This presentation begins with a presentation by Dr. John Soghigian on public-academic collaboration. Then, Dr. Victoria Ng presents citizen science approach to mosquito surveillance.
Subject Area: surveillance
Establishing a Surveillance, Early Warning, and Forecasting System for Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Canada
Beginning in November 2021, Canada has repeatedly contended with outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, impacting both domestic poultry and wild bird populations. These outbreaks have not only posed public health risks but also caused widespread disruption and significant economic damage within the bird farming industry. This study introduces a new digital-based surveillance approach and Early Warning System (EWS) that harnesses publicly available web data to track and anticipate avian influenza outbreaks with greater speed and efficiency.
The Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT): Surveillance of Infectious Diseases in Canadian Children
IMPACT has been active for over 30 years at 14 Canadian centres. It is responsible for surveillance of adverse events following immunizations, vaccine failures and key vaccine preventable infectious diseases. This presentation will highlight essential functions informing public health and surveillance utilizing case study examples.
CANCOVID-Preg: A Pan-Canadian Surveillance Program of Outcomes for Pregnant Women and People and their Infants who Acquired COVID-19 in Pregnancy
This presentation will provide an overview of the findings from CANCOVID-Preg, a pan-Canadian surveillance program of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy. CANCOVID-Preg includes data on >40,000 pregnancies in Canada from 2020-2022 that were impacted by COVID-19 and was utilized over the course of the pandemic to guide public health and vaccination recommendations. With this data, we have described the impact on maternal and infant health associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, elucidated the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 variants and maternal, pregnancy, and infant outcomes, and demonstrated the protective effect of vaccination in each variant period.
Vision 2030: Moving Data to Public Health Action
This presentation provides an overview of the Vision 2030 development, a depiction of a high-functioning public health surveillance ‘system of systems’ and showcases how some ongoing initiatives by public health partners in Canada are addressing the persistent challenges in public health and contributing toward achieving the vision.
From Data to Action: Cancer Surveillance and Occupational Diseases
This seminar includes a presentation by Dr. Donna Turner on cancer surveillance. Then, Dr. Jeavana Sritharan and Dr. Paul Demers present on Ontario’s Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS).
Canada’s Surveillance Efforts for HPAI in Dairy Cattle and Beyond
This seminar covers the status of the HPAI outbreak in US dairy cattle and other species. It is followed by a description of Canada’s surveillance and response plan, its collaborative multi-jurisdictional development, how it closely resembles the recently launched US surveillance plan and how this form of surveillance could be used for future outbreaks and disease detection on Canadian dairy farms and beyond.
Wastewater Monitoring in Northern and Remote Areas: The Eeyou Istchee Experience
This seminar will feature an overview of the work done to set up and maintain a wastewater monitoring system in Cree communities in Eeyou Istchee, located in northern Quebec.
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).
Progress on Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance in Canada (2014-2019)
There have been important expansions within existing national surveillance programs (Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program and the Canadian Integrated Program for AMR Surveillance), with new data integration and reporting by the Canadian AMR Surveillance System. However, important gaps in the AMR/AMU surveillance “patchwork” in Canada must be addressed to make it a comprehensive, integrated, One Health…
Policies and Provisions for Public Health Surveillance of Zika and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases in Canada : Summary and Analysis of the 2016 Environmental Scan
Policies and Provisions for Public Health Surveillance of Zika and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases in Canada Summary and Analysis of the 2016 Environmental Scan Production of this document has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada through funding for the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. The views…
Big Data for Infectious Diseases Surveillance and the Potential Contribution to the Investigation of Foodborne Disease in Canada
Recognizing the potential of big data as “an untapped resource of evidence that may be used to inform policy and decision making”, NCCID commissioned a background paper to initiate discussion among Canadian public health professionals. The primary objective was to examine the potential for big data to inform public health policy for infectious disease management in Canada.