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Nova Scotia Women's Centre Set To Expand Program to Prevent Youth Gender-Based Violence with $2.5M Boost

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星期一, 五月 27, 2024
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The transformative HRY program helps shape society by creating safety through learning and building community and empowering youth as agents of change through the peer facilitation model.

Key Points: 
  • The transformative HRY program helps shape society by creating safety through learning and building community and empowering youth as agents of change through the peer facilitation model.
  • The program's effectiveness has also been recognized by the Nova Scotia Child and Youth Strategy, the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  • HRY's curriculum design directly addresses topics recommended by the Report such as "prevent[ing] violence in the moment and address[ing] social and cultural factors that contribute to condoning gender-based violence.
  • Nova Scotia schools with grade nine to 12 students can participate in HRY by contacting Sarah Thomas at [email protected] .

Government of Canada: Updated 2024 wildfire season projections and preparedness measures

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星期四, 五月 9, 2024
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Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) meteorologists continue to predict weather conditions for spring and summer 2024 that could lead to greater wildfire risks.

Key Points: 
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) meteorologists continue to predict weather conditions for spring and summer 2024 that could lead to greater wildfire risks.
  • To counter the growing threat of wildfires in Canada, the federal government will continue to support provinces and territories in wildfire mitigation, response, and monitoring.
  • We are making sure we have the capacity to support provinces and territories and mobilize resources when they are needed for the 2024 wildfire season.
  • With the 2024 wildfire season approaching, our government is ensuring that people in Canada have the tools and information they need to understand and manage the health risks associated with wildfires."

Statement: The Government of Canada provides an update on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

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星期六, 五月 4, 2024
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This process kills harmful bacteria and viruses, ensuring milk and milk products are safe to drink and eat.

Key Points: 
  • This process kills harmful bacteria and viruses, ensuring milk and milk products are safe to drink and eat.
  • This means any person suspecting a case of HPAI in an animal, whether in poultry or livestock, must report it to the CFIA.
  • Canada has been managing the outbreak of avian influenza since its first detection in poultry here in December 2021.
  • Import conditions for cattle can be found in the policy Requirements for Breeding Cattle Imported from the United States to Canada .

SCOUT RECEIVES FUNDING FROM CARB-X TO DEVELOP A LOW-COST POINT-OF-CARE AND HOME DIAGNOSTIC FOR GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIA

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星期四, 四月 18, 2024
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BOSTON, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award up to US$1 million to diagnostics and health tech company Scout to demonstrate proof-of-concept and feasibility ahead of development of a new point-of-care test – STI Scout. The test will detect and differentiate between Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) and Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). STI Scout is quick and inexpensive, with a turnaround time of 30 minutes and costs anticipated to be less than half of other options.

Key Points: 
  • STI Scout is quick and inexpensive, with a turnaround time of 30 minutes and costs anticipated to be less than half of other options.
  • Additionally, STI Scout can use either first void urine or vaginal swabs, and future tests will be able to guide therapy for gonorrhea treatment based on antibiotic susceptibility.
  • STI Scout uses the Scout Hub to run and the Scout Connect mobile app, which provides instructions, tracks results, and eventually will allow patients to connect digitally to a healthcare provider.
  • Scout's diagnostic is the second diagnostic and ninth project to receive a CARB-X award as part of the 2022-2023 funding call .

Government of Canada supports community-based projects addressing HIV, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections

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星期五, 二月 23, 2024
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However, these infections remain a significant public health concern in Canada, especially among Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, and other equity-deserving communities.

Key Points: 
  • However, these infections remain a significant public health concern in Canada, especially among Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, and other equity-deserving communities.
  • Today's funding includes more than $12 million through the CAF, which will support 15 community-based interventions to address HIV, hepatitis C and other STBBI.
  • In 2022, the Government of Canada invested $106.4 million to help address STBBI across Canada.
  • Through the HIV and Hepatitis C Community Action Fund, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) invests $26.4 million annually to support time-limited projects (up to 5 years) across Canada to address HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (e.g., chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis).

Statement - Government of Canada responds to the Report of the Auditor General of Canada on ArriveCAN

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星期一, 二月 12, 2024
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada issued a statement today following the release of the Auditor General's performance audit on ArriveCAN:

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada issued a statement today following the release of the Auditor General's performance audit on ArriveCAN:
    "We thank the Auditor General of Canada, Karen Hogan, and her team for their work and welcome the recommendations laid out in today's report.
  • Some recommendations in the report have already been implemented and the CBSA will take further action to ensure management practices are aligned with policies and processes to maintain the confidence of Canadians.
  • In addition, PSPC will continue to strengthen all aspects of the federal procurement regime and will use the findings from this report to improve the way the Government of Canada does business with its suppliers.
  • The Auditor General recognized in her report that the Government improved the speed and quality of information collected at the border by using the app rather than the paper-based form.

Government of Canada invests in projects to help people in Canada address and adapt to the impacts of climate change to their health

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星期四, 十二月 21, 2023
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of the biggest threats to global health.

Key Points: 
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of the biggest threats to global health.
  • That is why today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced six new projects totalling $2.7 million over three years, to help address and adapt to the impacts of climate change to health.
  • "Every year, Canadians are reminded of the impacts climate change has on our health.
  • Climate change is already having serious impacts on the health and well-being of people living in Canada, compounding existing public health challenges and widening health inequities.

Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes

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星期五, 十二月 15, 2023
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Based on the investigation findings to date, consumption of Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes have been identified as the likely source of the outbreak.

Key Points: 
  • Based on the investigation findings to date, consumption of Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes have been identified as the likely source of the outbreak.
  • On November 24, 2023, CFIA updated the food recall warning to also include Rudy brand cantaloupes sold between October 10 and November 24, 2023.
  • Through the CFIA investigation the outbreak strains of Salmonella that made people sick were found in samples of the recalled Malichita brand cantaloupe.
  • The U.S. CDC is also investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illnesses linked to cantaloupes that is the same genetic strain as illnesses reported in this outbreak.

Government of Canada announces partnership with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences to assess fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Canada

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星期三, 十二月 13, 2023
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FASD is a serious public health issue linked to many complex social determinants of health.

Key Points: 
  • FASD is a serious public health issue linked to many complex social determinants of health.
  • Recent studies from Canada estimate that between 0.1% and 3% of children and youth have been diagnosed with FASD.
  • Today, the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health announced close to $950,000 for the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) to undertake a comprehensive scientific assessment on FASD.
  • This project is being funded under PHAC's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder National Strategic Projects Fund .

Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes

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星期五, 十二月 8, 2023
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Based on the investigation findings to date, consumption of Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes have been identified as the likely source of the outbreak.

Key Points: 
  • Based on the investigation findings to date, consumption of Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes have been identified as the likely source of the outbreak.
  • On November 24, 2023, CFIA updated the food recall warning to also include Rudy brand cantaloupes sold between October 10 and November 24, 2023.
  • Through the CFIA investigation the outbreak strains of Salmonella that made people sick were found in samples of the recalled Malichita brand cantaloupe.
  • The U.S. CDC is also investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illnesses linked to cantaloupes that is the same genetic strain as illnesses reported in this outbreak.