A Message from the Health Director She:kon/Aaniin/Koolamalsi/Wachiyaa, My name is Tobi Mitchell, and I am the new Director of Health for the Chiefs of Ontario as of July 2021. I come from my home community of Akwesasne, finishing up a term as an elected Chief and bring forth years of technical experience in Health Policy
Key messages: There was no change in the proportion of First Nations people with 2 or more doses or with those receiving 1 dose in the week ending Jan 17, 2022, compared to the previous week. The number of new positive results decreased among First Nations and across Ontario in the week ending Jan 23,
Key messages: There was no change in the week ending Jan 10, 2022 in the proportion of First Nations people with 2 or more doses or with those receiving 1 dose, compared to the previous week. The number of new positives results decreased among First Nations and across Ontario in the week ending Jan 16,
Key messages: There was no change in the proportion of First Nations people with 2 or more doses or with those receiving 1 dose, in the week ending Jan 9, 2022 compared to the previous week. The number of new positive increased again to about 1,103 in the 7-day period ending Jan 9, 2022, up from 926 the previous
A Message from the Health Director She:kon/Aaniin/Koolamalsi/Wachiyaa, My name is Tobi Mitchell and I am the new Director of Health for the Chiefs of Ontario as of July 2021. I come from my home community of Akwesasne finishing up a term as an elected Chief and bring forth years of technical experience in Health Policy
Key messages: Vaccination The proportion of First Nations people 12 years or older who have received 2 or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of Nov 29, 2021 is 69%, up only 1% from last week. This rate has gone up by less than 1% each week for the last 6 weeks. At the same
Key messages: Vaccination About 68% of First Nations people 12 years or older have received 2 or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of Nov 22, 2021. This is only slightly higher than the previous week. About 5% have one dose, a number that continues to decrease. Unless the number of people getting their 1st
Key messages: The number of new positive results increased by 36% to 151. This is higher than the peak of the 4th wave and is the 5th increase (ie peak? wave?) since the pandemic began. Of note, the increase across Ontario is not as dramatic as that seen among First Nations. Half of the new positives were in
(Toronto, ON – November 26, 2021) Today, Chiefs of Ontario, in collaboration with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, released two reports entitled “Opioid Use, Related Harms, and Access to Treatment among First Nations in Ontario” and “Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid-related poisoning among First Nations in Ontario”. These reports highlight the increase
On Sunday, November 22, 2021, Minister of Health Christine Elliot announced that the province and the Ontario Association of Optometrists will resume negotiations on OHIP Optometrist fees. As a result of this agreement to resume negotiations, the Ontario Association of Optometrists advised the province that any OHIP eye care services that were impacted by the
