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News September 2024
... in the health care system and in communities throughout BC, and we can continue to manage COVID-19 without the need ... registry to ensure reporting is consistent throughout BC. The requirement to report will be phased in, beginning ... public-health emergency:  https://news.gov.bc.ca/31376 BC Centre for Disease Control immunization manual: ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Natasha Benson, MD, FRCPC September 2024
... 2022, reproductive infectious diseases specialists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre cared for women with possible cytomegalovirus during pregnancy in a BC Women’s physician-only clinic. Infants diagnosed with ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM September 2024
... recently emerged next-generation sequencing. In 2015, the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC ... Funding through external grants, including from Genome BC, enabled further sequencing advancements as modern ...
Letters / BY: Rylen A. Williamson, BSc September 2024
... addressed through CME, governing bodies (e.g., Doctors of BC, Divisions of Family Practice) endorsing the use of educational resources and guidelines (e.g., BC Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee, Pathways BC), ... BC Children’s Hospital Investigator, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc November 2024
... a stillbirth in Canada, of which 567 took place in BC.[ 2-4 ] Nearly all stillbirths occur in a hospital ... high-quality care.[ 28 ] As a provincial referral center, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre has the highest volume of stillbirths in BC. Of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC November 2024
... 10.1% of Canadian households faced core housing need, with BC having the highest provincial rate, at 13.4%.[ 1 ] There ... 2 ] The 2021 census showed that 25.5% of people in BC spend more than 30% of their income on housing, the ... Northern Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, UBC BC Centre for Disease Control Housing: An important determinant ...
Letters / BY: Liz Ewart, MD, FCFP November 2024
... times for breast cancer patients at a regional hospital in BC, 2013 versus 2023” [ BCMJ 2024;66:240-247], Hwang and ... diagnosis and treatment system, not just in their regional centre, but also in all of British Columbia. In Kamloops, we ... administered by our local health authority rather than by BC Cancer. We therefore lack the resources and supports that ...
Obituaries / BY: Sumitra Robertson, BA November 2024
... managed to frighten the cougar away. The boy was rushed to BC Children’s Hospital for further care, and his arm was ... Mission Bridge brought Mission much nearer to the larger centre of Abbotsford. There, early on, he was able to take a ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Amy Booth, MPH December 2024
... of British Columbia’s Cervix Screening Program. In BC and Canada, organized cervical screening has contributed ... cancer. However, participation in cervical screening in BC has plateaued at less than 70%,[ 1 ] lower than the ... throughout planning and implementation. During health care centre visits, screening kits were offered to eligible WIC ...
Premise / BY: Martina Scholtens, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2024
... scanned, such as the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Mental ... patients. Health professional organizations Canadian BC Children’s Hospital Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance School Mental Health ...