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CanTravNet – the Canadian Travel Medicine Network – is a network of clinical experts in travel and tropical medicine from across Canada. Our mission is to support the surveillance and detection of travel-associated illness among Canadians, and to provide a platform for communication and data collection among specialists in the field. Our goal is to build and strengthen a multi-disciplinary network of qualified experts in the fields of travel and tropical medicine, with recognized competence in the clinical diagnosis and management of illness in the returned traveler and expertise in the detection, identification, and management of imported infections.
CanTravNet is made up of the GeoSentinel sites based in Canada, together with affiliate members who are (ISTM) members based in Canada. CanTravNet coordinates analyses and other projects based on data from Canadian travelers, and functions as an information and communication network for Canadian practitioners interested in travelers’ health and tropical medicine. CanTravNet also works closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada to identify current topics of interest to Canadians, and emerging questions regarding surveillance of imported infections. CanTravNet is then commissioned to interrogate the data and produce reports or publications, as appropriate. In return, the Public Health Agency of Canada provides funding used for GeoSentinel operations. CanTravNet receives modest independent funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and has expanded to include a network of 9 Sites and 55 Affiliate Members with the sentinel Sites providing data on an estimated 15-20% of all returning Canadian travelers.
Membership in CanTravNet – either as a Core Site or as an Affiliate Member – is automatically included with your membership as a GeoSentinel Network Site or GeoSentinel Affiliate Member. For more information on GeoSentinel membership and to access membership applications, please contact us.
Our network was founded in 2012 under contracts between ISTM, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the University Health Network of Toronto as the coordinating centre.