Notice to Membership

Public Health Association of BC’s

Annual General Meeting 2020 – ONLINE

Rescheduled to

Thursday December 3rd, 2020 12pm-1:30pm

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the availability of key resources we have come to the decision to reschedule our virtual Annual General Meeting to a new date.

We look forward to welcoming you online on Thursday December 3^rd, 2020 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm. The link to connect remains the same: https://zoom.us/j/91506805063?pwd=cUJmbDNST1RMNzZyYlJqYXFyM0hMdz09

PHABC annual report will be made available in advance on our website, phabc.org, by clicking “About PHABC” under the “About Us” tab of our main menu.

Once the AGM has been completed at 1:00pm we invite you to stay for the opening stage of “The Gallery of Memories.” This project, developed by PHABC’s Capacity Building Committee co-chairs, will support collecting stories, art, and experiences of Public Health professionals working under colliding pandemics.

The following professionals are our first storytellers.

• Trevor Hancock, Morris dancer and Professor & Senior Scholar (Retired), School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
• Lara Frederick, Public Health Program Lead, Northeast Division, Northern Health
• Aaren Topley, Provincial Manager, Can You Dig It, Public Health Association of BC
• Paola Ardiles, Faculty Teaching Fellow & Lecturer, Social Innovation and Community Partnerships, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

We hope that this project will be a way to celebrate everything our public health professionals have been doing for the health of all British Columbians. We thank you for your dedication to public health and your perseverance though this pandemic.

And don’t forget to join us on social media!

Facebook: @PublicHealthAssociationBC

Twitter: @PHA_BC

Instagram: @PHA_BC

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Diwalli!

Pneumonia is the single biggest infectious killer of adults and children –  claiming the lives of 2.5 million, including 672,000 children, in 2019. 

This year World Pneumonia Day – on 12 November 2020 – will be held during a global pandemic that is dramatically increasing pneumonia deaths from COVID-19 and other causes.

COVID-19 could add 1.9 million to the death toll this year. This could increase ‘all-cause’ pneumonia deaths by more than 75%. No other infection causes this burden of death.

Disruptions to healthcare services are estimated to cause up to an additional 2.3 million child deaths– 35% from pneumonia and newborn sepsis.

Many countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, struggling with heavy burdens of COVID-19 and child pneumonia deaths, will need effective strategies to fight both. Investments in infection prevention (masks, social distancing, hand washing etc), and improved diagnosis and treatment (with pulse oximetry and oxygen) can save lives during the pandemic – and beyond.

This World Pneumonia Day, we are calling on governments and other stakeholders to ensure that the massive effort to control the pandemic contributes to reducing ‘all-cause’ respiratory infections and deaths among both children and adults for the long term.

More information HERE