The 2017 Prince Edward Island Children’s Report explores the relationship between the social determinants of health, health equity, healthy behaviours and health outcomes for Island children.
Shelley Heron knows first hand that the home care program on Prince Edward Island is expecting continued growth in the years to come – and that’s good news for Islanders and the province’s health system. Health PEI’s Home Care Program helps Islanders – who are faced with illness...
Together, the Province of Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Mental Health Association - PEI Division have developed a Provincial Suicide Prevention Action Plan. The focus of the action plan is to build HOPE for individuals and for communities and to challenge factors that...
A new strategy has been developed to help create a suicide-safer Prince Edward Island and reduce the painful, long-term effects of suicide on loved ones and communities. The Department of Health and Wellness -- in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association -- has...
A guideline for health care practitioners for the management and control of invasive Haemophilus influenza serotype b (Hib).
The province of Prince Edward Island has been officially named host of the 2023 Canada Winter Games. “We are thrilled to be welcoming Canadian athletes, their families, coaches and spectators to our Island shores in 2023,” said Health and Wellness Minister and Minister...
An action plan to ensure seniors of Prince Edward Island lead active, engaged, independent, and productive lives in good health.
Strengthening mental health services - Prince Edward Island’s $20 million health agreement with the federal government will better support Islanders in their communities and in times of crisis. Premier Wade MacLauchlan and Health and Wellness Minister Robert Mitchell joined...
“Let’s Talk Memory” is a new campaign being launched to help raise public awareness and challenge the stigma of Alzheimer’s disease. Beginning today (September 21) – which is the seventh-annual World Alzheimer's Day – Islanders can share their story or journey with Alzheimer’s on...