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Health programs and services to keep people healthy, prevent injury and illness, and promote health and wellness in the community.

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Influenza and COVID-19 immunization

You will be notified through the Get Vaccinated system when you are eligible to book your next appointment. Notifications with a booking link for influenza and COVID-19 started going out on Oct. 7, 2025, and into November to everyone six months an older who is registered in the Get Vaccinated system. 

To register for the Get Vaccinated system, for more information or for help, visit Immunizations on Healthlink BC.

VCH Public Health aims to improve the health and well-being of residents

We build collaborative partnerships, address conditions that create health inequities, consider the needs of vulnerable groups, and focus on creating supportive environments for everyone in the VCH region to achieve positive health outcomes.

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Climate change and health

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Dental health

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Team at Insite in Vancouver looks at naloxone kit.

Harm reduction

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Younger woman getting vaccine from older healthcare worker in a welcoming medical room

Immunization

Immunization

English Bay Beach

Health protection, permits and licensing

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Nutrition

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Sexual health

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Speech and language therapy

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We care for the health and well-being of our population through health promotion, disease and injury prevention, protection from health hazards, and response to urgent public health issues.

Pregnancy

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Infants to 18 months

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Toddlers

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Early years

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Kindergarten

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School health

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Taking action to improve health

Get a glimpse into some of the key issues and actions that our teams take to promote health and wellness in the Vancouver Coastal region. While this report only captures a fraction of the work that we undertake, we hope that it provides you with a better understanding of how Public Health supports you and your community in living longer and healthier lives.

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Services

  • Community Care Facilities Inspections

  • Dental Public Health Children's Program

  • Food Asset Maps

  • VCH Public Health – Health Promotion Grants

  • Hearing Services

  • Paediatric Nursing Support Services

  • Paediatric Teams

  • Prenatal and Early Years Program

  • Public Health Dietitians

  • Speech & Language Services

  • Supervised Consumption and Overdose Prevention Sites

  • Health Protection Offices

  • Immunization for infants and toddlers

  • Immunization for school-aged children and youth

  • Mpox vaccinations

  • Sexual Health Clinics

  • VCH Public Health Dentistry Clinic

Resources

Vision services for children

Physicians' and Nurse Practitioners' update

Extreme heat

Community health profiles

Community wellness reports

Air quality concerns

Vancouver Coastal Health accessibility resources

School health promotion resources

AQ-CARE: Air Quality—Community Action, Resilience and Empowerment

Winter weather

Management of gastroenteritis infections in shelters, drop-ins, and social housing facilities

Diseases to report

Facts about antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Community vaccine provider resources

Used needles and condoms disposal

How infections are spread

Cleaning and sanitizing

Cover your cough and sneeze

What vaccines do I need if I'm 50 or older?

Environmental health resources for schools and childcare facilities

Kindergarten immunization

Communicable disease control

Decriminalization of controlled substances for personal use

Donate to Vancouver Coastal Health's Population Health Fund

Immunization for adults

Outbreaks & pandemics

Air quality monitoring projects

Indoor air quality

Storms and flooding

How to prevent the spread of germs in schools

VCH Public Health urges public to make influenza vaccine a priority ahead of holiday season

VCH clinics to offer new combination bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for fall booster campaign

VCH Heat Warning guidance for Howe Sound and Sunshine Coast

VCH Heat Warning guidance for Howe Sound and Central Coast regions

Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health Heat Warning guidance

Vancouver Coastal Health welcomes back 283 hospital food-service workers

Limited, temporary disruption to Squamish General Hospital maternity services in early July

Lower Mainland health authorities urge residents to take precautions during the Heat Warning

Preparing for summer weather

Vancouver Coastal Health public health issues e-scooter safety guidance

Increase in norovirus cases associated with consumption of raw oysters

After delivering more than 600,000 doses, vaccination clinic at the Vancouver Convention Centre winds down operations

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Fraserview Retirement Community

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreaks at three facilities

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Detwiller Pavillion (UBC Hospital)

Stem cell-based treatment produces insulin in patients with Type 1 diabetes

Vancouver Coastal Health to hold Open Board Forum on November 25

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Amica Edgemont Village

B.C. launches first accredited PPE testing lab in Western Canada

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Amica Lions Gate

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Cooper Place

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at OPAL

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Louis Brier Home and Hospital

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Arbutus Care Centre

Public Health officials urge Lower Mainland residents to remain vigilant in taking precautions during high temperatures

Vancouver Coastal Health’s canine scent detection team now detecting COVID-19

Extreme Heat Alert

Vancouver Coastal Health transitioning COVID-19 clinic operations

Take steps to minimize exposure to smoky air this weekend

Public Health officials provide guidance ahead of high temperatures this weekend

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Hollyburn House

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Minoru Residence in Richmond

Vancouver Coastal Health update on extreme heat conditions

Extreme Heat Alert

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Hollyburn House

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Minoru Residence in Richmond

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Richmond Hospital and Richmond Lions Manor-Bridgeport long-term

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Lions Gate Hospital; declares outbreak at Richmond Lions Manor-Bridgeport Long-term care home

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Richmond Hospital

High-transmission neighbourhood residents 30 years of age and older eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Lions Gate Hospital

Kensington neighbourhood residents 40 years of age and older eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination

Squamish residents 40 years of age and older eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination

COVID-19 update for Whistler

COVID-19 update for Whistler

Whistler vaccination program expands to all eligible adults 18 years of age and older living or working in Whistler

Adult residents living and working in Whistler now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination

The next age group within Vancouver Coastal Health can now register for a COVID-19 vaccination appointment

Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre

The next age group within Vancouver Coastal Health can now book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment

COVID-19 update for Whistler

Vancouver Coastal Health invites the next age group to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment

Vancouver Coastal Health invites next age group of seniors to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment

Vancouver Coastal Health’s statement on the one-year milestone of the COVID-19 pandemic

Vancouver Coastal Health now invites seniors age 85 and older to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment

VCH opens COVID-19 vaccination clinics to eligible seniors and Indigenous people on March 15

HIV/AIDS surveillance

Immunization coverage

Notifications of infectious diseases

Overdose surveillance

Active travel

Supporting healthy eating at school

Information about opioids

Benzodiazepines (Benzos)

Immunization after care for children

Immunization records

Information for current grant holders

Child care