Manitoba students in grades 6 to 12 chose a 30-second TV commercial that warns youth about the dangers of second-hand smoke as the most effective anti-tobacco ad in the 2011 Review and Rate Program.
Manitoba public health officials are encouraging Manitobans to take advantage of spring and summer by enjoying outdoor activities, increasing physical activity and eating healthy including more local fresh foods.
Proposed new legislation titled the Defibrillator Public Access Act would require defibrillators be installed and maintained in public places such as high-traffic public schools, airports and recreation centres.
Our Health Our Future: A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights – a key step in identifying actions to curb childhood obesity and promote healthy weights in Canada has been launched.
Manitoba’s electronic health-record system, known as eChart Manitoba, was launched by Health Minister Theresa Oswald at Kildonan Medical Centre, the first site to implement the new system.
Steinbach’s last council meeting saw the reappointment of four members of the Steinbach Community Health Committee (SCHC).
Another instalment of the Review and Rate program is being kicked off in schools across the province this week, Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau and Education Minister Nancy Allan announced today.
Flu season is underway in the province and Manitoba Health reminds people who have not yet received their annual flu shot that there is still time for the vaccine to protect the individuals and the people for whom they care.
Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers encouraged Manitoba meat processors to take part in a new federal-provincial-territorial meat hygiene pilot project that is intended to improve interprovincial trade of meat.
Manitoba will introduce nurse-practitioner-led quick-care clinics and mobile clinics while expanding the successful Advanced Access care model as the first steps toward ensuring every Manitoban who wants a family doctor has one by 2015, Premier Greg Selinger announced.
