¶ Toronto Public Health
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Toronto Public Health (TPH) is a government agency of the City of Toronto responsible for delivering public health programs and services, enforcing public health regulations and advising Toronto City Council on health issues.
¶ History
Toronto Public Health collaborated with the University of Toronto to interpret self-reported symptom data provided by the COVID Near You platform, based out of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.[1] The platform was launched in Canada on April 3, 2020,[2] with results of the analysis shared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[3]
On September 11, 2020, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced $13.9 million in funding for TPH to establish a "voluntary self-isolation centre" for eligible residents facing "difficulty properly isolating themselves."[4] The Toronto Voluntary Isolation Centre officially opened the following day in a converted hotel.[5][6] TPH administered the facility, including identifying eligible cases.[7]
South Asian communities within Toronto Public Health's jurisdiction were targeted for a COVID-19 vaccine promotional campaign led by the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) titled "Got My Teeka: Increasing Vaccine Confidence and Uptake among South Asian Communities Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 in Canada." The project was funded through a $10,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge program.[8]
¶ Organization
Toronto Public Health is partnered with 19 to Zero[9] and CANImmunize.[10]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vinita Dubey | Associate Medical Officer of Health | Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)[11][12] |
¶ Publications
¶ External links
Who We Are. Outbreaks Near Me. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230806165007/https://outbreaksnearme.org/ca/en-CA/who-we-are ↩︎
Lapointe-Shaw, L., Rader, B., Astley, C. M., Hawkins, J. B., Bhatia, D., Schatten, W. J., Lee, T. C., Liu, J. J., Ivers, N. M., Stall, N. M., Gournis, E., Tuite, A. R., Fisman, D. N., Bogoch, I. I., & Brownstein, J. S. (2020). Web and phone-based COVID-19 syndromic surveillance in Canada: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE, 15(10), e0239886. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239886 ↩︎
Jones, A. M. (2020, April 12). Has someone in your area been tested for COVID-19? A new website lets you know. CTV News. http://archive.today/2023.08.06-164036/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/has-someone-in-your-area-been-tested-for-covid-19-a-new-website-lets-you-know-1.4892890 ↩︎
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2020, September 11). Government of Canada Announces Funding for New Voluntary Self-Isolation Centre in Toronto. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20230327085617/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2020/09/government-of-canada-announces-funding-for-new-voluntary-self-isolation-centre-in-toronto.html ↩︎
Toronto’s COVID-19 voluntary isolation centre officially opens. (2020, September 12). City of Toronto. http://archive.today/2023.05.17-190050/https://www.toronto.ca/news/torontos-covid-19-voluntary-isolation-centre-officially-opens/ ↩︎
Gray, J. (2020, September 11). Federal government to fund Toronto COVID-19 isolation hotel. The Globe and Mail. http://archive.today/2021.01.06-184553/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-federal-government-to-fund-toronto-covid-19-isolation-hotel/ ↩︎
COVID-19: What to Do if You Have COVID-19. (2021, September 22). City of Toronto. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006164213/https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-what-you-should-do/covid-19-what-to-do-if-you-have-covid-19/?accordion=toronto-voluntary-isolation-centre ↩︎
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2023, June 8). Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge: Overview and funding recipients. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608123643/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/funding-opportunities/grant-contribution-funding-opportunities/vaccine-community-innovation-challenge.html ↩︎
Home. 19 to Zero. Retrieved February 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240205154935/https://www.19tozero.ca/ ↩︎
Partners. CANImmunize. Retrieved May 28, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.05.28-193833/https://www.canimmunize.ca/en/partners ↩︎
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). (2021, October). Advisory Committee Statement (ACS): Recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines. Public Health Agency of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/recommendations-use-covid-19-vaccines/recommendations-use-covid-19-vaccines-en.pdf ↩︎
Dubey, Vinita. Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved November 21, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.11.21-201954/https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/dubey-vinita/ ↩︎