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News Release: Protect Yourself, Protect Others - Get the Flu Shot

PROTECT YOURSELF, PROTECT OTHERS – GET THE FLU SHOT

NIPISSING/PARRY SOUND, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is encouraging the public to get the flu shot and recommending people aged 65 years and older get the high-dose flu shot, which is available at the Health Unit or your health care provider.

Influenza (flu) can make a healthy adult sick for weeks, but in vulnerable populations, like older adults and children, it can lead to complications that are more serious....

News Release: Health Unit Launches Campaign to Encourage Needle Exchange

NORTH BAY, ON and WEST NIPISSING, ON – This November, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is launching Sharps Buy Back Month. During this initiative, the Health Unit will provide a $5 gift card for every 100 used sharps (e.g. needles or syringes) brought to the Health Unit’s North Bay location and the Alliance Centre in Sturgeon Falls. One hundred sharps is the approximate equivalent to two small sharps containers (about 50 sharps in each), one large sharps container, or...

News Release: Local Partnership Launches Two Gambling and Casino Impact Surveys

Local Partnership Launches Two Gambling and Casino Impact Surveys

NORTH BAY, ON/PARRY SOUND, ON - A casino is opening in North Bay in 2020 and the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit), as part of the Gambling Harm Reduction Partnership, has launched two short, anonymous surveys related to gambling and the perceived impact of the gambling expansion.

The surveys target residents in the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts and businesses in the same districts. Surveys are available...

News Release: Excellent Vaccination Coverage Rate for Health Unit District for Grade 7 Students in 2018/2019

NORTH BAY, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is required to track vaccinations for students under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. The Health Unit is pleased to announce that vaccine coverage rates for children who were attending a publicly funded school in our district during the 2018/2019 school year were above the provincial average. Results indicate that 97.2 per cent of students born between 2001 and 2011 were fully vaccinated for their age for measles,...

News Release: Normalize It Campaign Launch - Parry Sound

HEALTH UNIT LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT BREASTFEEDING FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY

PARRY SOUND, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is kicking off National Breastfeeding week with the “Normalize It” campaign to promote and celebrate breastfeeding families. Together with community partners and Mayor Jamie McGarvey, the Health Unit encourages the community to support breastfeeding families. As part of the campaign, the Health Unit has unveiled four new breastfeeding cut-outs,...