Public Health Agency of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada
Agency overview
Formed 2004
Preceding agency
  • Health Canada’s Population and Public Health Branch
Superseding agency
  • Provincial and Health units
Jurisdiction Canada
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario
Employees 1,800
Annual budget $477.2 million CAD (2005–2006)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Dr. Theresa Tam since Dec. 19, 2016 (acting until June 17, 2017), Chief Public Health Officer
  • Deputy Chief—Infectious Disease and Emergency Prepardness
Parent department Health Canada
Child agencies
  • National Microbiology Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC), Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR), Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses (LFZ),Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (PPS)Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDP)
  • Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CCDPC), Centre for Health Promotion (CHP), Transfer Payment Services and Accountability Division, Public Health Practice (PHPRO), Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP), Strategic Policy, Communications and Corporate Services Branch (SPCCS)
Key document
Website www.phac-aspc.gc.ca

The Public Health Agency of Canada (French: Agence de la santé publique du Canada) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness, and response and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention. It was formed by Order in Council in 2004 and subsequently by legislation that came into force December 15, 2006 and it is member of the Federal Health Portfolio (along with Health Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, and other organizations).

The head of the Public Health Agency is the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. The current Chief is Dr. Theresa Tam.[2] As the Deputy Minister responsible for the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Chief Public Health Officer reports to the Minister of Health. As the Federal Government's lead public health official, the Chief Public Health Officer provides advice to the Minister of Health and the Government of Canada on issues concerning the health of Canadians.

Its headquarters are located in two pillars—one is in Ottawa, the other is the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the location of Canada's only Level 4 microbiology lab for human health. At the time of its creation in 1998, most of the agency's staff were located in the former Gandalf Technologies building in Nepean, south of Ottawa, and were part of Health Canada's Population and Public Health Branch.

Responsibilities

  • Disease Control and Detection
  • Health Safety
    • travel alerts
    • immunization and vaccine
    • Emergency Preparedness
    • Health Promotion
    • Injury Prevention
  • Research and Statistics

Organizational structure

  • Chief Public Health Officer
  • Senior Assistant Deputy Minister—Population and Public Health Integration Branch
  • Assistant Deputy Minister—Infectious Disease and Emergency Prepardness
  • Deputy Chief Public Health Officer—Health Protection and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch
  • Executive Director—Corporate Secretariat

See also

For similar agencies, please see the list of national public health agencies

  • VSV-EBOV, an Ebola virus vaccine developed by PHAC

References

  1. ↑ 2005-2006 Budget
  2. ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/top-doctor-theresa-tam-appointed-to-head-public-health-agency-of-canada/article35472115/
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