Statements from the Chief Public Health Officer

2019

June

• June 11, 2019
  Statement from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer: Preserving Antibiotics Now and Into the Future

April

• April 11, 2019
  Statement from the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health on the increasing rates of youth vaping in Canada

March

• March 24, 2019
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on World Tuberculosis Day
• March 12, 2019
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on the current measles outbreak and vaccine hesitancy

2018

December

• December 3, 2018
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer Health Professional Forum on New Cannabis Toolkit to Educate Health Professionals

October

• October 25, 2018
  Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health remind Canadians of the harms and risks associated with cannabis use

September

• September 18, 2018
  Statement from the Co-Chairs of the Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses Regarding Updated Data on Canada’s Opioid Crisis
• September 13, 2018
  Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health concerned about the risk of Salmonella illness from frozen raw breaded chicken products 

June

• June 26, 2018
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada: An Update on Her Vision and Areas of Focus
• June 19, 2018
  Statement from the Co-Chairs of the Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses and the Canadian Institute for Health Information on Updates to Data Related to the Opioid Crisis

March

• March 22, 2018
  Statement from the CPHO - The time is now - joining forces to eliminate tuberculosis in Canada

January

• January 18, 2018
  Statement from Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

2017

November

• November 30, 2017
  Statement on behalf of the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health

October

• October 26, 2017
  The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2017 – Designing Healthy Living

June

• Statement from the Co-Chairs of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses

2016

October

• October 21, 2016
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

September

• September 9, 2016
  CPHO Statement - International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day - September 9, 2016

April

• April 25, 2016
  Message from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada: National Immunization Awareness Week - April 23 to 30, 2016
• April 25, 2016
  Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada and Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health on the first positive case of sexually transmitted Zika Virus

March

• March 24, 2016
  Statement from the President of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

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