Public Health Agency of Canada

HIV diagnosis rates remained stable over the last decade, with some minor fluctuations.

The Cancer in Young People in Canada (CYP-C) program maintains a national childhood cancer surveillance and research database that is available to researchers seeking to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice(the HPCDP Journal) is the monthly, online scientific journal of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The journal publishes articles on disease...

The birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Canada (excluding Quebec) has been stable in the last decade, averaging 15.8 per 10,000 total births, between 2005 and 2013. The rate of Down syndrome among stillbirths remained relatively stable around 31.2 per 1,000 stillbirths, except for a slight...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the epitome of inequity in public health; it is a social disease with a medical aspect. As this report makes clear, social determinants of health such as poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing and overcrowding contribute to health inequity and are significant underlying...