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Blog: March 2013
Millionaire Funds Norwegian Street Nurses’ Trip to Canada
Mar 27, 2013 by Fiona Gold, Outreach Street Nurse, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
In January 2013, the BCCDC STI Outreach program was contacted by three street nurses from Oslo, Norway, who were planning a trip to Vancouver. They wanted to spend time learning about the BCCDC's Outreach/Street Nurse Program....
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Categories: Events and announcements
Free HPV vaccine for women born in 1991-1993
Mar 19, 2013 by Chelsea Haines, RN, Immunization Promotion Nurse
If you work with young women, this is important news for you!
Earlier this year, BC launched a one-time free HPV vaccine program for all women born in...
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Categories: Current practice
Updates for Registered Nurses with Certified Practice, RN(C)
Mar 13, 2013 by Cheryl Prescott, Nurse Educator, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Information on submitting lab referrals for diagnostic and screening purposes:
The Medical Services Plan (MSP) is British Columbia’s publicly funded health insurance program which provides coverage for medical services by...
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Video launch: “When a Mother Lives” shows new solutions to prevent cervical cancer
Mar 7, 2013 by BCCDC
Just in time for International Women’s Day (March 8), a team of doctors and researchers with an interest in global health is launching a video on innovative work being done in Uganda to prevent cervical cancer.
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Categories: Events and announcements
WelTel: Enhancing standard care with mobile health, one text at a time
Mar 6, 2013 by J. Memetovic, Research Assistant, mHealth team, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC;, by M. van der Kop, Research Epidemiologist, mHealth team, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Six billion. This was the world’s population at the turn of the century, and is now the estimated number of people with cell-phones across the globe.
Integrated into most people’s everyday lives, cell phones are...
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Categories: Program updates
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