Partners in Public Health - Summary Report

Annex - Summary of Recommendations

The Task Force acknowledges and supports the work and efforts of all jurisdictions in improving the provision of public health services for their residents, and recommends that:

1. Federal, provincial and territorial governments establish a pan-Canadian Public Health Network (the Network), its supporting structure, instruments, and mandate, as a mechanism for intergovernmental collaboration and coordination on public health issues. The Network is accountable to the F/P/T Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health.
2. F/P/T Ministers of Health approve the principles of an Agreement on Mutual Aid During an Emergency and direct the Network to monitor and report on the implementation of the Agreement on Mutual Aid During an Emergency within one year.
3. The Network report on progress in implementing its year-one priorities to the F/P/T Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health no later than June 2005.

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