title: Canadian STI national goals and phase specific strategies.
abstract: National goals should be "SMART"-specific, measurable, achievable, resource sensitive, and timed. To be meaningful, these goals must be sustainable and realistic within the time frame and fiscal limitations. Multisector partnerships are essential for the goals to become operational.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB, Centre for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. tom_wong@hc_sc.gc.ca
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*