CINDI Canada

Capacity Building

The purpose of the CINDI Canada Programme is to build capacity for the prevention of noncommunicable disease (NCD) at both demonstration area level and national level. This work involves developing strategic partnerships with the public, private and voluntary sectors; developing, monitoring and evaluating systems, and contributing to policy development for NCD prevention.

The Canadian Heart Health Initiative is currently in the dissemination phase. Eight provinces have received funding by Health Canada to study factors and processes that mediate the uptake of interventions by government jurisdictions, organizations and communities. In 2001, a draft Performance Indicator System was established for the Heart Health Initiative. A report on the findings of the dissemination phase will be available in early 2003.

Policy Analysis Study

A Comparative Analysis of Policy Development and Implementation of Processes in 27 CINDI countries has been prepared under the leadership of CINDI Canada. A preliminary report has been completed and further analysis of the information carried out.

New Structural Activities

In Health Canada, the CINDI Canada Programme is in the WHO Collaborating Centre on Noncommunicable Disease Policy in the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

This Centre is a national focal point to support knowledge generation, dissemination, policy development and surveillance in noncommunicable disease prevention.

Further Information

The CINDI Canada Programme functions at the national and the demonstration area levels. The backbone of the CINDI Canada has been the Canadian Heart Health Initiative, the program which implemented a integrated approach to a single disease, it is moving towards an integrated approach across diseases and risk factors. At the national level, the Programme is under the responsibility of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada and the demonstration area for CINDI Canada is Nova Scotia.