The Public Health Agency of Canada is an agency of the Department of Health within the government of Canada which is responsible for public health and, more specifically, emergency preparedness and response and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention. Look up Agency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In philosophy, law, and other fields, agency is the status of an agent. ... The Department of Health, also referred to as Health Canada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health. ... Public health is an aspect of health services concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... Emergency operations or Emergency preparedness is a set of doctrines to prepare civil society to cope with natural or man-made disasters. ... In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent (e. ... Medicine In medicine, a persistent and lasting condition is said to be chronic (from Greek chronos). ...

The head of the Public Health Agency is the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. The current Chief is Dr. David Butler-Jones. The department is represented in the Canadian government by the Minister of Health. The Chief Public Health Officer is the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada. ... DR can refer to any of the following: Disaster recovery. ... Dr. David Butler-Jones is the current (c. ... System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ... In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of Health is responsible for overseeing the federal governments health department (Health Canada) and enforcing the Canada Health Act, the law governing Medicare. ...

Its headquarters are in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the location of Canada's only Level 4 microbiology lab for human health. At the time of its creation in 2004, most of the agency's staff were located in the former Gandalf company building in Nepean, south of Ottawa. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada location. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) Land 553,556 km² Water 64,241 km² (14. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gandalf was one of the original high tech companies in the Ottawa area. ... Categories: Canada geography stubs ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ...

External link

• Public Health Agency of Canada Official Website