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Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... of an infected tick.[ 1 ] The principal tick vector in BC is the Pacific black-legged tick,  Ixodes pacificus ,[ 2 ... is found throughout the highly populated areas of southern BC. This situation is in contrast to eastern Canada and the ... this is not the case. Tick and mouse surveillance  The BC Centre for Disease Control has actively screened ticks in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... such as diabetes and asthma.[ 5 ] Our aim at the BC Centre for Disease Control is to assist in the control and ... prevention of communicable diseases among the people of BC and to defend and promote health among vulnerable ...
News June 2011
... work being done by individuals in these areas. This year, BC received three awards.  Vanessa Campbell—Excellence in ... with public meeting in parks, VANDU now operates a drop-in centre and provides a range of educational and support ... in addiction services in the Fraser Health Authority in BC for over 2 decades, Ms Mumford has been instrumental in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon June 2011
... grant to develop a participatory ergonomics guide for BC workplaces. The grant application process WorkSafeBC’s ... basis, targeting specific issues of interest to WorkSafe­BC. Systematic reviews, completed or in progress, include ... all Canadian workers, and a unique partnership with the Centre for Health Services and Policy Re­search (CHSPR) at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Catherine Elliott, MD, July/August 2011
BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) has recently joined Environmental Health Services (EHS) at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). Together we provide ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... Assembly Saturday, 11 June 2011 Vancouver Convention Centre 2011/2012 BCMA elected officers Dr Nasir Jetha, ... BCMA EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION  Non-Profit Award BC Cancer Agency—Pap Awareness and Lace Campaign Corporate ... served as a member of the medical advisory committees at BC Children’s Hospital and Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, September 2011
... the group may be compromised. Training opportunities for BC health care professionals  There are a number of training opportunities for BC health care professionals with an interest in learning how ... Clinic ( www.changeways.com ) and the Vancouver CBT Centre ( www.vancouvercbt.ca ). Both provide regular ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc September 2011
BC physicians are playing an active role in rethinking ... the introduction of a few very resistant isolates to BC, we see relatively low levels of Enterobacteriaceae spp. ... M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc —Rachel M. McKay, MSc BC Centre for Disease Control This article is the opinion of the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... the more I liked it. I used to teach regular sessions at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in the Department of Pediatrics.  One month in six I ...
News September 2011
... Shaw was recently appointed VP, medical affairs, at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. She previously served as medical director of the ... News Dr Dorothy Shaw new VP of medical affairs at BC Women’s ...