Navigating Nutrition: Practical Resources for Your Patients

During March Nutrition Month, dedicated to emphasizing the vital impact of nutrition on health and quality of life, your patients may have expressed concerns or encountered obstacles in maintaining healthy eating habits.

Recognizing the challenges faced by patients, such as time constraints, financial pressures, and widespread misinformation, OPH Dietitians share below reliable sources of information and expertise applicable to various life stages, for disease prevention, and specific lifestyle...

Professional Development & Resources - March 2024

Measles: Information for Health Care Providers.

Public Health Ontario (PHO). This updated information resource from PHO, intended for health care professionals and regarding measles, outlines considerations and information to assist with timely identification and management of individuals suspected to have measles and information about measles prevention through immunization.

RSV | 60 years or older?

 A poster from Immunize Canada [PDF] advising adults 60+ that there is a now vaccine to protect...

Increase in Measles – memo from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: March 28, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Please see the attached memo from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health regarding the recent increase in measles.

Measles information for community practices

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: March 26, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health

This Public Health Alert is to provide information on the clinical presentation of measles and testing in community settings. Additional measles updates and resources are provided in the Public Health Alert sent out on March 20.

Measles Information

Public Health Ontario has a new resource for health care providers (Measles:...

Measles update – new resources available

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: March 20, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Due to an increase in measles activity globally, Canada has begun to see more cases of measles, including in Ontario and Quebec. This Public Health Alert is to provide an update on new resources available.  

Measles Epidemiology

Public Health Ontario (PHO) is now publishing a weekly epidemiological summary of measles in Ontario. As of March 13, 2024, eight confirmed cases of measles...