Ottawa – Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, has said: Vaccination is a foundation of public health practice, but we haven’t taken full advantage of its potential to tackle existing and emerging public health threats. Gaps in vaccination access and uptake in Canada, fueled in part by the spread of mis- and disinformation, have led to an increase …
Ottawa – Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, said: My annual report on the state of public health in Canada, entitled Realizing the Future of Vaccination for Public Health, was tabled in Parliament by the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health. Vaccination is one of the most significant public health achievements in modern history, helping people to live longer …
Ottawa – The co-chairs of the federal, provincial, and territorial Special Advisory Committee on Toxic Drug Poisonings—Dr Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, and Dr Yves Léger, New Brunswick’s Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health—issued the following statement on the release of the latest surveillance data on opioid and stimulant-related harms in Canada from January 2016 to December 2023. The …
Ottawa – On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue and no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Even though the current COVID-19 situation no longer constitutes a global health emergency, vaccines remain the best line of defense as the virus is still circulating across Canada …
