ongoing consultations exchange efforts with provinces and territories, non-government and professional organizations, research agencies and other key organizations relevant to chronic disease and public health to facilitate evidence-based practice and practice-based learning.
Document Types: Chronic diseases (needs assessment; survey; evaluation).
Record Number: PHAC 008 501

Chronic Disease Prevention
Description: The Chronic Disease Prevention Division engages a number of chronic disease stakeholder organizations such as the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada a member of the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance, an alliance of non-governmental organizations and government agencies, in working towards a shared a common vision for an organized, coordinated system of chronic disease prevention for Canada. At the federal/provincial/territorial government level, the Division collaborates with F/P/T stakeholders through expert groups such as the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention and Control Expert Group of the Public Health Network. The division also participates as a member of the Primary Prevention Action Group of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. This group's mandate is to promote the creation of a national / provincial / territorial and local community primary prevention system to address population-based risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases by collaborating with chronic disease constituencies. The division also leads on an intra‑departmental working group on nutrition, physical activity and healthy weights for the prevention of chronic disease that seeks to maximize collaborative efforts in the areas of chronic disease prevention.
Document Types: Chronic diseases (prevention; risk factors; needs assessment); community empowerment.
Record Number: PHAC 008 295

Chronic Disease Risk Assessment
Description: The Chronic Disease Risk Assessment program (a component of Knowledge, Development and Exchange) program focuses on identifying, generating, collecting, evaluating, synthesizing, translating and sharing the evidence on established and emerging risk factors, protective factors and determinants for chronic disease, as well as their burden in the Canada population (including special and vulnerable populations). The program contributes to the information-base for the development of policies, programs and strategies aimed at preventing promoting healthy lifestyles, prevention and early detection of chronic diseases and reducing their burden. Studies of key chronic diseases are conducted using various primary and secondary data sources. The program also conducts systematic reviews and or meta-analyses of key risk factors when needed to obtain best agreed upon measures of risks. An inventory of evidence on chronic disease risk factors is being developed for use by practitioners and policy makers.
Document Types: Chronic disease; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; mental illness; respiratory disease; arthritis.
Record Number: PHAC 008 502

Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Description: Coordination of a national approach to the prevention and effective management of chronic respiratory disease in Canada. An external expert surveillance advisory group has been established to advise the Public Health Agency of Canada on the planning, development, use, and evaluation of high quality, timely surveillance information designed to guide and evaluate decisions about chronic respiratory disease policies, programs, services, education and research. Membership includes academia, health professional organizations, NGOs, provincial/territorial governments, local/regional public health, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada. Surveillance reports can be accessed via the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) website. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has been working with a wide range of stakeholders to develop a National Lung Health Framework. Its coordinated approach to the prevention and management of respiratory diseases will have a significant positive impact on the state of lung health in Canada. The Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada report, released in November 2007, was prepared in collaboration with the Lung Association, Health Canada, Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and other expert advisors led by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It includes detailed information on the prevalence of lung diseases, information about those who are affected by these diseases and data on hospitalizations and deaths. Chapters on tobacco and air quality describe how these risk factors impact on lung health, their prevalence and who is at risk.
Document Types: Asthma; Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disorder (CPOD); respiratory disease; disease prevention and management.
Record Number: PHAC 008 317

Community Acquired Infections
Description: The programs within the Community Acquired Infections Division (CAID), in collaboration with the provinces and territories, and health, education and other inter-sectoral partners, provide national leadership and coordination of surveillance, targeted research studies, development of policy recommendations, as well as disease prevention and health promotion activities. Within the Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections Program, such activities include the development of evidence based national guidelines, consensus statements and educational products, the support of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education for youth, facilitation and coordination of information sharing and capacity building as well as working to distribute and increase access to information on sexual and reproductive health. It also supports efforts to prevent and control sexually transmitted infections and their complications, including cancer and infertility, both in the general population and in key groups at greatest risk. The Surveillance and Epidemiology Program operates surveillance systems with respect to sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis C and tuberculosis, in collaboration with key partners. It provides data, analysis and interpretation to inform and support prevention, policy and programming activities related to STIs and community-acquired Hepatitis C, and publishes quarterly STI and HCV statistics and generates surveillance reports (including epi-updates) based on analyses of data from its enhanced surveillance programs.
Document Types: sexually transmitted infections (Chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), Human Papillomavirus (HPV), sexual health promotion, hepatitis C, prevention, detection, tuberculosis; TB drug resistance and infection; Canadian Tuberculosis Standards; Canadian Tuberculosis Committee, guidelines, research, surveillance.
Record Number: PHAC 008 707

Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections
Description: This division implements an enhanced regionally-based capacity to conduct surveillance (data collection, analysis, interpretation, dissemination) and investigation of (a) food and waterborne diseases and (b) zoonotic diseases (diseases in domestic and wild animals' relevant to human health). This work includes maintaining and developing a national food and water safety surveillance system and providing national leadership to improve enteric disease surveillance. The division also investigates and coordinates investigations of food borne and waterborne disease outbreaks across Canada and provides guidance and direction, as requested, by the Provincial Health Authorities; facilitates and coordinates risk analysis and risk management activities with international, federal, provincial and local partner organizations; conducts, supports and coordinates targeted research in critical areas; and identifies emerging threats to the health and safety of Canadians.
Document Types: Drinking Water, recreational water, climate change, risk factors, vulnerability assessment, acute gastrointestinal illness, Salmonella, E. coli, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, norovirus.
Record Number: PHAC 008 402

Community Action Program for Children
Description: The Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) is a targeted program which funds community-based coalitions and agencies to establish and deliver culturally appropriate prevention and early intervention programs to promote the health and social development of children, ages 0 to 6, and their families living in conditions of risk. The program recognizes that communities have the ability to identify and respond to the needs of children and families and places a strong emphasis on partnerships, community capacity building, and other health promotion strategies influencing the broader determinants of health.
Document Types: Program evaluation; parent education and support; child injury prevention; child development; child health; prevention of abuse and neglect.
Record Number: PHAC 008 337

Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)/Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) National Projects Fund
Description: The purpose of the fund is to finance initiatives that will support the objectives of CAPC/CPNP programs and directly benefit CAPC and CPNP projects across Canada. The National Projects Fund will allow national, regional or local organizations to undertake specific, short-term initiatives in support of activities that generate knowledge and action about children, families and the role of the community in supporting families.
Document Types: Prenatal nutrition; children; family supports; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); Francophone projects outside Quebec. Project results include evidence-based tools, resources and knowledge translation activities intended for CAPC/CPNP projects and their partners across Canada. Funded projects aim to address health disparities affecting children, pregnant women and their infants and families. Teen pregnancy; attachment; family violence; breastfeeding; food security; father involvement; parenting.
Record Number: PHAC 008 436

Data Coordination and Access Program
Description: The Data Coordination and Access Program (DCAP) of the Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP) acquires and manages centralized data holdings which are used by analysts across the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) as well as Health Canada via the Data Extraction and Analysis application (DEXA). DCAP operates as a data broker on behalf of PHAC in the development of data sources and in the standardized, protected acquisition of data related to health. DCAP coordinates data requirements through PHAC's Health Surveillance Coordination Committee (HSCC) and provides a liaison function with Statistics Canada, CIHI and other data providers to represent the Agency's requirements and negotiate data sharing agreements. Our major clients are epidemiologists and analysts within PHAC and Health Canada who need both micro-level and summarized data to perform surveillance, research and policy development.
Document Types: Contracts, memoranda of understanding, guidelines, policies, reports.
Record Number: PHAC 008 702

Demonstration Projects for Chronic Disease Prevention
Description: Through these collaborative projects with P/Ts, innovative programs and policies occurring across the country in the area of chronic disease prevention are rigorously assessed and their impacts and results are shared nationally. This program also develops a set of common tools, methodologies, and approaches for facilitating evidence-based practice, common evaluations, and knowledge exchange to maximize the impact and uptake of these innovations nationally. The Demonstration Projects program provides an opportunity to support and rigorously assess the implementation of strategies for integrated chronic disease prevention and control efforts through the application of standard scientific and evaluation assessment approaches. It spans the key functions of promotion, prevention, early detection and management. It is intended to enhance our understanding of best methods for the implementation of health promotion and chronic disease prevention and control programs identified as, but not limited to, best practices. Mainly aimed at provincial and territorial initiatives, a series of demonstration sites will be supported across the country. Each site will be required to set targets and then scientifically evaluate their progress towards their achievement. Through the knowledge that is developed over time and through other components of chronic disease prevention and control strategies, such as surveillance and community programming, new sites will build on existing systems, infrastructure and program successes.
Document Types: Chronic disease strategies; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; cancer; key risk factors.
Record Number: PHAC 008 503

Diabetes
Description: Building on the foundation of the first six years of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy (CDS), the current focus is directed towards minimizing the risk of developing diabetes among high risk groups, early detection and screening for Type 2 diabetes, and well as the prevention of the complications of Types 1 and 2 diabetes. High risk populations may include those individuals who: are obese or overweight; have pre-diabetes; are greater than 40 years of age and have high blood pressure and/or high levels of cholesterol; have a family history of diabetes; are of certain ethnic population ns (such as Hispanic, African, Asian or South Asian). The CDS is the federal government's contribution toward a national diabetes strategy. It is informed by the strategic framework which was developed by federal, provincial and territorial experts, as well as stakeholders. The CDS has five programmatic elements. National Diabetes Surveillance System - provides surveillance information about diabetes at provincial, territorial and national levels. Knowledge Development and Exchange for Diabetes Prevention and Management – provides research and evidence to understand the causes of diabetes, as well as effective prevention and management strategies. Diabetes Community-Based Promotion and Programming – supports community projects that address diabetes at prevention, detection and/or management. Diabetes Public Information – provides social marketing messages on diabetes. Diabetes Coordination - supports and promotes national collaboration and coordination within government and its partners.
Document Types: National Diabetes Surveillance System; Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative; Canadian Diabetes Strategy; Aboriginal diabetes; type 2 diabetes; blindness; nutrition; obesity and physical activity.
Record Number: PHAC 008 708

The Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Description: The program is responsible for leading the CDS. Surveillance reports can be accessed via the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) website. The Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CCDPC) is responsible for delivering three of the four components of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy (CDS). The four components are: Prevention and Promotion; National Coordination; National Diabetes Surveillance System; and the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative B, the latter of which is under the purview of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada. The major goals of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy are to address the health concerns of diabetes for the entire Canadian population, with prevention and promotion as major elements; working in partnership to increase awareness and education of diabetes, its complications and major risk factors; share best practices; coordinate and lead diabetes efforts nationally; and assist community based prevention projects. Building on the foundation of the first six years of the CDS, a new direction for the enhanced CDS will be to target populations who are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The focus will be on diabetes prevention through integrated action on diabetes and its risk factors, and supporting platforms for the early detection and management of the disease. This new approach will focus on individuals who have pre-diabetes; are overweight or obese; are over age 40; have high blood pressure and/or high blood cholesterol; have a family history of diabetes; and, are of certain high-risk ethnic populations.
Document Types: National Diabetes Surveillance System; Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative; Canadian Diabetes Strategy; Aboriginal diabetes; type 2 diabetes; blindness; nutrition; obesity and physical activity.
Record Number: PHAC 008 331

Division of Aging and Seniors
Description: Serves as the centre of expertise and focal point for information in areas pertaining to healthy aging and seniors. It promotes meaningful participation of seniors in federal decisions and activities that affect them. Activities include: providing advice and supporting policy development; conducting and supporting research and education activities; encouraging innovative means of improving the health of seniors in situations of risk and in preventing situations of risk from developing; developing information and providing operational support to the National Advisory Council education resources on Aging seniors' health issues; and carrying liaison and information services with various stakeholders.
Document Types: Aging; seniors; National Advisory Council on Aging emergency preparedness; age-friendly communities; injury prevention; mental health; senior's health.
Record Number: PHAC 008 259

Division of Childhood and Adolescence
Description: The division serves as a centre of expertise, leadership and coordination within the federal government and the Public Health Agency of Canada for issues, activities and programs concerning children and youth. The division is a focal point for policy development, research and strategic analysis of trends regarding the broad determinants of health for children and youth in Canada.
Document Types: Children; adolescents; healthy pregnancy; healthy child development; early child development; children's rights; parenting.
Record Number: PHAC 008 339

Early Child Development
Description: The Government of Canada increased provides transfers to the provinces and territories to build on existing services and supports that promote support their investments in early childhood development. Programs and services, Provincial and territorial governments have agreed to use this increased funding to: promote healthy pregnancy, birth and infancy; improve parenting and family supports; strengthen early childhood development, learning and care; and strengthen community supports. All governments agreed to report publicly on their progress, and on how children are faring, which will allow governments, and Canadians, to track progress in improving the well‑being of Canada's young children. Governments also report on their investments and progress in enhancing federal programs and services through activity and expenditure reports. Governments have also agreed to work together, where appropriate, on research and knowledge on Early Childhood Development (ECD) related to early childhood development and to share information on effective practices to that improve child outcomes. Information on the expenditures of federal departments and agencies related to ECD.
Document Types: Early childhood development; child welfare; indicators; health; inter‑governmental issues; social policy; healthy pregnancy; maternity care; parenting; breastfeeding.
Record Number: PHAC 008 336

Economic Modelling & Analysis
Description: The Economic Modelling and Analysis Program undertakes activities aimed at estimating and describing the economic burden of chronic diseases, the economic impact and cost benefit of interventions aimed at reducing their burden. Ongoing projects focus on developing methodologies for and implementing analysis and modelling techniques for chronic diseases and their complications in a Canadian context that can be used for designing and evaluating intervention strategies, and their cost-effectiveness. These analyses are based on various provincial, national and international data sources on health status and health services for chronic disease. These activities will provide economic information needed by policy makers, health administrators and other key stakeholders for decision-making around chronic disease and their interventions.
Document Types: Economic modelling and analysis; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; cancer; prevention; early detection; interventions.
Record Number: PHAC 008 504

Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease
Description: Surveillance is a key knowledge tool for decision-makers to understand what is going on in the population. It provides on-going timely information on the health of the population, the nature and scope of health problems, and the factors that need to be addressed in the population to improve health. These factors include health behaviors, risk conditions, use of health services, environmental and community factors that influence health. Surveillance information on these factors helps policy makers decide what policies, programs and services are needed to improve health, and to evaluate progress on health goals and targets. The Enhanced Surveillance Component works with partners to enhance the timeliness, quality and use of surveillance information in decision-making about policy, program and services to promote healthy living, risk factor reduction, and chronic disease detection and management. Its goals are to enhance the analysis, interpretation and use of existing data sources for surveillance; expand data sources for surveillance; and coordinate, plan and evaluate surveillance activities. Chronic disease surveillance reports are published periodically and can be found on the PHAC Website.
Document Types: Chronic disease surveillance; sentinel surveillance; primary care; health administrative database; chronic disease surveys; local/regional risk factor surveillance; chronic disease risk factors.
Record Number: PHAC 008 703

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome / Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Description: Federal funds have been allocated to enhance FAS/FAE FASD activities related to: public and professional awareness and education; training and capacity development; early identification and diagnosis; coordination; surveillance; and a strategic project fund administered by through the Population Health Fund. The Public Health Agency of Canada, through its national and regional offices, works in collaboration with Provincial/ Territorial governments, a National Advisory Committee, a National First Nations and Inuit CPNP/FAS/E Steering Committee Health Branch of Health Canada, and other federal departments on various FAS/FAE FASD activities.
Document Types: Healthy pregnancy; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE). Spectrum Disorder (FASD); Screening; Diagnosis; Disabilities.
Record Number: PHAC 008 271

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Description: The GIS Infrastructure provides GIS services tailored to the Canadian public health community. Our approach is to work with public health professionals to make available GIS resources and information that support their spatial information needs and continuing education opportunities. The GIS Infrastructure has developed two key tools that are currently being used nationally in the public health community: The Map and Data Exchange (MaDEx) and the Public Health Map Generator (PHMG). MaDEx is a web-based forum that allows for collaboration, networking, and sharing of information and expertise amongst Canadian public health professionals. It is also used to provide data, news and GIS support. The PHMG is an on-line mapping tool developed to meet the needs of public health professionals who do not have GIS expertise or software, but want to quickly map and visualize their own health data.
Document Types: Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Public Health GIS; Map and Data Exchange (MaDEx); Public Health Map Generator (PHMG).
Record Number: PHAC 008 505

Health Promotion
Description: Since the mid-1990s, the Government of Canada has adopted a population health approach to health promotion. Health promotion includes five key strategies: building healthy public policy; creating supportive environments; strengthening community action; developing personal skills; and reorienting health services. Three of these strategies - building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments and reorienting health services - are better addressed from a population health's systematic approach and responding to new evidence on the role played by the broad range of social, economic and environmental determinants in improving overall health.
Document Types: Determinants of health; child health; healthy pregnancy and infancy; injury prevention; mental health; national clearinghouse on family violence physical activity; rural health; seniors' health.
Record Number: PHAC 008 276

Healthy Child Development
Description: The focus is on healthy child development with an emphasis on the determinants of health, including physical, social, economic and mental/emotional health and well‑being, family support, healthy, safe and non‑violent environments, and international treaties and obligations such as children's rights. This includes National Child Day, celebrated November 20th, and the sharing of best practices through international organizations such as the Inter-American Children's Institute. These activities reflect Canada's national commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols, as well as its commitment to supporting and raising awareness of children's rights worldwide.
Document Types: Children's rights; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; mental health; media literacy; children's environmental health; injury prevention; active living; healthy eating; parent support and education; international treaties dealing with children.
Record Number: PHAC 008 171

Healthy Living
Description: The Healthy Living Unit is responsible for physical activity within the federal portfolio. The Unit provides support to the Pan-Canadian Healthy Living Strategy which includes a target of a 20% increase in the proportion of Canadians who are physically active, eat healthily and are at healthy body weights by 2015. The Healthy Living Unit leads, fosters and supports actions to address the conditions that support healthy eating, physical activity and healthy weights for all Canadians with particular emphasis on sub-populations experiencing health disparities. The Unit works in partnership with: 1) provincial and territorial governments towards achieving the healthy living and physical activity targets set by Ministers; 2) non-government organizations through the Healthy Living Fund, (physical activity and healthy eating), that provides financial assistance to national and regional organizations; federal partners within and outside the health portfolio to foster healthy public policy across the federal system; and international fora, including those in place to advance the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
Document Types: Contribution Program; Canada's Physical Activity Guides; guide for older adults; Summer Active; active living at work; active transportation, Stairway to health.
Record Number: PHAC 008 420

Hepatitis C Prevention, Support and Research Program
Description: The Hepatitis C Prevention, Support and Research Section designs, develops, implements and supports projects that contribute to the prevention of hepatitis C infection; supports people infected with or affected by the disease; and increases public awareness about hepatitis C. In addition, the Community Acquired Infections Division provides the focal point for ensuring a coordinated and integrated federal public health response to hepatitis C.
Document Types: Hepatitis C (prevention, detection).
Record Number: PHAC 008 507

HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs
Description: The HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division serves as the focal point for the Public Health Agency of Canada Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada (FI). The Division provides national expertise on key activities under the FI such as: Accountability and evaluation, program development and evidenced-based interventions, external and government relations, vulnerable populations, and knowledge and awareness.
Document Types: HIV/AIDS (prevention, care, treatment, support; government relations).
Record Number: PHAC 008 405

Infectious Diseases
Description: Surveillance for and research on the epidemiology of infectious diseases directed at identification and quantification of risks, assessment of proposed prevention strategies and evaluation of existing surveillance, prevention and control activities. Coordination of a network of scientific experts, public health officials and advisory committees / working groups to develop guidelines / recommendations for selected topics and to investigate diseases of provincial and/or national importance. Furthermore, the Blood‑Borne Pathogens Division is involved in blood safety and xenotransplantation issues pertaining to transmission of infectious, chronic and degenerative diseases.
Document Types: Immunization; food borne; waterborne and enteric diseases; nosocomial and occupations infections; respiratory diseases; blood borne pathogens; xenotransplantation; blood safety.
Record Number: PHAC 008 132

Mental Health Promotion
Description: The overall goal of the Mental Health Promotion Unit is to integrate mental health promotion principles in healthy public policy, and to facilitate research, knowledge development, evaluation, and innovative projects which promote and improve mental health and well‑-being, within a variety of environments.
Document Types: Positive Mental Health: mental health promotion policy and practices;, the determinants of the mental health status of the Canadian population, youth empowerment mental health; community empowerment; suicide prevention; international network capacity building for mental health; prevention of mental health problems and disorders; suicide prevention, and international mental health promotion.
Record Number: PHAC 008 270

Evidence and Information for Chronic Disease Policy Division
Description: Responsible for translation of scientific information into policy for chronic diseases, planning and evaluation of policy and programs, and dissemination of information and liaison with stakeholders in practice, policy and research.
Document Types: National consortium for best practices in chronic disease prevention and control; intervention strategies for chronic diseases.
Record Number: PHAC 008 267

Mental Illness
Description: A new report on mental health and mental illness in Canada, expected was published in fall 2006 (updates the 2002 Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada) will help to raise awareness of, and educate the public on these common and important health issues. The Division is also exploring the establishment of mental health surveillance with provinces, territories, private sector partners and stakeholders to improve the quality and availability of information to support evidence-based decision making for mental health services and programming. Surveillance reports can be accessed via the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) website.
Document Types: Mental illness; mental illness surveillance.
Record Number: PHAC 008 510

Microbiology
Description: The National Microbiology Laboratory provides expert microbiological reference testing, surveillance and outbreak investigation support to the public health network in Canada. The National Microbiology Laboratory is a key element in Canada's preparedness for biologic terrorism and other infectious diseases emergencies. In addition, the National Microbiology Laboratory operates six External National Reference Centres on a cost‑sharing basis with the Provinces. These centres include Parasitology (Serology), Mycology, Yersinia, Streptococcus, Rabies and Epstein Barr Virus.
Document Types: Parasitology; mycology; streptococcus; molecular typing.
Record Number: PHAC 008 180

Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Description: The focus is on research, knowledge development and dissemination, consensus building and policy development activities, focused primarily on the middle childhood and adolescence (6 to 18) stages of development, both nationally and internationally. It includes supporting opportunities and choices for youth and; intersectoral collaboration with communities, governments and the private sector and; information on the health behaviours in school‑aged children survey and models, such as the School Health Model Behaviour in School‑Aged Children survey; and models, such as Comprehensive School Health.
Document Types: Adolescent engagement and empowerment; Comprehensive School Health; School Health Model; Health Behaviours, Behaviour in School‑Aged Children Survey; identity development; adolescent attachment.
Record Number: PHAC 008 182

National Children's Agenda
Description: The National Children's Agenda (NCA) - a cooperative effort by federal, provincial and territorial governments - was established to ensure that all Canadian children have the best opportunity to develop their potential. The governments' Ashared vision@ of the agenda includes goals for all Canadian children: to be healthy (physically and emotionally), safe and secure, successful at learning, socially engaged and responsible. The vision also identifies six areas in which collaboration by governments could enhance child well-being: enhancing early child development; supporting parents and strengthening families; improving income security for families; providing early and continuous learning experiences; promoting healthy adolescent development; and creating safe, supportive and violence-free communities. Working together, the governments of Canada are making progress in two important areas: fighting child poverty (through the National Child Benefit) and promoting early childhood development (through the Early Childhood Development Initiative).
Document Types: Employment Insurance benefits for parental leave; National Child benefit; workplace policies; family law; family supports; early child development; continuous learning.
Record Number: PHAC 008 184

National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
Description: The Government of Canada's commitment to renew and strengthen public health includes the establishment of six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health. The over-arching mission for these Centres is to build on existing strengths and create and foster linkages among researchers, the public health community and other stakeholders to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of Canada's public health system. The National Collaborating Centres will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and help put it into practice at all levels of the public health system across Canada. The six NCCs will be established in regions across the country; each one specializing in a different priority area of public health as follows: environmental health (British Columbia); infectious disease (Winnipeg); public health methodologies and tools (Ontario); public policy and risk assessment (Quebec); health determinants (Atlantic) and Aboriginal health (British Columbia). Although located regionally, these Centres will provide national focal points for knowledge translation in key priority areas of public health and contribute to the development of a pan-Canadian public health strategy. Each National Collaborating Centre will draw on regional, national and international expertise and complement/collaborate with the contributions of other organizations in the pan-Canadian public health system, including the Public Health Agency of Canada, the provinces and territories, academia and non-government organizations.
Document Types: Environmental health; infectious diseases; public health; health determinants; Aboriginal health; public health collaboration; public health research; public health practices.
Record Number: PHAC 008 511

National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories
Description: The Public Health Agency of Canada's National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories (NHRL) provide a comprehensive range of laboratory science services and expertise related to HIV and emerging retroviruses. Organizations that use these services include laboratories associated with provincial ministries of health, hospital and blood-screening laboratories, and HIV laboratories abroad. NHRL provides HIV and HTL (Human T-cell Leukaemia Virus I/II) serology and molecular reference services in support of testing programs conducted by provincial ministries of health and the Canadian Blood Services. NHRL's core activities: reference services; surveillance outbreak investigation; quality assurance; research; and international activities. NHRL is comprised of the following laboratories: the National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services; the national Laboratory for HIV Genetics; the National Laboratory for HIV Immunology; and the Viral Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Unit.
Document Types: National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories (NHRL); HIV and HTL (Human T-cell Leukaemia Virus I/II); HIV drug resistance testing; HIV antibody testing; Canadian HIV/AIDS Strain Surveillance and Drug Resistance Program.
Record Number: PHAC 008 185

National Plan of Action
Description: A Canada Fit for Children, Canada's national plan of action for children, was released in May 2004 in response to commitments made at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children in May 2002 and based on A World Fit for Children. A Canada Fit for Children is a call to action, identifying strategies to which all Canadians can contribute in order to improve the lives of children in Canada and the world. It outlines goals, strategies, and opportunities for action on key priorities within four central themes: supporting families and strengthening communities; promoting healthy lives; protecting from harm; and promoting education and learning.
Document Types: Family supports; community supports; health promotion; child rights; early childhood development; child protection; continuous learning.
Record Number: PHAC 008 313

Observatory of Best Practices for Chronic Disease; Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Description: In collaboration with experts from the research, policy and practice communities, the Public Health Agency of Canada is working to developing and disseminate disseminating best practices information for chronic disease interventions through an the Observatory of Canadian Best Practices Portal. Its scope includes community and population-level interventions in aimed specifically toward chronic- disease-related health promotion, and prevention, and provides an early detection and management. This comprehensive System will provide a broad evidence base that to identifies identify and recommends effective interventions. It also, and builds capacity for capturing evidence of effectiveness of health related interventions. The Canadian Best Practices Initiative facilitates knowledge within, and external to, the health sector, facilitating information exchange between decision-makers for population and public health research, practice and policy to improve evidence-based practice and policy in Canada.
Document Types: Cardiovascular disease; cancer; diabetes; mental health illness; key risk / protective factors (obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, hypertension); determinants of health.
Record Number: PHAC 008 512

Office of the Voluntary Sector
Description: The Office of the Voluntary Sector serves as a centre of expertise, leadership and coordination within the health portfolio for issues, activities and programs concerning the voluntary health sector. The office is the lead for the health portfolio's implementation of the Government of Canada's Accord with the Voluntary Sector and the Codes of Good Practice. The office coordinates the Department's participation in the federal Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) led by Canadian Heritage. The office also provides individual organizational and sector‑wide development grants to small and medium national voluntary health organizations representing conditions or diseases of small incidence.
Document Types: Voluntary Sector Accord and Codes of Good Practice; Voluntary Sector Initiatives; development grants for voluntary health organizations; Policy Internships and Fellowships project.
Record Number: PHAC 008 311

Policy Research Unit (PRU) Program
Description: The Policy Research Unit currently provides two services. The Economic Burden of Illness in Canada will be updated to data from 2000 by May 2008. As well, the PRU provides advice on public health economic issues, for example, the determination of the economic burden of health-care associated infections. The Policy Research Unit is also preparing a strategic plan to identify and clarify future products and services. To support program activities, the PRU maintains non-identifying record level data obtained from outside sources including Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, and some provinces and territories.
Document Types: Economic Burden of Illness in Canada (EBIC); Population Health Impact of Disease in Canada (PHI); Effectiveness of Community Interventions Project (ECIP).
Record Number: PHAC 008 513

Population Health Approach
Description: Strategies are now being employed to integrate the approach into broader health portfolio activities in order to inform Canadians about both the approach and population health initiatives. These strategies include a conceptual framework for thinking about health; decisions that are guided by consideration of the evidence; a framework for taking action; actions targeted at the societal, community, structural or system level; and requirements of collaboration between multiple sectors.
Document Types: Social, economic and physical environments; early childhood development; personal health practices; individual capacity and coping skills; human biology; health services.
Record Number: PHAC 008 328

Population Health Fund
Description: The Population Health Fund supports time-limited projects sponsored by Canadian voluntary not-for-profit organization and educational institutions. The goal of the Population Health Fund is build capacity to address the determinants of health. To increase community capacity for action on or across the determinants of health specific objectives include increasing the knowledge base for program and policy development on population healthy and facilitate partnerships and intersectoral collaboration to address health inequalities. The Public Health Agency of Canada is in the process of reviewing the Fund and will be establishing priorities on the basis of current evidence and an identification of major gaps in knowledge on effective policies and innovative initiatives related to the determinants of health, health inequalities and complex public health issues. The projects develop and disseminate community-based models for applying the population health approach, increase the knowledge base for program and policy development on population health and increase partnerships and intersectoral collaboration to address the determinants of health. The Public Health Agency of Canada establishes priorities for funding based on identified program needs and life stages.
Document Types: Settings for Health Again; Obesity: Health Literacy; and Populations experiencing poor health outcomes. Healthy communities; mental health; children's health; healthy living; parenting supports; chronic disease.
Record Number: PHAC 008 330

Public Health Law and Ethics Program
Description: The Public Health Law and Ethics Program (PHLEP) is intended to improve the health of the Canadian public through law. The law influences the practice of public health at the local, regional provincial/territorial, federal and international levels, and enables jurisdictions to work together on the day-to-day business of public health. The goals of the program are to improve the legal preparedness of the public health system and other national public health initiatives, support a better understanding and use of law and ethics as a public health tool, and establish strong national partnerships between public health practitioners and their colleagues in key related sectors.
Document Types: Public Health Law and Ethics Program. Law and ethics of practice of public health at the local, regional provincial/territorial.
Record Number: PHAC 008 514

Risk Factors
Description: Through collaboration with other departmental and external experts, this project contributes to the development of quality data collection sources to enhance risk factor surveillance, evaluation and research in Canada. Lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet, physical activity, alcohol use and sun exposure are some of the most important contributors to the development of a wide range of chronic diseases. This project does not provide information directly to the public. However, expertise is provided on data availability and interpretation to those within the Department who develop public reports. This project also helps to ensure that the current and emerging data needs of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in this area are understood and considered when developing national data collection programs.
Document Types: Lifestyle; smoking; diet; diabetes; physical activity; sun exposure; substance use; mental health; chronic diseases for women, aboriginal peoples, seniors and ethnic minorities; economics and employment.
Record Number: PHAC 008 309

Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Program
Description: In concert with health, education and other inter-sectoral partners, the Sexual Health and STI Section promotes the physical and psychosocial well being of Canadians through sexual health promotion activities. Such activities include the development of national guidelines; publication of national consensus statements and policy recommendations; development of targeted research studies; and, coordination of the dissemination and exchange of information. The Section supports efforts to prevent and control sexually transmitted infections and their complications, including cancer and infertility.
Document Types: Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), and Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Record Number: PHAC 008 515

Skills Enhancement for Public Health
Description: This program offers online continuing education opportunities for public health practitioners Canada through a series of online modules in both official languages.
Document Types: Epidemiology; surveillance; information management; needs-based planning; surveillance database and tool use.
Record Number: PHAC 008 516

Surveillance and Epidemiology Program
Description: The Surveillance and Epidemiology Section of the Community Acquired Infections Division is responsible for routine and enhanced STI and community-acquired Hepatitis C surveillance, epidemiology and research. It provides data, analysis and interpretation to inform and support prevention, policy and programming activities related to STIs and community-acquired Hepatitis C. This section contributes to broader initiatives within the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control for enhanced surveillance of populations vulnerable to sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections, and we collaborate with provincial and territorial representatives, international agencies and other partners to improve behavioural and disease surveillance for public health action.
Document Types: Sexually transmitted infections (Chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhoea, syphilis, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis C).
Record Number: PHAC 008 520

Surveillance and Information Expert Group Secretariat, Pan-Canadian Public Health Network (PHN)
Description: The Surveillance and Information Expert Group (SIEG) support the Council of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network in providing coordination and leadership for public health surveillance, information collection and analysis, and knowledge dissemination across Canada. The Secretariat provides advice on evolving issues, prepares background information, and handles secretariat services.
Document Types: Council of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network; public health surveillance; public health information dissemination.
Record Number: PHAC 008 517

Surveillance and Information Policy
Description: In the aftermath of the 2002 – 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreaks in Canada, a number of high profile external reports pointed to gaps in information systems and information sharing practices. Since then, the Public Health Agency of Canada has been collaborating with its local, provincial and territorial counterparts to develop principles and tools for sharing information.
Document Types: contracts, memoranda of understanding, guidelines, policies, reports.
Record Number: PHAC 008 508

Surveillance and Epidemiology Program
Description: The Surveillance and Epidemiology Section of the Community Acquired Infections Division is responsible for routine and enhanced STI and community-acquired Hepatitis C surveillance, epidemiology and research. It provides data, analysis and interpretation to inform and support prevention, policy and programming activities related to STIs and community-acquired Hepatitis C. This section contributes to broader initiatives within the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control for enhanced surveillance of populations vulnerable to sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections, and we collaborate with provincial and territorial representatives, international agencies and other partners to improve behavioural and disease surveillance for public health action.
Document Types: Sexually transmitted infections (Chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis C).
Record Number: PHAC 008 520

Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program
Description: The Division's Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention and Control Section provides leadership and coordination in policy and program initiatives. In collaboration with partners at various levels (regional, provincial/territorial, national and international) key activities of the Section include: the dissemination of valuable surveillance and epidemiology information on TB cases; TB drug resistance and TB infection and disease in persons living and working in the Canadian federal correctional facilities. In addition, the section co-publishes the Canadian Tuberculosis Standards for prevention and treatment, provides technical assistance (upon request) to provinces and territories to help prevent and control outbreaks, works with others in targeted research projects, and sponsors the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee.
Document Types: Tuberculosis; TB drug resistance and infection; Canadian Tuberculosis Standards; Canadian Tuberculosis Committee.
Record Number: PHAC 008 519