As the first year of the CWN-NCCID Wastewater-based Surveillance (WBS) Program comes to an end in March this year, CWN and NCCID overviewed our WBS program.
Stream: Emerging Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks
Advancing the practice of wastewater surveillance
This seminar will provide a discussion on the multifaceted landscape of wastewater surveillance in Québec, offering insights into lessons learned from reviews, evaluations, and genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 that highlight the pivotal role of wastewater surveillance has and will continue to have in public health monitoring and disease management.
PHAC Wastewater Monitoring Program for COVID-19
Wastewater has already been used to show early detection of COVID-19 in some Canadian jurisdictions prior to an increase of clinically diagnosed cases. As COVID-19 can be characterized by symptomatic and asymptomatic infection, it is important to identify the presence of undiagnosed cases to minimize the likelihood of outbreaks.
Trans PULSE Canada COVID-19 Podcast Mini-Series
This podcast series provides details about the results of a qualitative study investigating the impact of COVID-19 on trans and nonbinary population and asks guests to speak about their experiences related to common themes identified from the study.
Exploring Canadian Sentiments on COVID-19 Vaccination: A Twitter-based Analysis
The purpose of this work is to conduct a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 vaccine-related English tweets posted by Canadian users to identify key topics that dominate the conversation and examine the public sentiments regarding these different topics over a short study period.
Injury Data and Surveillance: What Are We Looking for?
This presentation will provide information on the importance of striving for a more collaborative approach between data analysts and primary knowledge users who work in the injury prevention field. This will include a description of the reasons for a greater focus on obtaining actionable data to help maximize the use of limited available resources.
Insights in Public Health Surveillance for Maternal and Newborn Health
The journey from pregnancy to childbirth and beyond is a complex process that requires careful attention, informed decision-making, and collaborative efforts from healthcare and public health practitioners, policymakers, researchers, women and their families, and society as a whole.
Data for Action: the Role of Data Science in Public Health Surveillance
This webinar helps deepen attendees’ understanding of how to use responsible Artificial Intelligence, data science and mathematical solutions to improve public health surveillance and response to emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
Canada’s Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP): Lessons Learned and Accessibility Barriers
This webinar will explore key barriers and recommendations to Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) access and enrollment. PNEP was implemented in 2018 by the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) to provide people in prisons with access to sterile injection equipment.
Advancing Public Health Surveillance’s Role in Tackling Health Inequalities
This seminar will discuss the importance of health inequalities and how, by closely monitoring and documenting them, public health surveillance provides the foundation for informed decision-making and targeted interventions.
Interpreting & Communicating the signal from Wastewater-based Surveillance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Wastewater Surveillance Team Lead, will highlight the current landscape of wastewater-based surveillance in the USA, and the lessons that have been learned throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond.
Surveillance Advances Seminar Series
Hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) – Corporate Data and Surveillance Branch (CDSB) and The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID).