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Category: Diseases

Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.

  • Campaign strives to eliminate tuberculosis for future generations

    SIMCOE, ON, MARCH 19, 2012 – March 24 is World TB Day, and while much focus is on eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in third world countries, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit wants people to take notice here as well. Five cases of latent TB have been identified in the Haldimand-Norfolk area in the past year. “It might […]

  • Tiny ticks a cause for caution, Health Unit says

    SIMCOE, ON, JUNE 9, 2011 – With the weather warming up and many people spending more of their time outdoors, local health officials are reminding people to protect themselves against ticks and the risk of Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, commonly referred to […]

  • Health officials investigate local case of measles

    SIMCOE, MAY 27, 2011 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is reminding residents to be alert for the signs of measles following the notification of a local case of red measles. An investigation into a positive measles case in Toronto is currently ongoing; however, there is no known link between the cases at this time.“Measles can […]

  • Value the invaluable and celebrate nurses

    SIMCOE, MAY 3, 2011 – Each May, nurses around the world celebrate Nurses’ Week, timed to honour the birth date of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered by many to be the founder of modern nursing. With more than 280,000 nurses employed across Canada, nursing is the largest health care occupation […]

  • New and better tools needed to fight TB, Health Unit says

    SIMCOE, ON, MARCH 11, 2010 -One out of three people around the world who become sick with tuberculosis don’t get timely and accurate diagnosis or effective treatment for the disease, says the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit.“Even though global rates of illness and death from TB have declined each year since 2004, more resources are needed not […]