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Disruption of KFL&A Public Health programs and services on Friday, January 12, 2018
Posted on Friday, January 12, 2018 08:30 AM
KINGSTON—KFL&A Public Health programs and services (including clinics), regularly scheduled for Friday, January 12, 2018 are closed. Regular services and programs will reopen on Monday, January 15, 2018.
Cold Weather Health Warning Issued for KFL&A Area
Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 02:30 AM
Kingston—With Environment Canada’s forecast calling for temperatures to drop below -25°C tonight and periodically through the week into the weekend, KFL&A Public Health is issuing a Cold Weather Health Warning for the KFL&A area.
Cold Weather Health Warnings are issued through the media by KFL&A Public Health when the temperature is forecast to be -25°C or colder, when a wind chill of -28°C or colder is forecast, or when extreme weather conditions—blizzard or severe snow storm—are forecast for...
Holiday hours for KFL&A Public Health programs and services
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 02:00 AM
For immediate release Tuesday, December 19, 2017KINGSTON—The schedule for some KFL&A Public Health programs and services will be modified over the next couple of weeks owing to the holiday season. Main office – Kingston· KFL&A Public Health’s main office in Kingston will be closed Friday, December 22 to Tuesday, December 26, 2017 and Friday, December 29, 2017 to Monday, January 1, 2018. · All regular programs and services will resume on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Branch offices –...
Notice of Board of Health meeting
Posted on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 02:45 AM
Kingston—The Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Board of Health’s November meeting will be taking place as follows:
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017Time: 1:30 p.m.Location: 221 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Main Boardroom(please enter the main entrance of the building)
A copy of the Board agenda is below. Copies of the complete Board agenda, including all information items, are available upon request.--30--
B O A R D A G E N D A
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:30 p.m. (Boardroom)1...
KFL&A Public Health expands naloxone access as opioid overdoses continue to rise across Ontario
Posted on Wednesday, November 08, 2017 03:00 AM
For immediate releaseWednesday, November 8, 2017
KINGSTON – The number of opioid overdoses continues to rise across Ontario, and to address this present and growing problem in our community, KFL&A Public Health is working with partners to increase access to naloxone, a life saving medication for those using drugs, and is expanding other harm reduction services.
KFL&A Public Health is now an access point for free nasal spray naloxone kits. The kits will be provided to someone who is “at risk” of...
[News]: KFL&A Public Health supports plain and standardized packaging for tobacco products
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 05:00 AM
Kingston - Every year on May 31, the World Health Organization and partners around the world celebrate World No Tobacco Day. Established in 1988, the day is intended to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and to advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. KFL&A Public Health is focussing this year’s World No Tobacco Day on advocating for plain and standardized packaging.
Many people are not aware of how cigarette packages are used as mini-billboards for...
KFL&A community partners announces “What you don’t see – the Person” anti-stigma campaign
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 10:51 AM
Kingston - The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Community Drug Strategy Advisory Committee (CDSAC) and Trellis HIV & Community Care are launching an anti-stigma campaign to increase awareness of substance use stigma and the negative impact it has on people’s lives. The campaign aims to humanize people who use substances and promote understanding and compassion around how trauma lies at the root of addiction.
While developing a community response to the drug poisoning crisis, KFL&A...
Alert: Rise in drug poisonings in the KFL&A area
Posted on Friday, June 30, 2023 03:28 PM
KINGSTON – KFL&A Public Health is issuing an alert to warn residents about a recent rise in drug-involved poisonings and associated symptoms within the KFL&A region. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has also issued a public alert today in relation to a similar increase noted in their area.
Recent information provided by service providers in the KFL&A region indicates a rise in drug-involved poisonings in the past several days. This sudden increase in reported drug-related adverse events is of...
Rise in drug poisonings in the KFL&A area
Posted on Thursday, June 01, 2023 01:25 PM
KINGSTON – KFL&A Public Health is issuing an alert to warn residents about a recent rise in drug-involved poisonings and associated symptoms in the last two weeks within the KFL&A region.
Recent data provided by harm reduction and other health service providers indicate a notable increase in drug-involved poisonings in the past two weeks. Partner agencies also report an increase in clients experiencing prolonged deep sedation, and indicators suggest a recent increase in the presence of...
Special air quality statement for Kingston, Odessa and Frontenac Islands
Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2023 03:54 PM
Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Kingston, Odessa and Frontenac Islands. There is a possibility of deteriorating air quality due to hot and sunny conditions which can cause increasing ground-level ozone concentrations this afternoon in the above regions. Moderate risk air quality health index (AQHI) values are possible throughout this afternoon with the potential of short-term high risk AQHI values for a couple of hours.
The AQHI is a scale designed to help...