National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

Vancouver, BC Canada

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

The NCCEH is one of six centres created to foster linkages within the public health community of Canada. The centres are funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada through the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health program. Located at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) in Vancouver, the NCCEH's focus is environmental health, defined initially as services and programs currently delivered by regional and local health agencies in Canada. Our function is to: * synthesize, translate, and exchange knowledge; * identify gaps in research and practice knowledge; and * build capacity through networks of environmental health practitioners, policy-makers, and resea