The goal of the Public Health Program is to protect and enhance health, prevent the onset of disease and premature death of Ontarians at all stages of life. This Program reflects the direction to focus health care resources on preventive health services. The Public Health Program sets standards and protocols, and provides funding to Ontario's boards of health. The Program includes the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, who has independent powers and a responsibility to report annually on the state of public health to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. In this regard, the mandate of Public Health includes the entire spectrum of infectious diseases, chronic diseases and injury prevention, healthy child development, family and community health, and environmental health - all with a focus on the underlying determinants of health and illness. The newly created Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion will support public health at the provincial and local levels. In addition, the Program provides leadership in planning and responding to emergencies with a health component.
VOTE -ITEM # |
STANDARD ACCOUNT BY ITEM AND SUB-ITEMS | |||
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OPERATING EXPENSE | ||||
1406-4 | Public Health | |||
Salaries and wages | 19,196,200 | |||
Employee benefits | 2,871,600 | |||
Transportation and communication | 3,226,400 | |||
Services | 28,269,900 | |||
Supplies and equipment | 19,758,700 | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
Official Local Health Agencies | 332,343,300 | |||
Outbreaks of Diseases | 170,077,300 | |||
Tuberculosis Prevention | 6,345,300 | |||
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control | 1,625,200 | |||
Public Health Associations | 332,300 | |||
Infection Control | 19,320,400 | |||
Ontario Breast Screening Program | 46,222,400 | |||
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion | 102,742,000 | 679,008,200 | ||
Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 752,331,000 | |||
Total Operating Expense for Public Health Program | 752,331,000 | |||
OPERATING ASSETS | ||||
1406-6 | Public Health | |||
Advances and recoverable amounts | ||||
Official Local Health Agencies | 1,000,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets to be Voted | 1,000,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets for Public Health Program | 1,000,000 |