Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a recognized global public health threat. Integrated, One Health based surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) must underpin efforts to protect human, animal, and crop health. In 2014, the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) published a report assessing AMR/AMU surveillance in Canada along with recommendations to address gaps…
The city of Vancouver played host to hundreds of TB experts at End TB 2017, a meeting of the International Union Against Tuberculosis (North American Region). The four-part NCCID “TB Talk” series features one-on-one conversations with experts who attended the meeting. The questions in these interviews originate from what the NCCID has heard from public health practitioners…
Ten Questions and Answers for Canadian Public Health Practitioners Preamble As a result of increased interest and questions about a perceived resurgence or re-emergence of the Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 this winter, NCCID has undertaken a Rapid Review similar to what had been done for H7N9 and MERS Co-V. However, because this is a review of a previously known pathogen,…
