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Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC
The BC health care worker influenza protection policy is an evidence-supported, systematically implemented, and ethically defensible program that has successfully improved influenza vaccine coverage among health care... Read More
Canada has committed to accepting 25 000 refugees from the ongoing civil war in Syria. BC is expecting to welcome up to 3500 by the end of February 2016. A portion will already be in the province by the time you read... Read More
A 23-year-old male presents to student health services with a mononucleosis-like syndrome. A 42-year-old previously healthy, married woman presents to her long-time family physician with a 3-month history of easy... Read More
BC physicians should be aware of the risk of waterborne infection in the province, particularly for immune-compromised individuals in communities with inadequately treated water supplies. Cryptosporidium infection is... Read More
As the influenza season approaches, I am once again writing to you to draw your attention to the need to protect health care workers from influenza in order to safeguard their own health, the health of their families,... Read More
In response to Dr Arif’s enquiry, I would refer all BC physicians to the recently posted documents on the Public Health Agency of Canada web site, “Interim Guidance—Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Health... Read More
The confluence of a number of factors makes the time right for a supervised drug consumption site in Victoria. Supervised consumption sites (SCS)—now in existence in some 15 countries—have been one of the most... Read More
By the time Dr John Blatherwick retired in June, he had amassed a list of accomplishments and awards long enough to make the rest of us blush. His greatest accomplishment may be, however, that through his work, he made... Read More
Influenza pandemics can cause significant morbidity, mortality, and social disruption worldwide. The history of pandemics shows that a pandemic has occurred every 10 to 40 years over the last 400 years. Recent concerns... Read More
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts and asked them to contribute practical and informative articles on a number of topics. In the first article, Drs Daly, Gustafson, and Kendall... Read More