1. National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. Learning from SARS—renewal
of public health in Canada—executive summary. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; …

166 REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE• VOL. 100, NO. 3 that infectious
diseases remained a challenge and a threat. That threat took on a new dimension in 2003 …

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell, MD—the first woman to graduate from medical school in the
United States—made some compelling observations about the importance of population …

It is important to consider why public health achievements have been so much less
successful for adult than for childhood infectious diseases. Likely multiple reasons underlie …

© 2004 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.(Reprinted) JAMA, January 14,
2004—Vol 291, No. 2 173 societies, and representatives of the health-care industry, has …

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are newly or previously identified diseases
that are increasing in incidence or changing in geographic range (Lederberg et al., 1992) …

In its report, the National Advisory Group on SARS and Public Health concludes that
Canada was ill prepared for the outbreak and lacked both the resources and the chain of …

1 Syed Q, Sopwith W, Regan M, et al. Behind the mask. Journey through an epidemic: some
observations of contrasting public health responses to SARS. J Epidemiol Community …

Senator Michael Kirby is challenging the federal government to invest in health protection
within the year.“Three studies in 10 years have recommended this, yet nothing has …

Eurosurveillance | Health Canada publishes Learning from SARS report and recommends
expansion of communicable disease surveillance in Canada 1887 Other sites: ECDC European …