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  • (Update) Hepatitis A Vaccine Clinics Offered Due to Costco Frozen Fruit Recall

    Simcoe, ON – April 21st, 2016 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit encourages residents with questions or concerns about the frozen fruit recall from Costco to visit the health unit website at www.hnhu.org.  If there are further questions, please contact the health unit at 519-426-6170 Ext. 3214 On April 15, 2016, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) […]

  • The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Releases New Strategic Plan for 2016-2020

    SIMCOE, March 2016 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) today released a new strategic plan for 2016-2020: Building Healthy, Vibrant, Caring Communities for All. This plan will ensure the HNHU remains well positioned to continue its work in supporting its vision of healthy vibrant and caring communities for everyone. Developed after hearing from staff, senior […]

  • Kick off March Break with a free screening of the smoke-free movie Zootopia

    SIMCOE March 8th, 2016 Children copy what they see on and off-screen, but a group of local youth from Haldimand and Norfolk are taking action to ensure that movies aren’t subliminally encouraging children to smoke. Members of the Health Education and Advocacy Team (H.E.A.T), a volunteer youth group, will be hosting a free movie screening […]

  • A Cold Weather Precautions Reminder

    SIMCOE, February 12, 2016 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is reminding residents to take cold weather precautions as much of Ontario is set to experience a few days of extremely cold weather this long weekend. In temperatures of -15°C or colder, unprotected skin can freeze in less than 30 minutes and the risk of developing […]

  • Health Unit Offering Vaccine Clinics in High Schools

    SIMCOE, February 8, 2016 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit will be offering a series of immunization clinics in late February and early March at each of the local high schools to help ensure that all students are up-to-date with their mandatory shots. Before starting school, Ontario law requires students to receive the Adacel vaccine, which […]