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Obituaries July/August 2021
... bonds even though they may be changed. When Paddy’s health wavered, we shared lovely days pursuing her passion of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2021
... consumption and cigarette smoking can lead to adverse health outcomes. Social media is devoid of influencers ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD July/August 2021
... a safe BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) group in health. As she talked about racialization and ... the continued racism Indigenous people face by the health care system. Although most people would say that they ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD July/August 2021
... available to us, from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, to the BC Centre for Disease Control, to ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... country, and with support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), a UBC team is leading the ... will provide those who are pregnant and breastfeeding, health care providers, the PHAC, National Advisory Committee ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... by Dr Babak Shadgan, a researcher at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, the study concluded that IRT ... active and well-developed COVID-19 infection. Underlying health conditions, stress, pregnancy, certain medications, ... screening and early diagnosis. Individuals with underlying health conditions, such as heart or liver disease, immune ...
News July/August 2021
... summary to guide conversations and questions with their health care team. The program also provides tools for health care teams, including a decision support algorithm ... UBC in partnership with Perinatal Services BC, provincial health authorities, the Ministry of Health, as well as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... to reflect on BC’s journey toward achieving the World Health Organization’s target of eliminating hepatitis C by ... this gap in care, on 13 January 2020, the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory implemented HCV RNA reflex testing on all ... by HCV in BC, resulting in reduced access to HCV care. Health equity can be fostered by engaging and including ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD July/August 2021
... between the GPSC, divisions of family practice, health authorities, long-term care facilities, and the Ministry of Health. It was set up in response to a decline in the number ... relationship-based care, which is shown to improve health outcomes.[ 2 ] Through the divisions of family ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David May, MD, CCFP July/August 2021
... are significant inequities in the delivery of palliative health care between rural and urban populations in British ... Columbia. These inequities have, like many other areas of health care, been amplified by the current pandemic. ... 1 ] It might be thought, therefore, that the Ministry of Health and health authorities would recognize this inequity ...