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Sept 18, 2014 – Rabies Shots Available at Vets Across Peterborough City and County

Screen Shot 09-18-14 at 10.03 AMThe Peterborough Public Health and local veterinarians are teaming up again this fall to provide pet owners with low-cost rabies clinics across Peterborough City and County on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28.

The cost for a rabies shot is only $20 per animal and $20 for a microchip, cash only.  The clinics are for dogs and cats only and they must be restrained.

“Protecting your cat or dog against rabies is not just a good idea, it’s the law,” said Atul Jain, Manager of Inspection Services who oversees the rabies prevention and control program for Public Health.  “We hope that the community will take advantage of these low-cost rabies clinics because while it’s rare, when humans develop rabies from infected animals it is almost 100% fatal.” 

Provincial law requires that all cats and dogs over three months of age in Peterborough City and County must be vaccinated for rabies. Vaccinations protect pets from rabies and help protect your family if your pet is bitten by a rabid wild animal. A conviction for not having an animal properly vaccinated carries a $110.00 fine per animal.

Rabies vaccination clinics are taking place at the following locations throughout Peterborough City and County:

 

Location

(rabies vaccine $20 / microchip $20) *Cash Only*

Saturday,

September 27

Sunday,

September 28

Village Animal Hospital
108 Queen Street
Lakefield, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

Peterborough Veterinary Services
720 The Kingsway
Peterborough, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

Peterborough Pet Hospital
379 Lansdowne St. E.
Peterborough, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

Champlain Animal Hospital
2673 Lakefield Road, Hwy. 29
Peterborough, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

Peterborough West Animal Hospital
2605 Stewart Line, RR#3
Peterborough, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

Parkhill Animal Hospital
1535 Chemong Road
Selwyn, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

High Street Animal Hospital
815 High Street, Unit 7E
Peterborough, ON

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

12 – 2 p.m.

 

* Jackson Creek Pet Services will not be participating in this clinic at this time, but is supportive of this endeavour.

September 28, 2014, 12 noon – 3 p.m.

PJ’s Pet Store, (rabies vaccine $20 / microchip $20)

950 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough, ON

Pet vaccination and the provincial baiting program are still required to keep rabies at bay for the protection of Ontario families.  Rabies is a deadly disease of the central nervous system that affects humans and other mammals. The virus is concentrated in the saliva of a rabid animal and can spread through a bite, cut or scratch, or if the saliva comes in contact with the moist tissues of the mouth, nose or eyes. There is no known treatment for rabies once the symptoms appear.  The disease cannot be treated, but it can be prevented through vaccination.

For further information about rabies prevention and control , including bat rabies, and the upcoming fall clinic schedule, please visit www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca and under the “My Home & Environment” section click on “My Home – Rabies Prevention” or call 705-743-1000.

 

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For further information, please contact:
Brittany Cadence
Communications Supervisor
705-743-1000, ext, 391

 

 

 

September 17, 2014 – Parents Reminded to Provide Signed Consent Forms for Children Receiving HPV, Meningococcal and Hepatitis B Immunizations

Local grade 7 and 8 students will be offered free vaccines in schools by Peterborough Public Health starting September 22.

Public Health Nurses will be visiting all schools throughout the city and county of Peterborough in the coming weeks to immunize all grade 7 students against hepatitis B and meningococcal disease, and grade 8 girls against HPV. All vaccines offered in school clinics are free of charge, safe and provide protection against these very serious diseases.

“We want to make it easy for parents to protect their kids by offering these vaccination clinics in the schools,” explained Edwina Dusome, Manager of Infectious Disease Programs at Public Health.  “Parents often have questions about vaccines so we encourage them to give us a call to discuss, and to seek out credible online sources as well based on good science.”

All grade 7 students will be eligible to receive vaccines to protect them against hepatitis B, a disease that can cause permanent liver damage and cancer, and meningococcal disease, a serious infection of the blood and fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Grade 8 girls are entitled to receive the vaccine for protection against HPV, a virus that can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer. 

While all the vaccines are recommended by the Ontario Immunization Schedule, the meningococcal vaccine is now required for students under the Immunization of School Pupils Act.  This vaccine provides coverage against more strains of meningococcal disease than the meningococcal vaccine most children received when they were younger.

Public health nurses will be in schools giving immunizations throughout the fall so parents are strongly encouraged to return the consent forms to the schools so their students can receive the vaccine.  For further information, please call Public Health at (705) 743-1000.

To find out when public health nurses will be visiting schools, please visit www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca.

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For further information, please contact:
Brittany Cadence, Communications Supervisor
(705) 743-1000, ext. 391

September 15, 2014 – To view the meeting summary from the Sept 10 meeting of the Board of Health please click the image below:

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September 11, 2014 – Strike Avoided as Both Groups Ratify Agreement

The Peterborough Public Health would like to advise residents that last night the Board of Health approved a tentative agreement reached September 5 with OPSEU Local 327. Earlier today, this deal was also ratified by OPSEU members, thereby securing a new three-year contract ending March 31, 2016.

“We are very pleased that this agreement has been finalized so our employees can continue delivering the programs and services that make our community one of the best in Ontario,” said Brent Woodford, Director of Corporate Services for Public Health. “This agreement is a win-win, because it allows our high-quality programs and services to continue without disruption and was negotiated with taxpayer affordability in mind.”

The OPSEU members at Peterborough Public Health include nutritionists, health promoters, infant development workers and dental hygienists.

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For further information, please contact:

Brittany Cadence
Communications Supervisor
(705) 743-1000, ext. 391

 

September 10, 2014 – PCCHU Remains One of the Longest-Standing Public Healths in Ontario with Baby-Friendly Status

Screen Shot 09-10-14 at 02.55 PMAt today’s Board of Health meeting, Peterborough Public Health was honoured by the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC) for achieving its Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) re-designation status for the next five years.

“This is a significant accomplishment for Public Health because local women look to us for leadership in the support of breastfeeding,” said Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Medical Officer of Health.  “I am proud of how strongly this achievement speaks of our Public Health staff, as every single employee participated in this process to ensure we remained a designated BFI organization.”

The BFI is an evidenced based best practice program, based on criteria established by the World Health Organization, and is designed to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies by improving the quality of their care, and establishing breastfeeding as the cultural norm.

Representatives from BCC were on hand at the Board of Health meeting to officially present Peterborough Public Health with its re-designation certificate.

The PCCHU was only the second health unit in Ontario to achieve BFI status when it was first designated in 2008.  Having this status is a provincial accountability indicator for health units according the Ontario Public Health Standards.  The BFI Status indicator monitors public health performance related to the implementation of a number of BFI requirements to promote, support and protect breastfeeding.  As of June 2014, 15 out of 36 health units in Ontario have achieved BFI designation.

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For further information, please contact:
Brittany Cadence
Communications Supervisor
(705) 743-1000, ext. 391

September 5, 2014 –  Location: Peterborough City Hall, General Committee Room

The community is advised that the next meeting of the Board of Health will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 4:45 p.m. in the General Committee Room at Peterborough City Hall, 500 George St. North.

To download the agenda and the online board package, please visit:

http://www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca/about-us/about-us-2/board-of-health/meeting-agendas

The meeting is open to the community and members of the media.

For further information, please contact:
Brittany Cadence
Communications Supervisor
Peterborough Public Health

(705) 743-1000, ext. 391