Program directory · Public Health Agency of Canada

Communicable Disease and Infection Control

Department

Public Health Agency of Canada

Program code

BVQ02 (PHAC)

Core responsibility

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program’s objective is to protect Canadians from the spread of infectious disease in communities and healthcare settings. By achieving its objectives this Program provides national leadership on health promotion and infectious disease prevention. The Program collaborates with domestic and international stakeholders to share knowledge, tools, and resources to support public health front-line efforts, including targeted community-based interventions, to prevent, control, and reduce community and healthcare associated infections.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.