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British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
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The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the provincial reporting centre for reportable diseases. The BCCDC is the provincial public health service providing surveillance, detection, prevention, treatment, policy development, and health promotion programming to promote and protect the health of British Columbians. The BCCDC is a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).
BCCDC combines public health practice with research and policy advice. BCCDC provides direct diagnostic and treatment services to people with diseases of public health significance such as tuberculosis and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.