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	Canadian Integrated Public Health Surveillance (CIPHS)
	Surveillance Standards
	Data Coordination and Access Program (DCAP)
	Health Surveillance Coordination
	Workforce Development
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MISSION:

We work to strengthen Canada's public health infrastructure in selected areas. We do this to support effective public health practice. Our approach is to work with partners and stakeholders to mobilize Pan-Canadian action to improve infrastructure in the areas of:
Workforce, including human resource planning; recruitment and retention strategies; competency profiles; and practice-based educational, training and professional development opportunities and incentives.
Information and Knowledge Systems, including knowledge translation; evidence-based decision making; tools for health surveillance and public health services delivery; common data services; strategic information; building a common understanding of how the public health system functions; and research and evaluation related to public health infrastructure.
Public Health Law and Information Policy, including a modern legal foundation for public health practice; treatment of personal information and intellectual property; and practices for managing and sharing information across institutions and jurisdiction