Communicable Disease Control


Education and prevention of communicable diseases.

Areas of service include:

Communicable Disease Management

Provides information and education to prevent or decrease illnesses in our community.

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Immunization Services

Designed to prevent diseases (such as influenza ad serious childhood diseases) in the community through immunizations offered by public health nurses in public health offices, schools and personal care homes.

Travel Health & Tropical Medicine Services

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority offers travel health services for travellers who want to stay healthy while travelling. We offer a full range of services and are a federally designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre.

Travel Health & Tropical Medicine Services

Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction

The Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction Team works to prevent and control sexually transmitted and blood borne infections.  The team works with people and populations with or at risk for these infections.  The team provides services mandated by the public health act.  It also provides voluntary services including Street Connections.  Street Connections provides outreach, information, counselling, advocacy and referral. It also offers needle exchange, safer crack use kits, condoms and other supplies to reduce the harms from sexually transmitted and blood borne infections.

Position Statement on Harm Reduction

Conference Presentations 2011: Integrating the Management of Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections into your Practice

Let your Partners Know . . . Sexually Transmitted Infections Case Initiated Partner Notification: Best Approaches in Winnipeg

Manitoba Harm Reduction Network

The Manitoba Harm Reduction Network is a coalition of over 100 member organizations interested in addressing the determinants of health and preventing the transmission of Sexually Transmitted Infections ( STI ) and blood borne infections (HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C) in Manitoba.

Manitoba Harm Reduction Network

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