OMA President and APH Medical Officer Of Health To Discuss Vaccinations And Vaccine Hesitancy

Wed, Oct 16, 2019

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What:  OMA President Dr. Sohail Gandhi and Algoma Public Health’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Marlene Spruyt, will speak about vaccination in the Algoma district, vaccine hesitancy and the OMA’s public education campaign.

When: Friday, October 18 at 11:45 a.m.

Where: Algoma Public Health, 294 Willow Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

The World Health Organization calls vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten global health threats. Dr. Gandhi and Dr. Spruyt will discuss the importance of vaccinations, current vaccination trends in the region and the OMA’s new campaign to target the spread of anti-vaccine myths online.

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About the OMA

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