Evaluation of Food-borne Enteric Illness Prevention, Detection and Response Activities at the Public Health Agency

Prepared by
Evaluation Services
Public Health Agency of Canada

March 2012

 

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose and scope of evaluation
  • 1.2 Methodology
• 2. Background and context
• 3. Findings
  • 3.1 Relevance
  • 3.2 Performance
• 4. Conclusions and recommendations
• Appendix A. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Appendix B. Lessons Learned from the 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 Outbreak
• Appendix C. Progress from Listeriosis 2008 Outbreak
• Appendix D. Evaluation Matrices
• Appendix E. Public Health Agency’s Role in Food-Borne Enteric Illness Prevention, Detection and Response Activities
• Appendix F. Surveillance Systems Description
• Appendix G. Use of Evidence at the Public Health Agency of Canada
• Bibliography
• Endnotes