Community Health Profile - 2018

  Geography    Algoma Public Health’s boundary covers over 41,000 square kil...¹ Only 1 in 3 Algoma infants are exclusively breastfed during the first six months of life...                                                              The CCHS applies to the general population 12 years of age and older

Two members of the Health Sector appointed to Board of Health

Algoma Public Health (APH) welcomed two new board members to the Board of Health at its meeting on May 25th... After further training in Critical Care, she worked at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa

Board of Health Meetings

Board of Health Members

This is Sonia’s first term as an Algoma Public Health Board of Health member

Algoma Public Health urges residents to get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses this fall

)  Online: Book a appointment at a clinic near you  Vaccines will first be offered first to high-risk and priority populations followed by the general public

Board of Health awards Public Health Champion

  At Algoma Public Health’s 50th anniversary event on November 28th, the first Public Health Champion award was given out

Ontario Expanding Booster Eligibility to More Ontarians

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has announced the eligibility for booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to additional groups of high-risk individuals.  This additional booster will provide an extra layer of protection against the Delta variant.…

Public Health Champions Awarded

  They accepted their awards at Algoma Public Health’s Board of Health meeting on March 22nd... (2021) Lisa Vezeau-Allen - Grocers 4 Good (G4G) (2021) Leila Macumber – Serprent River First Nation (2020) YMCA (2020) Town of Blind River (2020) Dr

Protect yourself and your family: get your COVID-19 and flu vaccinations!

The vaccines will be available to the highest risk-populations first, followed by the general public later this month

Updating School Immunizations

Information for parents and guardians who received a letter from APH   Childcare and school settings are common places for vaccine preventable diseases to spread if immunization rates are low. To help keep kids safe, the law in Ontario requires that children get certain immunizations to attend …