Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
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Inventory of Data Sources

Enteric, Food and Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance (Health Canada)

Contacts
Sandy Isaacs
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Population and Public Health Branch (Ontario)
Ontario/Nunavut Region
Health Canada
Tel: (519) 826-2212
Fax: (519) 826-2244
E-mail: Sandy_Isaacs@hc-sc.gc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Health Canada

Purpose of Database
The goal of this system is to provide national data on enteric, food and waterborne outbreaks; to identify risk factors associated with enteric, food and waterborne diseases; to contribute to fact-based development of disease prevention and control programs; and to contribute to studies on the burden of disease and to international surveillance of enteric, food and waterborne diseases. Data may also be used to identify high-risk contaminated food and water products.

Content
National data on enteric, food and waterborne diseases and outbreaks; waterborne and enteric infections; risk factors for and epidemiology of these diseases/infections.

Year Database Established
Not specified

Coverage Period
1998 (start)

Data Updates
Weekly

Data Providers
Provinces

Data Availability
Not applicable

Reports
3-month and annual summaries on national outbreak reporting trends.