DISEASE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
Travel Health Notices
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) travel health notices outline potential health risks to Canadian travellers and recommend ways to help reduce them (Public Health Agency of Canada). https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/health-safety/travel-health-notices
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
The Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) is an expert advisory body that assists PHAC with travel health-related advice for travellers and health care professionals. (CATMAT) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/catmat.html
Public Health Notices
Active outbreak investigations and safety advice (Public Health Agency of Canada).https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/public-health-notices.html
Diseases and Conditions
Find information, tools and facts about symptoms, risks and how to prevent, treat and manage human diseases and illnesses (Health, Government of Canada). https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases.html?sti
CCOHS: Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases, such as West Nile virus infection, rabies, avian flu, and Lyme disease, are spread to humans through contact with infected animals, the environment, or contaminated food or water. Workers who may be at risk include those in outdoor occupations or who have contact with animals, including veterinarians, groundskeepers and workers involved in landscaping, construction, forestry, farming, and wildlife management (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety).https://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/health/zoonotic-diseases
Disease Debriefs
NCCID Disease Debriefs are designed to offer timely and up-to-date knowledge on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases for Canadian public health audiences. Disease Debriefs connect readers to clinical and public health guidance, evidence, and other sources of information (National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases).
Disease Debriefs are typically organized to answer four main public health- related questions: What are important characteristics of the disease? What is happening with current outbreaks of the disease? What is the current risk for Canadians? What measures should be taken for a suspected disease case or contact? https://nccid.ca/disease-debriefs/
AMR Aware
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affects us all, and tackling it requires collective action. AMR Aware Canada is a national initiative dedicated to building knowledge, sharing practical tools, and inspiring Canadians to take part in the global movement against AMR (AMR Aware Canada).https://amraware.ca/
Worms and Germs - Centre for Public Health & Zoonoses / University of Guelph
The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses offers information relating to zoonotic diseases (diseases transmitted from animals to people), including aspects of human and pet health, infection prevention and control, and vaccination. It is located at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada (Worms and Germs). https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/
SURVEILLANCE
Human and animal surveillance systems in Canada monitor for emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases.
Zoonotic diseases in humans
Nationally Notifiable Diseases
Notifiable Diseases Online is an interactive website that enables users to explore annual data from the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CNDSS). The CNDSS monitors trends in nationally notifiable diseases, infectious diseases that have been identified collectively by the federal, provincial and territorial governments as priorities for monitoring and control (Health, Government of Canada) https://diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/
Case Definitions
Case definitions for nationally notifiable diseases are intended to support public health activities rather than clinical diagnosis (Public Health Agency of Canada). https://diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/diseases-list
Public Health Surveillance Systems, Programs and Networks
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/surveillance.html#wb-auto-4
Vector-borne disease surveillance in Canada | Mosquito-borne Vectors, such as mosquitoes, spread diseases between humans or from animals to humans, usually by biting. Diseases spread by vectors are called vector-borne diseases (Health, Government of Canada). https://health-infobase.canada.ca/zoonoses/mosquito/
Vector -borne disease surveillance in Canada | Tick-borne Vectors, such as ticks, spread diseases between humans or from animal to humans, usually by biting. Diseases spread by vectors are called vector- borne diseases. Find out how we monitor tick-borne diseases in Canada (Health, Government of Canada) https://health-infobase.canada.ca/zoonoses/ticks/explore-data.html
Zoonotic diseases in animal populations
Federally reportable diseases for terrestrial animals in Canada
https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/canada
Immediately notifiable diseases
In general, immediately notifiable diseases are diseases exotic to Canada for which there are no control or eradication programs (Canadian Food Inspection Agency). https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/immediately-notifiable>
Annually notifiable diseases
In general, annually notifiable diseases are present in Canada, but are not classified as reportable or immediately notifiable (Canadian Food Inspection Agency). https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/notifiable-diseases
NETWORKS
CAHSS Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
CAHSS brings together and uses data-driven information to demonstrate animal health, minimize impacts of disease, and guide planning on national animal health priorities (Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System). https://www.cahss.ca/
CAHSS Disease Alerts Tool
The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System Disease Alerts Tool provides a nationally accessible inventory of animal health disease alerts from across Canada (Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System). https://cahss.ca/cahss-tools/disease-alerts
CAHSS Tools | Reportable & Notifiable Diseases
The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System Regulated Disease Tables are designed to allow a user to quickly determine whether a disease of interest is regulated (reportable or notifiable) nationally and in different provinces and territories (Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System). https://cahss.ca/cahss-tools/reportable--notifiable-diseases
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
CWHC provides a Canada-wide perspective on wildlife health at the same time as helping to identify and assess emerging problems at a local level. https://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/
Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
The Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (CEZD) is a Canadian virtual multidisciplinary network that includes partners from provincial, federal and municipal governments, industry, and academia in areas of public, animal and environmental health. Through the gathering of information, analysis, and the generation and distribution of timely intelligence reports, Canada is now better able to anticipate, manage, and mitigate pending disease threats on its society,economy, environment, and animal resources (Community of Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases). https://cezd.ca/
FURTHER READING
Zoonoses Bulletin
The Zoonoses Bulletin is an email subscription list that provide you with regular updates from the Public Health Agency of Canada regarding our work on zoonoses. Subscribing to the Zoonoses Bulletin will help keep you up to date and informed about our work on these diseases (Public Health Agency of Canada). https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/subscribe.html
Canada Communicable Disease Report
The Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) is a bilingual, peer-reviewed journal on infectious diseases. It is published on the Government of Canada website by the Public Health Agency of Canada on the first Thursday of each month, with combined issues in March/April and July/August (Public Health Agency of Canada). https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/canada-communicable-disease-report-ccdr/about-canada-communicable-disease-report.html
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