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The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion was established in 2008 by the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Act, 2007. [2] The OAHPP is an agent of the Crown (i.e. a Crown agency) and is considered an arm's-length government agency.
In Ontario, under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, a public health unit (PHU) is an official health agency established by a municipality. [2] PHUs administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to inform the public about healthy life-styles, communicable disease control, immunization, food premises inspection, healthy growth and development, health education for all age ...
Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission was a commission started in July 2020 to investigate the spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care Homes in Ontario, the impact on the staff and residents and what was done to mitigate the spread. [1] It was created under section 78 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. [2]
In Ontario, a Public Health Unit (PHU; French: Bureaux de santé) is a government organization under the supervision of a local board of health. A PHU is under the direction of a Medical Officer of Health (MOH), who is appointed by the supervising board of health. The principle legislation governing PHUs is the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
On April 6, Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa ordered all Toronto schools closed from April 7 through April 19, under an order issued pursuant to Section 22 of the provincial Health Protection and Promotion Act. [114] On April 7, Premier Ford would be upgraded to a second stay-at-home order. [115]
In April 2020, de Villa initially used her authority under section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act to order all individuals with COVID-19—as well as those who have been in contact with confirmed cases—to remain home for 14 days. [12]
The EatRight Ontario service was launched in 2007. It is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, and is operated by Dietitians of Canada.It was created to support the Healthy Eating Active Living Strategy [2] of providing residents of Ontario with trusted healthy eating advice from Registered Dietitians.
Public Health Act [24] [25] British Columbia: Emergency Program Act and Public Health Act [18] [26] Manitoba: Emergency Measures Act [27] New Brunswick: Emergency Measures Act [26] [28] Newfoundland and Labrador: Public Health Protection and Promotion Act [26] Nova Scotia: Health Protection Act [29] [30] Ontario [b] Emergency Management and ...