Partnership builds rural harm reduction program

A harm-reduction program, born out of a partnership between a community health centre and local pharmacy, ensures a reduction in blood-borne-infectious diseases among intravenous-drug users. Horizon’s Queens North Community Health Centre (QNCHC) partners with the Minto Shoppers Drug Mart, AIDS New...

VIDEO TECHNOLOGY REDUCES “NO-SHOWS” IN COVID ERA

When in-person mental health appointments were stopped due to COVID-19, a new virtual technology allowed clients to continue sessions from home Krisan Palmer, Virtual Care Manager When it became clear in March that COVID-19 was at New Brunswick's doorstep, the...

ANGELS WITHOUT FACES

How music is helping one singer-songwriter heal after emergency back surgery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2U9pEZv680 Miramichi's Terry Whalen had emergency back surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic and came out the other side with a song - dedicated to the medical professionals who "cradled...