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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Naveed Z. Janjua, MBBS, DrPH January/February 2015
... with HCV.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, approximately 80 000 people have been diagnosed with HCV and many are unaware of ... with end-stage liver disease. Most new infections occur in people who inject drugs. Other HCV-affected populations ... immigrants from HCV-endemic countries and Aboriginal people.[ 3 ] The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2015
... rate among HSCT recipients is 186 and among HIV-positive people is 173 per 100 000.[ 3 ] A record linkage study in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
Every year approximately 300 people in BC are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... oxy,” are now available across Canada.[ 4 ] While some people intentionally seek out fentanyl for abuse, others may ... sites throughout the province. Training is available for people who use drugs, as well as their families, friends, and ... Take Home Naloxone kits can be prescribed only to people at risk of an overdose. As of April 2015 over 200 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... establish such a program, without coverage for unemployed people and pensioners, which the government withdrew during ... regardless of the true cost of providing care to the people who were covered. Although the legislation was passed, ... to attack the proposed scheme for several reasons. First, people in the excluded groups were the most in need of access ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rakel Kling, MD, MSc, November 2015
... from such labs are false positives. In BC less than 1% of people tested for Lyme disease have the infection (personal ... = 70%, specificity = 43%[ 6 ]) in a population of 10 000 people with a Lyme disease prevalence of 1% is presented in ...