Webcasts

This webinar presents findings from the 2022 Royal Society of Canada policy brief on wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Canada. Two discussants will elaborate on the application of this scientific method in the Canadian public health landscape.

In this presentation, we will examine the successful interventions and outcomes from the Alberta and BC community antimicrobial stewardship programs. We will finish with a discussion of next steps in making the case for other provincial community antimicrobial stewardship programs.

This webinar considers existing structured stigma in public health and the consequences that this stigma has had on different communities.

The webinar provides an overview of the current state of hepatitis C care in correctional settings, explores evidence for prevention, testing and treatment in these facilities, and gives recommendations on how to improve prison health care for hepatitis C.

This moderated, live webinar discusses the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendations on seasonal influenza vaccine use for the 2022-2023 season. The webinar addresses the role of health care providers in vaccine uptake and will include an overview of antiviral treatment of influenza. The presentations are followed by a question and answer period.

This webinar will cover the approaches to infection prevention and control of mpox as well as the clinical evaluation and management of mpox infections in the United States.

The webinar is the third in a series that examines corrections as a public health setting for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) testing and care. The webinar will explore evidence for STBBI care in correctional settings, and examine the development, implementation, and results of a point of care tests for syphilis and HIV study in Alberta provincial corrections.

This webinar will cover the clinical diagnosis, sampling, and lab testing of mpox for frontline healthcare workers.

This webinar is for clinicians and public health experts, with the goal of improving knowledge about the evolving mpox situation. This webinar is about infection prevention and control measures.

The Public Health Agency of Canada funded public opinion research to assess the Canadian public’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use. This presentation examines these research findings and raises considerations for AMR awareness campaigns and stewardship work.

This webinar examines the constructive discussions and effective conversations with families and caregivers of children on vaccines. The health care providers need clear and up-to-date information on vaccine hesitancy, and strategies they can confidently implement in their practice to improve vaccine uptake.

This webinar is for clinicians and public health experts, with the goal of improving awareness of the evolving monkeypox situation. Experts provide epidemiological and clinical context for the observed monkeypox infections in Canada.