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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2024
... with direct acting antivirals cures more than 95% of people with chronic HCV infection and is associated with ... Agency of Canada set targets[ 7 ] for the proportion of people living with chronic HBV or HCV infection in Canada to ... of 2023, five working groups were formed, each including people with lived experience of HBV or HCV infection, along ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
... whenever wildfire smoke is affecting air quality. Most people spend the majority of their time indoors, so cleaner ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shirley X. Chen, MPH June 2023
... other chronic disease.[ 2 ] There were 134 deaths among people with schizophrenia in BC during the hottest 8-day ... 8% of all deaths during the event, even though people with schizophrenia represent only approximately 1% of ... in the risk of death.[ 2 ] Despite these striking results, people with schizophrenia are not usually at the forefront of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kloshe Tillicum Research Team: Chee Mamuk BCCDC, Simon Fraser University October 2023
... ] serve as fundamental sources of mistrust for Indigenous people in Canada today. To get to the heart of this question, ... feel like I’ve seen some really forceful approaches and people being quite aggressive about it, making these kinds of ... a poor track record in Canada when it comes to Indigenous people, and as health care providers, we have a history of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rohit Vijh, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2023
... ] What patients can do to protect themselves Actions that people can take (particularly those handling birds and/or ...
MDs To Be / BY: Larissa Steidle, MD November 2023
... though less egregious, situations, where the care of people assigned female at birth is compromised. Experiences ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD March 2023
Poisonings have a significant impact on the health of people in BC. In 2022, there were more than 2000 poisoning ... cannabis legalization, more cases of self-harm among young people, and the growing and aging population. The DPIC is ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM December 2023
... medical conditions were added in later years, including people who are homeless, underhoused, or using illicit drugs, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kali Sedgemore April 2023
... connect with a youth outreach team or other supportive people identified by the youth. Youth accessing prescribed ...
MDs To Be / BY: Samantha Gibbon, BSc April 2023
... with a supplement to the care they provide to Indigenous people in British Columbia. As I near the end of my training ... to address the specific health needs of Indigenous people affected by the MMIWG tragedies.[ 1 , 2 ] It is ... queer, trans, Two Spirit, and gender-nonconforming people are affected as well. The health outcomes of ...