Description
"FluWatch is Canada's national surveillance system that monitors the spread of flu and flu-like illnesses on an on-going basis. The FluWatch program consists of a network of labs, hospitals, doctor's offices and provincial and territorial ministries of health. Program objectives include to:
• Detect flu outbreaks across the country as early as possible
• Provide timely up-to-date information on flu activity in Canada and abroad to health professionals [and interested Canadians]
• Monitor circulating strains of the flu virus (like H1N1) and assess their sensitivity to antiviral medications, [such as Tamiflu and Relenza]. Antivirals, when used by doctors to treat flu, can help reduce the severity of the illness and the recovery time for a patient
• Provide information that the World Health Organization can use to make its recommendations on the best vaccine to use for seasonal flu shots."
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Hospitalizations, Intensive Care Unit, Deaths | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Influenza Activity Levels | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Influenza Like Illness (ILI) Consultation Rate | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Influenza Activity Levels | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Hospitalizations, Intensive Care Unit, Deaths | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Influenza Like Illness (ILI) Consultation Rate | xlsx | Open resource | |
| FluWatch: Indicators and Descriptions | TXT | Open resource | |
| FluWatch: Indicators and Descriptions | TXT | Open resource | |
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Laboratory Detection by Age | XLS | ||
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Outbreak | XLS | ||
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Laboratory Detection by Age | XLS | ||
| FluWatch 2011-2012: Outbreak | XLS |