The BC Centre for Disease Control provides provincial and national leadership in public health through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services.
BCCDC monitors and reports on communicable diseases and conditions, chronic diseases, overdose events, antimicrobial resistance and utilization, and immunizations.
BCCDC’s 2020/2021 Annual Report on Research illustrates the scope of BCCDC's applied research and the work of its researchers, research staff members and trainees.
As a program of PHSA, BCCDC's planning is guided by the Ministry of Health's annual goals and service plan, as well as PHSA's foundational mandate. PHSA regularly reports the progress on the service plan.
Learn about the PHSA Service Plan