BC Centre for Disease Control

Conceptually, harm reduction is an approach that reduces the harmful effects of behavior. It involves a range of nonjudgmental approaches and strategies aimed at providing and enhancing the knowledge... Read More

Botulism is a rare but serious disease of both children and adults. Neurotoxins produced from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum produce a descending, symmetrical, flaccid paralysis that may result... Read More

Rabies is an almost invariably fatal zoonotic infection, and globally claims an average of 55 000 lives annually, mostly in Asia and Africa.[1] Rabies is transmitted by the saliva of an infected... Read More

In February 2009, Infanrix-hexa will be introduced in BC. It is a combination vaccine for infants starting their primary vaccine series against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus... Read More

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents has become a major public health threat.[1] Few novel antibiotics have been developed as therapeutic alternatives in the last decade. Because the rate of... Read More