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If you travel, extra health insurance may help with high medical costs in other countries. Get more information about out-of-province and out-of-country provincial health coverage.

The province's health regions work closely with Saskatchewan Health to maintain a system for identifying and dealing with public health risks.

Saskatchewan Health is responsible for ensuring there is a combination of legislation, regulations, programs, services, education and awareness about impediments to good health. In this way, we help maintain healthy people in healthy communities.

Programs to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease and illness.

The health system monitors population health levels and public health risks.

Research and evaluation to measure health performance and opportunities for quality improvement.

Prevention of disease, illness and injury, and protection from public health risks.

Contact information for public health offices in Saskatchewan health regions.

Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory (SDCL) provides laboratory surveillance to reduce the risk from new and re-emerging infectious diseases.

The Saskatchewan Population Health Council provides direction on public health priorities, strategies, operational processes and accountability measures via multi-sectoral collaboration.

Related Documents

Vision document published in 2001 outlining the desired future of public health service delivery.

health-promotion.pdf  ( 2 MB )
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The agency looks for more effective efforts to prevent chronic diseases, prevent injuries and respond to public health emergencies.  The overall goal is to keep Canadians healthy and help reduce pressures on the health care system.



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