Strengthen Canada's Public Health System Now

From: Canadian Journal of Public Health | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Previous editorials and reports1-3 have consistently focused much-needed attention on the fragile state of Canada's public health system, and questioned its ability to adequately respond to current and emerging threats to the public's health. In the wake of recent infectious disease outbreaks such as SARS and continuing chronic disease epidemics such as obesity, there have been in 2003 reports by the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health, chaired by Dr. David Naylor; the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology led by Senator Kirby; and the Canadian ...

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