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The Alder Group contributes to the creation
of Pan-Canadian Public Health Goals


In keeping with its mission of “Strengthening the capacity of organizations to make a positive impact on health”, The Alder Group remains committed to strengthening public health systems and the overall health sector in Canada by working with its governmental and non-governmental clients on a range of public health initiatives. Recently, the firm was able to use its expertise to provide research, synthesis content writing, logistics planning and management, facilitation, rapporteur services, translation, and project management services to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) as part of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Goals Initiative. As stated on the PHAC’s web site:

“Federal, provincial and territorial governments have embarked on a national consultation process with public health stakeholders, experts and concerned Canadians to define public health goals for Canada. This initiative follows agreement among Canada’s First Ministers on the need to better co-ordinate inter-governmental efforts to improve the health and safety of their citizens.

Common goals will provide a framework that enables both levels of government to align their individual and collective efforts on public health for the benefit of all Canadians. The goals will also provide the basis for each jurisdiction to establish targets, aligned with these goals, that reflect their respective priorities and capacities.
The goals-setting process is based on results from previous efforts in Canada to reach consensus among governments on common public health goals and targets, and an examination of similar initiatives undertaken in other countries.”