¶ Alberta Ministry of Health
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The Alberta Ministry of Health, also known as Alberta Health, is a ministry of the Government of Alberta responsible for administering provincial health policies.
¶ History
Alberta Health received a $320,055 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund for a pilot project using text messages to promote vaccination of infants.[1]
¶ COVID-19
On May 11, 2021, Alberta Health announced it would stop offering "first doses" of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to supply issues.[2]
In 2021, Alberta Health introduced the AB Covid Records Verifier application to administer the province's vaccine passport system. On November 15, 2021, the Alberta COVID Records system utilizing a QR code became "the only option for providing proof of vaccination."[3]
Dr. Mark Joffe was appointed as Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health on November 14, 2022.[4]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Joffe | Chief Medical Officer of Health[4:1] | Alberta Health Services (AHS), Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI), University of Alberta Department of Medicine |
¶ Subsidiaries
- Alberta Health Services (AHS)
¶ Documents
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COVID-19 information: QR verifier app
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COVID-19 Vaccine - Janssen
¶ External links
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2023, December 20). Immunization Partnership Fund. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20240701182212/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html#wb-auto-4 ↩︎
Snowdon, W. (2021, May 11). Alberta stops offering first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to supply issues. CBC News. http://archive.today/2021.05.11-213711/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-alberta-1.6021739 ↩︎
COVID-19 Information - QR Verifier App. (2021, October 13). Government of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103065646/https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/8833e9a8-aceb-47ec-a01f-ac9d4a7ad044/resource/06df7e81-7b02-4836-8854-972335175bc7/download/covid-19-information-qr-verifier-app-2021-10.pdf ↩︎
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Government of Alberta. Retrieved June 25, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.06.25-201802/https://www.alberta.ca/office-of-the-chief-medical-officer-of-health.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎