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| Dr. **Bonnie Henry** is the Provincial Health Officer for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. She was appointed to this position in 2018, and has been responsible for BC's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the drug overdose epidemic.((//Biographies.// Province of British Columbia. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PMpwF)) | Dr. **Bonnie Henry** is the Provincial Health Officer for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. She was appointed to this position in 2018, and has been responsible for BC's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the drug overdose epidemic.((//Biographies.// Province of British Columbia. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PMpwF)) |
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| | ===== Affiliations ===== |
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| | ==== National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases ==== |
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| | Henry is a partner of the [[National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases]].((//Bonnie Henry.// (2015, April 30). National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. https://archive.ph/r9OGy)) |
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| ===== COVID-19 ===== | ===== COVID-19 ===== |
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| | ==== Preparations ==== |
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| | Even before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Henry was deeply immersed in pandemic preparedness as an area of study. |
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| | Henry was co-author of the British Columbia's 2012 Pandemic Response Plan for Logistics of Antiviral Distribution.((Henry, B., Marra, F., & Foggin, T. (2012). //Logistics of Antiviral Distribution.// Government of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/save/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/reports-publications/bc-pandemic-influenza-antiviral-distribution-plan-2012.pdf)) This report established detailed procedures for the stockpiling and distribution of [[pharmaceutical_products:Oseltamivir]] (Tamiflu) and [[pharmaceutical_products:Zanamivir]] (Relenza). |
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| | She co-authored a paper in 2018 that proposed a [[public health]] emergency preparedness framework to promote resilience, alongside colleague [[Adalsteinn Brown]] (who would go on to co-chair the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] and direct the Institute for Pandemic Preparedness at the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], where he was also Dean.)((Khan, Y., O’Sullivan, T., Brown, A., Tracey, S., Gibson, J., Généreux, M., Henry, B., & Schwartz, B. (2018). //Public health emergency preparedness: a framework to promote resilience.// BMC Public Health, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6250-7)) |
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| | === Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Group === |
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| | Henry was also a member of the [[Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Group]], where in she authored guidance titled "Canadian pandemic influenza preparedness: Public health measures strategy" published in June 2019.((Henry, B on behalf of the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Group. (2019). //Canadian pandemic influenza preparedness: Public health measures strategy.// Canada Communicable Disease Report, 45(6), 159–163. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v45i06a03)) Another member of the committee is [[Brian Schwartz]], who joined Brown as Co-chair of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#schwartz-brian)) |
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| | In January 2018, the group published "Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Health sector planning guidance".((Henry, B on behalf of the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (CPIP) Task Group. (2018). //Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Health sector planning guidance.// Canada Communicable Disease Report, 44(01), 6–9. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v44i01a02)) |
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| ==== Public Health Orders ==== | ==== Public Health Orders ==== |
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| On January 17, 2022, Henry's Office released an [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=covid-19-pho-order-school-staff.pdf|order]] requiring teachers and employees at educational facilities to report their vaccination status, under new powers delegated to [[public_health_Agencies:canada:british_columbia|regional health authorities]].((Henry, B. (2022, January 17). //SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER VACCINATION STATUS REPORTING – JANUARY 17, 2022.// Government of British Columbia. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/covid-19/covid-19-pho-order-school-staff.pdf)) | On January 17, 2022, Henry's Office released an [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=covid-19-pho-order-school-staff.pdf|order]] requiring teachers and employees at educational facilities to report their vaccination status, under new powers delegated to [[public_health_Agencies:canada:british_columbia|regional health authorities]].((Henry, B. (2022, January 17). //SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER VACCINATION STATUS REPORTING – JANUARY 17, 2022.// Government of British Columbia. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/covid-19/covid-19-pho-order-school-staff.pdf)) |
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| | ===== External links ===== |
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| | * [[https://covidtruthinitiative.ca/en/Individuals/Bonnie-Henry|COVID Truth Initiative]] |
| | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Henry|Wikipedia]] |