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Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
In 1980, I wrote an editorial for the BC Medical Journal entitled “The subspecialty of infectious disease (ID) and the multifaceted role of the ID ... assurance activities. Cross-appointments with the BC Centre for Disease Control These cross-appointments greatly ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2021
The spike in overdose deaths in BC due to COVID-19 serves as a reminder that the lack of ... to reduce morbidity and mortality among PWUD. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) harm-reduction team received approval ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... overdose-related death rates remained the highest in BC at a rate of 20.0 per 100 000, twice the national ... based on the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology Anatomical Therapeutic ... using conversion factors obtained from the US Centers for Disease Control’s 2017 oral MME guide.[ 26 ] Formulations ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is far more potent ... to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) supported several strategies aimed at ...
Premise / BY: B. Nosyk, PhD, December 2014
... Health Canada to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, and facilitated in part by new office-based treatment, ... in patient care that may be transferable to other disease areas. To this end, Vancouver Coastal Health ... and will engage partners at the BC Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, BC Centre for Disease ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a spike of ... use with comorbidities (e.g., respiratory/hepatic/renal disease), initiation into opioid substitution therapy, and ... morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdose. The BC Centre for Disease Control harm reduction program has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... best practices and supply distribution are guided by the BC Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) committee. ... from the five BC regional health authorities, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, and ...
Index December 2008
... to the editor (c), Editorials (ed), Back Page (bp), BC Centre for Disease Control (cdc), College Library (lib), Council on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC April 2003
... 2002 at the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.   A public health crisis Illicit drug ... abilities to reduce the behaviors that put them at risk of disease and death. [1,2]  The health of drug users is ... it is estimated that 82% of the money spent on controlling BC’s escalating drug problem is spent on law enforcement ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Rajan Bola, BSc
The overdose crisis, declared a public health emergency in BC in 2016, has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 1 , 2 ... and Public Health, University of British Columbia Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence ... Alcohol Depend 2019;194:151-158. 3.    BC Centre for Disease Control. Overdose response indicators, 2020. Accessed ...