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  • Nurturing Algoma

      Are you interested in learning about how your child is developing? Celebrate your child’s growt. The Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE:2) are screening tools used to assess and monitor a child’s development in areas such as communication, motor skills, social-emotional, and cognition

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

      Learn where blacklegged ticks live, how to avoid... Blacklegged ticks are commonly found in woodlands, tall grasses and bushes... They move about the ground slowly and settle on tall grasses and bushes until they attach themselves to a person or animal passing by. Ticks are most active in spring and fall

  • School-based Immunizations

      Information is available for parents or guardians who received a letter from APH about updating student immunizations.   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 tha

  • Perinatal Mood Disorder (PMD)

    Timely treatment is proven to work.   Loca. The "You Are Not Alone" project for Postpartum Anxiety and Mood Disorder Wellness and Awareness is a group of local moms with lived experience, and community workers who are bringing a message of hope and wellness to the community of Algoma..., and Sagovsky, R

  • Safer Sharps Handling and Disposal

    Retrieve and dispose of sharps 2... Looking for Sharps/Needle Containers? Retrieve and dispose of sharps safely   Algoma Public Health (APH) and the City of Sault Ste... Put the needle in a hard pla... Please use the instructions above and place only small hard plastic containers with lids in the Drop Bins

  • Public Health at work in Algoma

      Much of the work that we do is proactive and educational in nature...• We work with schools to teach children about making healthy eating choices and staying acti.• We work with families and parents to enhance understanding of healthy choices in nutrition, living and life style choices... Marie and Wawa

  • Infant Feeding

    Feeding support and baby weight checks are available through the Infant Feeding Clinic at Algoma Public Health.   Call to make an appointment:Blind River, 9 Lawton Street, P0R 1B0Tel: (705) 356-2551 TF: 888-356-2551 (within the Algoma district only) Elliot Lake, 302 - 31 Nova Scotia Walk (ELNOS Build

  • Campylobacteriosis

    Prevent cross-contamination in the kitchen by cleaning with soap and hot water all counter tops and utensils after contact with raw meats and poultry, especially before using these areas to prepare ready-to-eat foods. If possible use separate cutting boards for preparing raw foods and cooked foods. C

  • Salmonellosis

      What Is Salmonellosis? Salmonellosis is a food-borne infection caused by Salmonella bacteria... Dehydration is possible in cases where diarrhea is severe... iguana... Clean and sanitize counter tops and utensils after contact with raw meats and poultry, Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating

  • Mpox

    What is Mpox?   Mpox is a rare viral illness typically spread by very close contact with someone who has Mpox. The virus is similar to smallpox but is less contagious and has milder symptoms... Mpox can be tr... If you live with other people, isolate in your own room and use a separate bathroom if possible