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For more information on federal pubic health commitments, please visit the Public Health Agency of Canada website (Click here).
Position:
The Government of Canada must accept its responsibility as a regulator and a funder for stengthening health protection and promotion, disease prevention and surveillance for all residents of Canada. It must also recognize the importance of the broader determinants in improving and maintaining the health of Canadians and work with the provinces and territories to identify, address and advance such determinants. Its initiatives should include, but not be limited to
- establishing a national program for disease prevention and promotion
- establishing national standards
- providing 50% funding to the provinces for new and expanded programs and services meeting such standards
- extend the five principles of the Canada Health Act to cover public health services in order to preserve and protect them
- pursuing a National Immunization Strategy
ACTIVE RESOLUTIONS:
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Recent Developments |
#A03-2, Health Care Renewal and Prevention
The operative clauses of this resolution passed in 2003 call on the Governments of Canada and Ontario to honour the First Ministers’ Commitment to Canadians by vigorously pursuing an Ontario Healthy Living Strategy and National Immunization Strategy; and on alPHa to actively monitor and shape health care renewal and prevention in Ontario as outlined above, including the development of position papers and other instruments.
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April 2005
As promised by the National Immunization Strategy (NIS), the federal government created new immunization programs across Canada to protect children from pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, chicken pox and whooping cough. Since that time, the provinces and territories have put in place programs that fund one or more of these vaccines. The new vaccines add to the current immunization programs for tetanus, diphtheria, polio, whooping cough, invasive Hib infections, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B.
2004
Through Budget 2004, the federal government provided $300 million to support the introduction of new and recommended childhood and adolescent vaccines: Pneumococcal, meningoccal, varicella and acellular pertussis vaccines.
2003
The final report of the F/P/T Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security has been released. It lays out the vision for a comprehensive national immunization strategy, which includes national goals and objectives; immunization program planning; vaccine safety; vaccine procurement; and an immunization registry network. It also covers supporting activities, which cut across and support the five strategy components, including immunization research; public and professional education; approaches to special populations; and vaccine-preventable disease surveillance. Please click here to read.
September 26, 2003
alPHa received a response from the Prime Minister's office to the letter sent September 8th. Click here to view
September 8, 2003
alPHa sent letters to the Prime Minister, Ontario's Premier, the Minister of Health and Long Term Care and Health Canada introducing this Resolution.
February 5, 2003
Prime Minister Chretien, Premiers and Territorial Leaders agreed on 2003 First Ministers Accord on Health Care Renewal. The federal government agreed to provide new funding in support of collaborative work on health living strategies and initiatives.
January 23, 2003
First Ministers released a proposed Accord agreeing on priority areas for new federal investments into health care. These areas included Healthy Living strategies focusing on prevention and wellness. |
CLOSED RESOLUTIONS
#A00-1, Federal Funding for Public Health
| Resolutions |
Developments |
#A00-1, Federal Funding for Public Health
The operative clause calls of this resolution passed in 2000 on the federal government to establish a national program for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, establish national standards and provide 50% dollars to provinces for public health; and on the provincial government to contribute an additional $95M for public health (1% of a projected cost of $9.5B to treat diseases by 2017). |
February 1 2007
Resolution closed by alPHa Board of Directors
December 11 2006
alPHa Advocacy Committee recommends closure of Resolution A00-1 as 1) the federal government has since created the Public Health Agency of Canada (satisfies the “establish a national program for disease prevention and health promotion” clause); 2) TheFederal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers of Health agreed upon Health Goals for Canada in October 2005 (satisfies the “establish national standards” clause); 3) Operation Health Protection investments, the creation of the Ministry of Health Promotion and the increase to the provincial share of public health funding more than satisfies the call for $95M in new provincial money; 4)The call on the federal government to provide 50% funding for the costs of new and expanded programs and services to meet these goals is unrealistic as worded – such funding would be part of the Canada Health Transfer, which does not itemize types of health – related spending.
March 15, 2005
alPHa has written to the Prime Minister to inquire about the status of the Minister of State, Public Health portfolio. Following the January 2006 federal election, there was no indication that the Conservative government was planning to select a replacement for Dr. Carolyn Bennett in that position. Please click here to read the letter.
September 24, 2004
Chief Public Health Officer for Canada appointed. Dr. David Butler Jones has been chosen to lead health protection and promotion, disease prevention and surveillance efforts at the federal level. Please click here to read the news release.
May 17, 2004
Details of the Public Health Agency of Canada have been released. With primary offices in Winnipeg (focus on infectious disease control) and Ottawa (focus on system coordination and chronic disease / injury prevention), six "National Collaborating Centres" are also planned:
- Atlantic Canada - Determinants of Health: to study how social factors affect health
- Quebec - Public Policy and Risk Assessment: to study the impact of public policy on Canadians' health and well-being
- Ontario - Infrastructure, Info-Structure and New Tools Development: to study how public health information can best be gathered and utilized to minimize health risks
- Prairies - Infectious Diseases: to study the present and future risks of emerging and re-emerging diseases
- British Columbia - Environmental Health: to study the effects of the environment on human health
A National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health is also being established to study the health factors affecting the health status of Aboriginal Canadians in urban, rural and remote communities. Please click here for further details.
January 30, 2004
Newly appointed federal Minister of State for Public Health Carolyn Bennett addressed alPHa's membership at the association's All Members' Meeting and reiterated the Canadian government's commitment to creating a national public health agency and appointing a chief public health officer for the country.
December 24, 2003
alPHa wrote new federal Minister of Health Pierre Pettigrew reminding him on the federal government's role in providing leadership on a strong national public health system. Click here to view.
August 18, 2003
Federal health minister Anne McLellan proposed the creation of a new Canadian public health centre similar to the CDC in the United States. |
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