This moderated, live webinar discusses the current vaccine landscape in Canada and provide an overview of the latest recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), seasonal influenza, and COVID-19 for the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season.
Stream: Emerging Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks
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.
mpox: What’s next for Canadian public health?
This webinar will discuss the current situation of the multi-country mpox outbreaks and the potential implications for Canadian public health.
Wastewater-Based Surveillance Program
A peer-to-peer learning program on wastewater-based surveillance for COVID-19, other pathogens and agents for public health practitioners.
Surveillance Advances Seminar Series
Co-hosted by National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) Data, Surveillance, and Foresight Branch (DSFB).
CWN-NCCID Wastewater-Based Surveillance Program
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.
Advancing the Practice of Wastewater Surveillance
Please join us for the sixth seminar of the Surveillance Advances seminar series entitled “Advancing the practice of wastewater surveillance”, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET). This seminar will feature a discussion about COVID and wastewater surveillance in Quebec.
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.
This period of transformation covers not only the physical aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, but also the mental and social dimensions that strongly influence the well-being of women and their families. Recognizing and addressing these multi-dimensional elements is essential to fostering comprehensive support systems and supporting the overall health of women and newborns.
Data for Action: the Role of Data Science in Public Health Surveillance
The integration of data science into public health surveillance marks a new era of opportunities to advance the ability to monitor, analyze, and respond to population health trends and issues. This seminar will discuss the potentially transformative role of data science in shaping the future landscape of public health surveillance.