Welcome to public health policy, a key source of information on public health policy in Canada and the international sphere.

Securing the public health realm: re-envisioning Canada's role in the new century

"Canada should formulate a foreign and domestic policy focused on establishing health security at national and international levels. Like the mission in Afghanistan this policy will involve taking action abroad to tackle security risks at their source. Doing so will help protect the lives of those in the countries affected as well as provide protection for the health of Canadians." (link)

Should Canada introduce a no-fault compensation program for vaccine injuries to accompany the roll out of a pandemic influenza vaccine? "In 1986, this journal (CMAJ) published an article by the Canadian Pediatric Society calling for Canada to develop a no-fault compensation program for vaccination injuries.1 More than 2 decades later there is no such national system in place, despite repeated calls for its introduction. However, recent developments, including the possible need to administer to millions of Canadians an incompletely tested pandemic influenza vaccine and the rapid increase in recommended pediatric vaccines, make the creation of a no-fault program a national priority."  (link)

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A survey of health-related activities on second life. - the potential for using virtual realtities to communicate health information

Establishing public health security in a postwar Iraq: constitutional obstacles and lessons for other federalizing states. - how Constitutions should consider the allocation of public health powers to be a priority

Coping with public health 2.0 - the threat that social media poses to public health.

Early detection of disease outbreaks using the Internet. - how the Internet could be used to identify disease outbreaks (see also)

The responsibility of healthcare institutions to protect global health security. - why hospitals will need to make changes to accomodate a new global health security system