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.
“We can be really increasingly optimistic in our outlook and that is really great,” said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, at a news conference in Ottawa. Her excitement grew out of news that Health Canada has now authorized the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for...
“We can be really increasingly optimistic in our outlook and that is really great,” said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, at a news conference in Ottawa. Her excitement grew out of news that Health Canada has now authorized the Johnson & Johnson vacci...
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 OTTAWA — Canada's deputy chief public health officer wouldn't hesitate to roll up his sleeve if the Oxford-As...
Canada has chosen to participate in both parts of the COVAX program. The first is for any country to join to get access to vaccines, and the second is a fund for wealthy countries to help low-income countries participate. The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research and ...
Major-General Dany Fortin, left, looks on as Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The Public Health Agency of Canada has set aside up to $5 billion to pay for COVID-19 vaccine...
16 Some believe that vaccines are not the first line of defense against biological threats but can be used for control of a smallpox epidemic, prophylaxis against anthrax in combination with antibiotics, control of global pandemic infections, and pre-exposure prophylaxis for high-risk workers in ...
And even after effective vaccines are administered, it is critical to convince people to take them. This is why the Director of the World Health Organization declared: “That’s why behavioural science is so important – it helps us to understand how people make decisions, so we can support ...
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had a significant impact on human lives, and the development of effective vaccines has been a promising solution to bring an end to the pandemic. However, the success of a vaccination program heavily relies on
University of Ottawa; Rubee Dev, PhD, University of British Colombia; Olivier Drouin, MD, CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal; Gary Garber, PhD, University of Ottawa/Public Health Ontario; Samir Gupta, MD, University of Toronto; Catherine Herba PhD, UQAM; Jack Jedwab, PhD, Canadian Ins...