Ottawa Public Health says its focus during 2023 was on sustaining the COVID-19 response, “ensuring people had the protection of COVID-19 booster vaccines” and restoring more core and essential public health programs and services.
OTTAWA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- COVID-19 public health restrictions, including mask mandates, will continue being lifted across Canada in the coming weeks as Ontario's chief medical officer of health confirmed Wednesday the province will drop its mask mandate on March 21. Kieran Moore, Chief Medic...
Government of Canada (2020a) Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): For health professionals (March 24th, 2020). Government of Canada, Ottawa. Accessed: 24th March. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/health-professionals.html Government of Canada (...
Public health workforceSetting:Ottawa Public Health (OPH) provides public health programming and services in the Ottawa region. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the OPH COVID-19 Case and Contact Management Team was established to help manage the spread of COVID-19 and ...
OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of guidelines for protecting health-care workers against the novel coronavirus, but warned stricter protocols carry their own
10th World Congress on Public Health and Nutrition scheduled on January 27-28, 2025 Bangkok, Thailand. The main theme of the conference is Nurturing Health Together: A Path to Vibrant Communities which covers a wide range of critically important sessio
COVID-19 pandemic and intimate partner violence BMC Public Healthis accepting submissions on intimate partner violence in times of COVID-19. Guest Edited by Dr Jhumka Gupta (George Mason University), Dr Lindsay Stark (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr Tiara Willie (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
The surveillance data collected through these programs inform public health planning, programming, and response. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health response led to a pivot in public health priorities. As the urgency to understand and respond to COVID-19 transmission grew, many ...
A CIHR Operating grant (UIP 178846, awarded to KAP) funds analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on health behaviours in COMPASS data. The COMPASS study has been supported by a bridge grant from the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) through the “Obesity – Interventio...
Dr. Howard Njoo, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Canada’s deputy chief public health officer wouldn’t hesitate to roll up his sleeve if the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine...