Bhatia N, Sarwal S, Robinson H, Geduld J, Huneault F, Schreiner H, Collins S, Hickey R
Schulich School of Family Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Health Security Infrastructure Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2015 Dec 17;41(Suppl 6):3-8. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v41is6a01.
The global spread of communicable diseases is a growing concern largely as a result of increased international travel. In Canada, although most public health management of communicable diseases occurs at the front line, the federal government also takes actions to prevent and mitigate their importation.
To describe the role of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in minimizing the importation of communicable diseases through preventive measures taken before travellers leave Canada and through early detection and prompt containment measures taken when travellers arrive in the country with a potential communicable disease.
PHAC works to minimize the importation of communicable diseases into Canada by developing evidence-based travel health advice and targeted outreach activities geared to the public and to health care professionals. On the basis of the and the (2005), PHAC also conducts inspections of conveyances such as aircraft and boats and works with partners to conduct border screening to assess ill travellers entering the country.
PHAC plays an important role in preventing and minimizing the importation of communicable diseases into Canada in conjunction with clinicians, public health authorities at all levels of government and other federal government departments.
传染病在全球范围内的传播日益引起人们的关注，这主要是国际旅行增加所致。在加拿大，虽然大多数传染病的公共卫生管理工作在基层开展，但联邦政府也采取行动预防和减轻传染病的输入。
描述加拿大公共卫生署（PHAC）在通过旅行者离开加拿大之前采取的预防措施以及旅行者抵达加拿大时携带潜在传染病的早期检测和迅速控制措施，将传染病输入降至最低方面所发挥的作用。
PHAC通过制定基于证据的旅行健康建议以及针对公众和医疗保健专业人员的有针对性的宣传活动，努力将传染病输入加拿大的情况降至最低。根据《[具体内容1]》和《[具体内容2]》（2005年），PHAC还对飞机和船只等交通工具进行检查，并与合作伙伴共同开展边境筛查，以评估进入该国的患病旅行者。
PHAC与临床医生、各级政府的公共卫生当局以及其他联邦政府部门一道，在预防和尽量减少传染病输入加拿大方面发挥着重要作用。
