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October is Children’s Vision Health Month: Resources and information for Children’s Vision Health

October is Children’s Vision Health Month. Children rarely complain about not seeing well because they think their vision is normal. If not identified early, some eye problems such as amblyopia can permanently reduce a child’s vision.  Treatment for amblyopia is more successful before age 71. Every year in Ontario, 7000 children lose the use of an eye because a vision disorder was not identified and treated. Another 15,000 children have trouble learning to read because they need glasses.2 In...

Professional Development

• One Week left to OPH Family Physician Update : Register for Oct 3rd Accredited Event
• Syphilis Management: A Review for Primary Care
• CHEO 44th Annual Pediatric Refresher Conference: Panel Discussion on Vaccine Hesitancy Nov. 1-2, 2019

One Week left to OPH Family Physician Update : Register for Oct 3rd Accredited Event

Join Ottawa Public Health for a 2nd annual accredited CME Family Physician Update on October 3rd, 2019, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., at the St. Elias Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa. Cost is...

West Nile virus positive lab test in Ottawa resident

To: Ottawa Physicians, Emergency Departments and Walk-in ClinicsFrom: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: September 24, 2019

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has received the first positive result for West Nile virus (WNV) in an Ottawa area resident for the 2019 season. While WNV activity in mosquitoes has been low this year, risk for transmission to humans remains possible until the first few hard frosts of the fall.

Please keep WNV in mind for the...

Severe Pulmonary Illness and Vaping

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Departments and Walk-in Clinics, PediatriciansFrom: Dr. Sarah Funnell, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: September 20, 2019

Given an ongoing investigation between severe pulmonary illness and vaping in the United States and Canada, Health Canada is advising Canadians who use vaping products to monitor themselves for symptoms of pulmonary illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and seek medical...

2019-2020 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)

To: Ottawa ImmunizersFrom: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: September 17, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to provide information on the 2019-2020 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP). Ontario’s UIIP provides publicly funded influenza vaccine for all individuals aged 6 months or older who live, work or attend school in Ontario. The program is administered by the provincial Ministry of Health. Vaccines are distributed to pharmacies via...