Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) co-hosted a roundtable at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP) on family violence and child abuse with the CCCP’s Executive Director Lianna McDonald. While speaking with the gathering of health professionals, Ambrose emphasized that family violence is an important public health issue, and one that the government is … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), Dr. Gregory Taylor, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, led Canada’s delegation at the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) in Tokyo, Japan. As a GHSI member, Canada and other nations took part in discussions that focused on the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. Over the course of the meeting, … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), National Defence Minister Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Dr. Gregory Taylor, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, announced further action and support to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Canada will also provide $20.9 million in new additional funding to ten humanitarian organizations working to address the increased humanitarian needs of people affected … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Eve Adams (Mississauga-Brampton South, Ont.) joined by Jane Broderick, chief brand and communications officer, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and Elio Antunes, president and CEO, ParticipACTION, announced a partnership with RBC and ParticipACTION to help deliver the RBC Learn to Play Project, a national program aimed at … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) announced that the Government of Canada has begun to exercise its Ebola Rapid Response Teams to ensure Canada is ready to respond in the event of a first case of Ebola in Canada. On Oct. 20, 2014, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Nova Scotia’s Department of Health … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) issued a statement following a call with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, the Canadian Nurses Association and a call with Provincial and Territorial Health Minister’s: The Public Health Agency of Canada is meeting with provinces and territories on a weekly basis to support their readiness. In the event … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) announced the launch of Phase 1 clinical trials for Canada’s Ebola vaccine (VSV-EBOV) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. The Phase 1 clinical trial will test the vaccine on a small group of people to assess its safety, determine the appropriate dosage … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) with Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Gregory Taylor, announced the deployment of a second mobile lab team to West Africa. The Public Health Agency of Canada deployed a second mobile laboratory and two additional agency scientists to Sierra Leone to join the agency’s existing team in the field … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), joined by Mark Cohon, CFL commissioner, Michael Rossi, president, adidas Group Canada and Katherine Tulle, founder and executive director, Build Our Kids’ Success(BOKS) announced that BOKS, a before-school physical activity program will be made available for the first time in Canada. BOKS is an initiative of Reebok and the Reebok Foundation, aimed at getting elementary school kids … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) announced that the Government of Canada will donate doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada to the World Health Organization (WHO) in its role as an international coordinating body in responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The WHO will … Read more
