British Columbia Centre for Disease Control information
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BC Centre for Disease Control
Agency overview
Preceding agencies
Special Health and Treatment Services (1955)
Vancouver Bureau (1977)
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (1986)
Jurisdiction
British Columbia
Headquarters
655 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada
Agency executive
Dr. Réka Gustafson, Vice President, Public Health and Wellness and Deputy Provincial Health Officer[1]
Parent agency
Provincial Health Services Authority
Website
Official website
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the public health arm for British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority.[2]
The BCCDC is located at 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. The Centre has tuberculosis[3] and sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinics[4] as well as outreach clinics in high prevalence areas throughout BC.
The BCCDC is the centralized purchaser of all non-travel vaccines for the province, is responsible for provincial environmental health issues and carries out both public health and medical sciences research. It aims to provide provincial and national leadership in public health through "surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation" services. It also aims to provide analytical and policy support to all levels of government and health authorities. It is linked to the University of British Columbia for research and teaching.[5]
^"Leadership".
^"BC Centre for Disease Control: Protecting Public Health" (PDF). PHSA. June 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^Raff, Daniel (29 Oct 2012). "A Blight on Vancouver: a Tuberculosis FAQ". The Terry Project (UBC). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^Smith, Sam (18 May 2014). "STIs rising across all age groups in Canada and B.C." Metro News. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^"What We Do". BC Centre for Disease Control. Archived from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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