Developing preventive health care guidelines in Canada

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Ottawa – In October 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced the launch of the External Expert Review (EER) of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (Task Force). This initiative aims to ensure that preventive health care guidelines meet the needs of Canada’s health care system and support the overall well-being of people living in Canada. …

Closing knowledge gap on breast cancer screening

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Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer death among women and people assigned female at birth in Canada. Ottawa – In 2022, an estimated 28,600 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,500 died from the disease. While survival rates have been steadily increasing over the past 20 years, more can be done to …