The Government of Canada recognizes that the best health outcomes for Indigenous peoples are achieved when health programs can be designed, developed, and lead by community.
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, will provide remarks at the Opening Ceremonies of the Canadian Mental Health Association's 2nd annual "Mental Health for All" Conference.
Minister Petitpas Taylor is pleased to announce that Health Canada has taken the final step to ban partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs)—the main source of industrially produced trans fats—in all food sold in Canada.
Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the F/P/T Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses and the Canadian Institute for Health Information will provide an update on the national data picture of apparent opioid-related deaths as well as emergency department visits and hospitalizations related to opioids.
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Federal Minister of Health, will do a private tour of the Shepherds of Good Hope, where they offer treatment for substance use disorders. The Minister will take questions from the media on the Government of Canada's response to the Opioid Crisis following the tour.
The Pan-Canadian Framework was developed jointly with provinces and territories and other key partners in the human and animal health sectors to guide collective action in tackling AMR in Canada.
Today marks International Overdose Awareness Day, which is a day that aims to raise awareness that drug overdose deaths are preventable and to help reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths.
In November 2016, Health Canada launched a review entitled Clinical Review of the Cases of Infant Misidentification at Norway House Hospital to determine what led to the misidentification of four individuals who were switched following their birth and to identify actions that may need to be taken to prevent such circumstances from ever happening again.
Backgrounder: Release of the Fourth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals with Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)