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SIMCOE, ON, July 23, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit distributed or dispensed 37,970 doses of influenza vaccine in 2006, screened 6,012 children for dental health and held 2,067 sexual health counselling sessions. These are just a few of the vital statistics that appear in the recently released 2006 Annual Report of Norfolk County’s Health […]

SIMCOE, ON, July 18, 2007 – A Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit youth group dedicated to “clearing up Big Tobacco for this generation and the next” is launching a campaign to combat the littering of beaches and other public areas with cigarette butts. On Wednesday, Aug. 1, the 10 teenage “peer leaders” comprising Fresh Heir, the Haldimand-Norfolk […]

SIMCOE, AUG. 2, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit issued a heat alert for the two counties today. “As long as this hot spell continues, people need to take extra precautions to avoid heat-related illness,” warned Glen Steen, the Health Unit’s Healthy Environment Program Coordinator. “One of the most important things to remember is to […]

SIMCOE, ON, JUNE 26, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is cautioning people to take precautions against heat exhaustion and heat stroke as temperatures and humidity rise this week. “One of the most important things to remember is to drink lots of water,” advises Jill Steen, the Health Unit’s Population Health Program Coordinator. When temperatures […]

COMMUNITY ALERT SIMCOE, ON, JUNE 12, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is warning residents to beware of someone misrepresenting himself as a Health Unit water inspector. “We have been notified that in Simcoe and surrounding area there is a water treatment company making phone calls claiming to be from the Health Unit,” said Glen […]