About Us

The Public Health Agency of Canada is responsible for overall coordination of the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada - a framework for renewing and strengthening the federal role in the Canadian response to HIV/AIDS. Through the Federal Initiative, the Government of Canada is leading efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Canada and around the world.

PHAC's activities under the Federal Initiative are housed within the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC), whose mandate is to decrease the transmission of infectious diseases and to improve the health status of those who are infected. CIDPC's public health activities include surveillance and epidemiology, risk management, research, health promotion, public health policy development, and prevention and care programs.

CIDPC addresses the full spectrum of infectious diseases that affect Canada and Canadians, including HIV/AIDS, foodborne, zoonotic and environmentally acquired infections, immunization and respiratory infections, community acquired infections (such as Hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis), and health care acquired infections. The Centre works in close partnership with the provinces and territories and with international agencies to accomplish its goals.

Within CIDPC, HIV/AIDS-related programs and activities are managed and delivered by:

• the HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division
• the National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories
• the Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
• the Community Acquired Infections Division

The Agency's regional offices also provide operational and project funding at the regional level, through funding provided through the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada.