Xenotransplantation is the use of live, non-human animal cells, tissues and organs in humans.
Xenotransplants could potentially provide an alternative source of organs and tissues for patients in Canada. The report of the Public Advisory Group will be submitted to the Minister of Health in the fall of 2001. The Canadian Public Health Association has agreed to consult with the Canadian public on the health, ethical, legal, economic and social issues related to xenotranstransplantation and to report to the Minister of Health on the results of those consultations. CPHA's members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians. CPHA's mission is to constitute a special national resource in Canada that advocates for the improvement and maintenance of personal and community health according to the public health principles of disease prevention, health promotion and protection, and healthy public policy.