Surveillance

Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network

The CCASN was established in 2002, under the umbrella of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS). It is a national framework to support interdisciplinary collaboration and networking, bringing together research, surveillance and clinical and public health practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the quality of surveillance data and expanding our understanding of congenital anomalies.

Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)

CIPARS collects information on antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens and commensal organisms from the agri-food sector (farm level, abattoir level and retail level), on antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens isolated from humans, and on antimicrobial use in humans and animals. The components are part of a representative, methodologically unified approach, modeled after international initiatives such as the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS-USA) and the Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Programme (DANMAP-Denmark).

Canadian Integrated Public Health Surveillance (CIPHS)

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.

 

Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)

The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) is a collaborative effort of the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), a subcommittee of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada and the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC) of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Established in 1994, the objectives of CNISP are to provide rates and trends of healthcare-associated infections at Canadian healthcare facilities, thus enabling comparison of rates (benchmarks), and to provide data that can be used in the development of national guidelines on clinical issues related to healthcare-associated infections. At present, 49 sentinel hospitals from 9 provinces participate in the CNISP network.

Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP)

The CPSP was established in 1996 to monitor diseases and conditions in Canadian children that are relatively low in frequency but are of public health importance, with high disability, morbidity, mortality and economic cost to society. The program is a joint project of PHAC and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and is the responsibility of Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division in PHAC's Centre for Health Promotion.

An expert Steering Committee with representation from groups including the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health oversees the Program and reviews new study proposals. Preference is given to studies that have strong public health importance and could not be undertaken any other way. Upon initiation of a new study, practicing Canadian paediatricians, paediatric sub-specialists and other participating specialists (e.g. geneticists) receive a summary of the protocol, including the case definition and a brief description of the condition. This serves to educate and increase awareness of conditions under surveillance while providing a uniform basis for reporting.

Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS)

The Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS) is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) initiative to strengthen national health surveillance capacity. The CPSS is an ongoing national health surveillance program delivered through the Maternal and Infant Health Section. Its mission is to contribute to improved health for pregnant women, mothers and infants in Canada.

C-EnterNet

C-EnterNet is a multi-partner initiative facilitated by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) are major funding partners for the pilot phase of C-EnterNet. It is meant to support activities that will reduce the burden of enteric disease, by comprehensive sentinel site surveillance implemented through local public health units. This initiative will result in effective evaluation and development of policies related to the safety of food and water. Its approach is in line with leading-edge work in public health, as called for in Canada by the recent Haines (meat safety), Naylor (SARS outbreak) and O'Connor (water safety) reports, the Auditor General and the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network; in the United States, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); in Australia, by the Department of Health and Ageing; and in the European Union, by the Integrated Approach to Food Safety. Such work focuses on the necessity of collaboration among jurisdictions and of integration of efforts, new communication networks, rigorous systematization, and involvement of local public health units to inform policy at the local, regional and national levels.

Chronic Disease Infobase

Infobase is a one-stop bilingual, free resource to help you locate high quality and up-to-date health data easily and quickly. This online dissemination tool translates health data into information to help you understand and improve the health of Canadians. Its userfriendly interface generates maps, graphs and tables that you can print, download and analyze.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJD-SS): Statistics

• Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported to CJD-SS
• CJD Cases Reported to CJD-SS
• CJD Cases Reported by Province
• Incidence of CJD Cases Reported to CJD-SS in Canada

Disease Surveillance On-Line

Disease Surveillance On-Line is a tool providing four applications to visitors to PHAC's Web site which allow them to access data on cancer, cardiovascular disease and notifiable diseases over a range of years, and to customize the data for their specific needs.

• Cancer
• Notifiable Diseases

FluWatch

The Viral Respiratory Diseases Section, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC), produces weekly or biweekly FluWatch reports, summarizing influenza surveillance activities in Canada. Weekly reports are produced during the influenza season (October - May) and biweekly reports are produced during the off season (June - September). Influenza surveillance is a collaborative effort between provincial and territorial ministries of health, participating laboratories, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, sentinel physicians, and CIDPC.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health Practice

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) are used in many fields to create, store, analyze, and display data with a spatial component (i.e. location information). In recent years, the use of GIS by public health professionals has expanded rapidly.

HIV/AIDS Surveillance

• HIV and AIDS in Canada - Surveillance Reports
• HIV-1 Strain and Primary Drug Resistance in Canada
• HIV/AIDS Update Series
  • HIV/AIDS Epi Updates
  • HIV/AIDS Epi Notes - Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: The Community at a Glance
• HIV Epidemiology - Publications
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance - Publications

Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) weekly

The Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) weekly is a digest of national and international information about communicable disease incidents and issues. CCDR weekly include:

• Infectious disease news;
• FluWatch summaries;
• Preliminary outbreak reports, including linkages to information in existing provincial/ territorial news bulletins;
• Announcements

Injury Surveillance On-Line

Injury Surveillance On-Line provides a centralized source of current data on injury deaths and hospitalizations in Canada. Interactive queries offer a choice of geography, age groups, sex, injuries and morbidity or mortality data. A variety of presentation methods such as maps, charts, graphs and tables can be produced. This timely and unique on-line data source provides easy access to, and promotes the use of, Canadian injury information and statistics.

National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP)

The NESP is a national surveillance program designed to provide timely analysis and reporting of laboratory confirmed enteric disease cases in Canada. The NESP has been in operation since April 1997 and provides weekly reports to stakeholders across the country.

Notifiable Diseases Monthly Report

Notifiable Diseases Monthly Report presents the notifiable diseases data for Canada which is tabulated on a monthly basis.

Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada

The Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System reports on respiratory viruses in Canada.

STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Surveillance and Epidemiology

• 2004 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Report
• Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Canada
• Reported Cases and Rates of Notifiable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI): Canada
• STI Data Tables
• Hepatitis C and Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance & Epidemiology

Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Surveillance System (TTISS) and Transfusion Errors Surveillance System (TESS)

Describes the activities of the Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Section, which coordinates two ongoing national surveillance systems for monitoring transfusion related events  –  the transfusion associated adverse events reporting system (TTISS) and the transfusion error surveillance (TESS). Together, these surveillance systems are aimed at improving transfusion processes and maximizing patient safety.

Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Surveillance Reports

• Case Reporting
• Drug Resistance

West Nile Virus Surveillance Information

Hosted by the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and the National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

• 2008 Human Surveillance