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Position:
Preventable Infectious diseases place a significant burden on the health care system, and there are many interventions available to reduce their incidence, including public education, immunizations, and prevention, detection and control measures. Strong public policies to support the prevention and control of infectious diseases are the foundations of public health and a vital cornerstone of a strong health care system.
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#A01-13, Tuberculosis Control Among New Immigrants to Canada
THAT alPHa urge the Government of Canada:
♦ To develop and implement, as soon as possible, an effective and efficient process that ensures that all “Medical Surveillance Undertakings” are brought to the attention of local medical officers of health in a timely and complete manner for expeditious action;
♦ To ensure that individuals placed on medical surveillance by Citizenship and Immigration Canada are given sufficient information at the time of signature about whom and how to contact the appropriate provincial/territorial health clinic and that the information be culturally sensitive;
♦ To ensure that individuals on medical surveillance are followed by CIC to verify that they have reported to appropriate provincial/territorial health clinics within 30 days as per the Medical Surveillance Undertaking form; and
♦ To ensure that sufficient health care resources are made available to allow all those on medical surveillance to be fully assessed by an experienced health care provider in tuberculosis management and, if necessary, treated in a timely manner
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July 10, 2002
Received a letter from Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Denis Coderre summarizing present policies and indicating that a Medical Surveillance Unit was established by the Ministry in February of 2001. It was also indicated that Ontario now has a single-source TB contact to deal with TB surveillance issues.
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