Public Health Agency of Canada

This report provides an overview of the progress and results PHAC has achieved in promoting and protecting the health and safety of Canadians.

This report provides an overview of PHAC’s performance and achievements over the past fiscal year in support of the Government of Canada's commitment to protect the health and safety of all Canadians, as well as its contributions to global public health efforts.

In the past five years (2016 to 2020) rates of infectious syphilis among females increased by 740%, while male cases increased by 70% during the same period. Overall, infectious syphilis rates have increased by 124% nationally, from 2016 to 2020. Rates of infectious syphilis have increased in...

This report was prepared by the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Infectious Diseases Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada. This report is on Hepatitis B and C in Canada.

Government of Canada efforts to address STBBI in Canada are guided by the Pan-Canadian Framework for Action on STBBI and the Government of Canada Five Year Action Plan on STBBI.

Government of Canada efforts to address STBBI in Canada are guided by the Pan-Canadian Framework for Action on STBBI and the Government of Canada Five Year Action Plan on STBBI.

C. trachomatis is the most common reportable sexually transmitted infection in Canada. If not treated, C. trachomatis can spread from a local site of inoculation and lead to serious complications and/or sequelae, such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, infertility, chronic...

Canadians are still reluctant to get tested for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI).

The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases.

The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases.

Core pillars and guiding principles for dealing with sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections

The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases.