What are the Public Health Network’s priorities?
Now in its fifth year of operations, the Public Health Network is building on its achievements to date. Inter-jurisdictional agreements which will assist in managing public health emergencies and/or crises are ready for signature by F/P/T Ministers of Health, shifting the Network’s focus to the implementation of these agreements. Aboriginal engagement in the Public Health Network continues to be a priority in 2009-2010. In addition, the Network will continue to focus its efforts on updating the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan, identifying activities and opportunities for infection control, assessing and improving laboratory response capacity, strengthening of chronic disease surveillance, and developing guidelines to assist in public health human resource planning. The Network will also continue its work on a National Immunization Strategy and complete the implementation of its multi-phase real time pandemic exercise. Healthy living and chronic disease prevention will also be a priori
