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Number of new HIV infections in VCH drops 52% since 2011

Number of new HIV infections in VCH drops 52% since 2011

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Measles alert for travellers at YVR June 9

Measles alert for travellers at YVR June 9

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Program aims to create culturally safe health care for Indigenous patients at VGH

Vancouver, BC – Squamish Cultural Advisor and Educator Amanda Nahanee is helping to transform the culture of care within Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and improve health outcomes for Indigenous people. In some ways, she's writing the book on "what not to do."

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Overdose prevention site to open in Powell River

Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in partnership with the Powell River Community Action Team (CAT) are planning to open an overdose prevention service in Powell River, where the fatal overdose rates are the second highest in the VCH region. The Powell River Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) will open in June in a temporary structure in a lot on Joyce Avenue near Duncan Street. 

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Health officials raise concerns about youth vaping on World No Tobacco Day

Vancouver, BC – With trendy devices and enticing flavours like gummy bear and cotton candy, it’s easy to understand why youth are attracted to vaping. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is concerned the young e-cigarette users of today don’t know the risks of vaping, and could become the tobacco smokers of tomorrow. Their gateway product is the e-cigarette.  

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Deer Crossing the Art Farm: Raising the curtain on dementia

Raising the Curtain is an innovative collaboration between three partners: a community-engaged arts organization Deer Crossing the Art Farm; Lower Mainland academic institution Douglas College; and Good Samaritan Christiansen Village, a 140-bed "Campus of Care" on the Sunshine Coast.

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