Paul R Gully MB ChB FRCPC

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National Food Safety Strategy Symposium -
Guelph 05.03.21

• Paul R Gully MB ChB FRCPC
• Deputy Chief Public Health Officer
• Public Health Agency for Canada

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Outline

• Public Health Agency of Canada and Chief Public
  Health Officer
• The Foundations of Public Health - Population
  Health
• Food Safety
• Context and Questions
• Strategic challenges
• National Approach
• Communication

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Public Health Agency of Canada

• Recognition of importance of public health
• Leadership Partnership
• Professional head
• High level interaction
• Regional presence
• Minister of State for Public Health

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Public Health Agency of Canada

• National Collaborating Centres
• National Public Health Goals
• Pan-Canadian Public Health Network
• Integrated Strategies

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Public Health

• Population health assessment
• Surveillance, research and investigation
• Risk assessment
• Policy development
• Public health programs of
• Prevention
• Promotion
• Protection

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Food Safety

• Broad determinants
• Infectious acute chronic
• Surveillance, analysis, research
• Questions risk assessment
• Consumption patterns
• Globalization of supply
• Travel
• Host and agent factors

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Food Safety

• National Approach
• ? Partners
• Communication
• Of what to whom?
• Domestic to Global