Professional Affiliations
The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) is the government body responsible for overseeing the health care system in the province of Ontario. There are 36 local public health departments in the province reporting directly to the MOHLTC.
The Niagara Region Public Health department is one of the 36 health units under the direction of the MOHLTC. Public Health departments are committed to delivering services that focus on health protection, disease prevention, injury prevention and health promotion.
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I have worked for the Niagara region's public health department for the past 14 years. Last summer I accepted the position of manager for the vaccine preventable disease program. The vaccine program is comprised of a team of 30 members of various professions, including nurses, health promoters, data clerks and program assistants. This dedicated team of professionals delivers immunization services in schools and community clinics and supports close to 300 primary care partners by supplying all publicly funded vaccine and by being a resource for vaccine administration practices.
The Niagara region encompasses 12 municipalities with over 400,000 residents and is bordered by two great lakes (Lake Ontario and Lake Erie).