Organizations and Agencies
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Health Information for you and your family
LOCAL:
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Health Canada - Sante Canada
- Joint Policy & Planning Committee (Ontario) JPPC
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Government of Canada Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
(enter name of act in the title field) - Acts of the Government of Canada
(click on LAWS) - Ontario Bills and Status Legislation (in session)
- Ontario Legislation
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- TeleHealth OntarioTelehealth Ontario is a free, confidential telephone service you can call to get health advice or general health information from a Registered Nurse who can assess your symptoms and help you decide your best first step. Telehealth helps you decide whether to care for yourself, make an appointment with your doctor, go to a clinic, contact a community service or go to a hospital emergency room.
- Center for Disease Control
- World Health Organization
HEALTH INFORMATION AND RESEARCH BODIES
- Canadian Centre for Occupation Health and Safety
- Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre
- Canadian Health Network
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario - ICES
- Medical Research Council
- SARSWatch
PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES
- Canadian Medical Association
- Canadian Nurses Association
- College of Nurses of Ontario
- Ontario Medical Association
- Ontario Nurses Association
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
STATISTICS
- Health Statistics (US)
- National Center for Health Statistics
- CIHI - The Canadian Institute for Health Information
- National Centre for Health Statistics
- Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians
- Statistics Canada - Health
- POPLINE (Johns Hopkins Center for Communication)
Coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues, including family planning technology and programs, fertility, and
population law and policy. - Population Health Approach - Health Canada Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Statistics (NIH) - extensive list of US Health Statistics sites
- Statistics Canada
- Statistics Canada
Downloadable publications (free). Please see headings "Health" and "Population and Demography - WHO Statistical Information System
WHOSIS- Health and health-related statistical information from the WHO Global Program on Evidence health Policy
SPECIALIZED STATISTICS
- Canadian Cancer Statistics
- Diabetes in Canada
- Disease Surveillance Online
Cancer, cardiovascular and notifiable diseases. - Basic Country health Profiles, Summaries, 1999
Pan American health organization (includes Canadian data). - FedStats (US)
Gateway to statistics from over 100 US Federal agencies - HIV / AIDS Statistics
- HIV and AIDS in Canada, 1994 to Present
- National Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States 1950-1994 (Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs)
- National Cancer Institute - SEER Program
- Statistics on Substance Abuse
- World Health Report 2001 Health Systems: Improving Performance
An analysis of the increasingly important influence of health systems in the daily lives of people worldwide.