This document presents measures and means to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on food insecurity.
The Indigenous health research monitoring bulletin focuses on public health issues relevant to prevention and promotion for professionals and workers providing health care to Indigenous peoples of all ages. The bulletin’s topics are selected according to our Indigenous partners’ interests and are reviewed from time to time.
Indigenous Health Research Monitoring, October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social repercussions have highlighted the social and health inequalities that make Indigenous communities particularly vulnerable to the pandemic and its impacts.
The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) conducted a training project with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) from January to December 2019 in the regions where Lyme disease (LD) is a growing public health issue. The objective was to train Lyme disease prevention ambassadors through a cascade training approach (training trainers).
Science Watch : Tobacco Control, Volume 10, Issue 2, September 2020