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New Era for Schools and Programs of Public Health in Canada

Public Health Reviews volume 33, pages 277–288 (2011)Cite this article

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In Canada, in the last few years, there has been a very rapid expansion of programs and schools of public health in response to several crises or emergency situations. Provincial and national investigations convened after the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in Toronto in 2003 underlined important deficiencies in the institutional capacity of the public health system and the need to develop training of public health professionals and managers on a large scale.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3J7

    Richard Massé MD, MSc, FRCPC

  2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

    Brent Moloughney MD, MSc, FRCPC

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Massé, R., Moloughney, B. New Era for Schools and Programs of Public Health in Canada. Public Health Rev 33, 277–288 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391633

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