What does the Agency do in terms of surveillance of diseases and outbreaks?
The Agency conducts surveillance within the following two major categories: • Infectious diseases; and • Chronic diseases and health conditions. Within these two categories, the Agency has developed programs and corresponding systems in a variety of disease areas, including (but not limited to) the following: • Beharvioural and environmental risk factors (such as smoking and obesity); • Blood-borne infections; • Enteric, food-borne, and water-borne diseases; • Sexually transmitted infections; • Influenza and respiratory viruses; • Tuberculosis; • Diabetes; • Cancer; and • Cardiovascular diseases.
