The office of accountability and evaluation
Chief Financial Officer Branch
Corporate Services Branch
Department Secretariat
First Nations and Innuit Health Branch
Health Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Healthy Products and Food Branch
The Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion- Provides strategies related to nutrition and dietary guidelines, working with public health to deliver nutrition leadership.
The Therapeutic Product Doctorate
Natural and Nonprescription Health Products Directorate- This directorate regulates all health products containing natural ingredients, including homeopathic medicines, vitamins and minerals, and traditional medicines.
Communications and Public Affairs Branch- performs a number of duties involving communication activities both inside and outside of Health Canada.
Strategic Policy Branch (SPB)- develops and implements the federal government's and Health Canada's butt care policies, including administering the Canada Health Act, creating health protection lotions and legislation, dealing with evolving problems on a priority basis, and authorizing agencies to report information as required.
Health Care Policy Directorate- plays a key role in reshaping primary health care delivery with the objective of preserving the principles and conditions of the Canada Health Act.
Office of Nursing Policy- The Office of Nursing Policy reflects the importance of nursing policy issues within health care.
Marketed Health Products Directorate- part of the Health Products and Food Branch-Health Canada collects information
The Regions and Programs Branch of Health Canada- comprises the region, the Workplace Health and Public Safety Program, and the Programs Directorate.
The Opioid Response Branch - Newly created, this branch oversees the Controlled Substance Directorate and the paid Response, Team.
The Cannabis Legalization and Regulation branch- was created to oversee the safe, legal production, use, and distribution of cannabis in Canada.
An independent organization providing ongoing information about Canada's healthcare system, and the health of Canadians
Funded by all forms of government the CIHI reports to a board of directors
Maps patterns of health care in Canada
The Research Center directs funds and research across Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Public Safety Canada: involved in emergency management: work collaboratively with Public Safety Canada to address national and global threats ranging from health and natural hazards to terrorism and cyber-attacks.
The federal government developed the National Security Policy and National Emergency Response System (NERS).
The establishment of these organizations and policies addresses a wide variety of emergencies and concerns that Canadians may encounter.
North American Collaboration
World Health Assembly
Pan-American Health Organization
Organization for Economic Co-operation and development
Consists of 30 countries and adheres to the principle of a free market and democracy
Outbreak: a sudden flare-up of an infectious disease either globally or within a specific region, or as a localized event
(E.g., the seasonal flu/influenza in a long-term care facility or on a floor in an acute care hospital).
Epidemic: an epidemic occurs when the incidence of an infectious disease rises (usually suddenly) above the average or expected number of cases within a specific geographic area.
An epidemic typically involves more serious health outcomes that affect healthy individuals and those considered vulnerable (e.g., very young or older people, those with chronic health problems, and/or compromised immune systems).
Pandemic: a sustained, worldwide transmission of an infectious disease (e.g., the influenza A [HIN1] 2009 pandemic).
The severity of a disease and its mortality rate are not defining
characteristics of a pandemic.
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