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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.
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  • Child is area’s first influenza case of the season

    SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 8, 2008 – A child who did not receive the flu shot is the area’s first reported seasonal case of influenza. “We have received notification of one laboratory confirmed case of influenza A from a school-aged child residing in Haldimand County,” said Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Communicable Disease Program Coordinator Shuayb Abidi. “The […]

  • Local residents offered free medication to help them quit smoking

    SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 3, 2008 – People in Haldimand and Norfolk counties who want to quit smoking can now get free nicotine replacement products thanks to a study being conducted throughout Ontario. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in partnership with the Ministry of Health Promotion is collaborating with the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit […]

  • Environmental Public Health Week

    Recognizes Public Health Inspectors SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 2, 2008 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is encouraging the public to phone and find out more about what Public Health Inspectors do for the residents of Haldimand and Norfolk counties. “We are inviting people to phone in during National Environmental Public Health Week, which runs from Jan. […]

  • Health Unit backs healthy foods in schools legislation

    SIMCOE, ON, DEC. 14, 2007 – The province’s proposed legislation to ban junk food in schools is welcome legislation that will target child obesity and very likely improve academic skills, says the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit. “Kids need to eat well in order to grow and develop properly, but many kids today aren’t getting the nutrition […]

  • Drug awareness campaign

    Health Unit recognizes winners in student poster competition SIMCOE, ON, DEC. 3, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit teamed up with Alvy the dragon last week to honour students who scored big in a drug awareness poster competition open to Grades 4, 5 and 6 pupils in both Haldimand and Norfolk counties. Alvy, the Lung […]