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About Us
- The Role of the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Regional (Alberta/NWT)
- The Mission, Vision and Mandate of the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Mission: To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation, and action in public health
- Vision: Healthy Canadians and communities in a healthier world
- Mandate: In collaboration with our partners, lead federal efforts and mobilize Pan-Canadian action in preventing disease and injury, and promoting and protecting national and international public health through the following:
- Anticipate, prepare for, respond to and recover from threats to public health;
- Carry out surveillance, monitor, research, investigate and report on diseases, injuries, other preventable health risks and their determinants, and the general state of public health in Canada and internationally;
- Use the best available evidence and tools to advise and support public health stakeholders nationally and internationally as they work to enhance the health of their communities;
- Provide public health information, advice and leadership to Canadians and stakeholders;
- Build and sustain a public health network with stakeholders.
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