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Purpose: To present an overview of recent trends in COVID-19 cases within the province of Ontario and provide evidence-based recommendations on best practices for limiting the impact of COVID-19. Background: On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic [1]. Since then, the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths have been increasing rapidly worldwide. As of May 24th, 2020, there have been 84,697 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,514 deaths in

Health inequalities are differences in health between certain groups. Examples can be exposure to risk factors, presence of diseases and mortality rates. Health inequity is a type of health inequality that is based on differences occurring on a systemic level that are unjust and avoidable. Examples of these groups are people of lower socioeconomic status, minority groups or women. These differences can result in certain groups to become more vulnerable to worse health or bec

What is Public Health? Public Health is an ideology: best evidence and data create cost-effective, preventative solutions. To many, the words public health conjure images of vaccines, health inspectors, and food recall warnings. This is for good reason, as much of the current service provision offered by public health center around fundamental practices with undeniable positive population-level health outcomes. For much of the world, promotion of handwashing, breastfeeding, v