News Archive
Subscribe[Upcoming] Nicotine Replacement Therapy Workshops
Do you want to quit smoking? The Middlesex-London Health Unit is hosting workshops in London to help you quit.
May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
Did you know? May is Speech and Hearing awareness month. It’s important to know if your baby can hear, and if your child is talking like other children the same age.
National Immunization Awareness Week: Vaccines are Your Best Defence
London, ON – National Immunization Awareness Week begins tomorrow and runs until Saturday, May 3rd. The week highlights vaccination programs as the best defence against infectious disease, preventing more deaths than any other health intervention.
Delegates Gather in London for National Conference on Healthy Schools
For the next two days, more than 400 educators, health professionals, parents, students and community members from across Canada will learn what it takes to make healthy schools and healthy communities. Entitled Coming Together: Supporting the Whole Child, the National Healthy Schools Conference is being held today and tomorrow at London’s Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre. The Conference will focus on the links between mental, physical and emotional health as well as physical literacy, and the role they all play in developing and sustaining healthy school environments.
Media Advisory: National Healthy Schools Conference Being Held in London This Week
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition is hosting Coming Together: Supporting the Whole Child, the 2014 National Healthy Schools Conference on Wednesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 10th at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre in downtown London. The Conference features leading speakers on current topics that play a key part in the physical, mental and emotional health of our schools and school communities, as well as more than 40 breakout sessions.
Challenges of Multi-Generational Workplaces Subject of Workshop
Finding strategies and approaches that unite and engage employees from multiple generations can present unique challenges for employers, managers and business leaders. That’s why the Southwest Region Public Heath Workplace Network and Western Region Workforce Planning Boards are holding a one-day workshop in Sarnia featuring Dr. Linda Duxbury, one of Canada's leading experts on workplace health.
Health Unit Salutes Dr. Bryna Warshawsky for Years of Service to Middlesex-London
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is saluting its long-serving Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Bryna Warshawsky, as she departs the agency at the end of this week to assume a new role with Public Health Ontario. Warshawsky, who joined the Health Unit in 1994, will become a Public Health Physician at the provincial public health agency. In addition to her role as Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Warshawsky is also the Health Unit’s Director of Oral Health, Communicable Disease and Sexual Health Services.
[Invitation] Ages and Stages Questionnaire Training Workshop
Ages and Stages (ASQ) and Ages and Stages- Social Emotional (ASQ-SE) are validated parent administered screening tools that can be completed with the assistance of a professional. These tools are increasingly being used by Public Health Units, Childcare Centres, Health Care Providers, and Community Agencies. Together, these tools provide a comprehensive developmental screen of the child.
[Upcoming Event] Smoking Cessation Workshop
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is hosting a smoking cessation workshop - Wednesday March 26, 2014 - in London from 5:30-8:30pm.
Health Unit Advises Community Of Possible Second Case Of Measles
London, ON – The Middlesex-London Health Unit is advising that a second individual, possibly infected with measles, may have exposed community members to the virus at the times and locations listed below. The Health Unit is advising these people, and the broader community, to be aware of the signs and symptoms of measles, as this list may not include all possible exposures.