Pneumococcal disease: Monitoring
How Canada monitors pneumococcal disease
The most severe form of pneumococcal disease, invasive pneumococcal disease, is a nationally notifiable disease in Canada. That means that every confirmed case of invasive pneumococcal disease is reportable to public health. This ensures actions can be taken to protect people in the community or across the country.
When a case of invasive pneumococcal disease is confirmed, health care providers and labs report it to their local public health unit or office. The report of the case is then forwarded to the respective provincial or territorial public health department. Provinces and territories then provide annual data to the Public Health Agency of Canada. This is done through the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System or a disease-specific surveillance system.
In addition, a system called Surveillance of Invasive Streptococcal Disease, or eSTREP, carries out national surveillance of:
- different types of invasive pneumococcal bacteria
- patterns of antimicrobial resistance
This is supported by the National Microbiology Laboratory, which is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Learn more:
- About antimicrobial resistance
- Technical charts and graphs: Choose how you'd like to see disease data
Related links
- Preventing pneumococcal disease
- Respiratory infectious diseases: Reduce your risk with personal protective measures