Bonnie Henry
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.1)
Affiliations
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
Henry is a partner of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases.2)
COVID-19
Preparations
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Henry was deeply immersed in pandemic preparedness as an area of study.
Henry was co-author of the British Columbia's 2012 Pandemic Response Plan for Logistics of Antiviral Distribution.3) This report established detailed procedures for the stockpiling and distribution of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza).
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.)4)
Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Group
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 2019.5) Another member of the committee is Brian Schwartz, who joined Brown as Co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.6)
In January 2018, the group published “Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Health sector planning guidance”.7)
Public Health Orders
On January 17, 2022, Henry's Office released an order requiring teachers and employees at educational facilities to report their vaccination status, under new powers delegated to regional health authorities.8)
External links
1)
Biographies. Province of British Columbia. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PMpwF
2)
Bonnie Henry. (2015, April 30). National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. https://archive.ph/r9OGy
3)
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
4)
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
5)
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
6)
About Us. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#schwartz-brian
7)
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
8)
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