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Check out IH’s Health Fair in Invermere
Interior Health will be hosting a Health Fair during the Wednesday, October 26 flu clinic at the Invermere Community Hall.
The Health Fair runs from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. and features information booths from such IH programs as Mental Health, Home Care, Home Support, and Nutrition and Diabetes care. There will also be booths from community groups and businesses.
Residents are encouraged to come to the fair and learn about community services offered, get their blood pressure checked, and enter to win a door prize. And, eligible residents can get their flu shot.
The flu shot is proven safe and effective and is free for:
– People 65 years and older and their caregivers/household contacts
– Children and adults with chronic health conditions and their household contacts
– Children and adolescents (6 months to 18 years) with conditions treated for long periods of time with Acetylsalicylic acid and their household contacts
– Adults who are very obese
– Aboriginal people
– Healthy children age 6-23 months
– Household contacts and caregivers of infants age 0-23 months
– Pregnant women who will be in their third trimester during influenza season and their household contacts (pregnant women who are in other high risk groups can be immunized at any time during the pregnancy)
– Residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities
– Health care and other care providers in facilities and community settings who are capable of transmitting influenza to those at high risk of influenza complications
– Inmates and staff of provincial correctional institutions
– People who work with live poultry and/or swine.
While flu shots are free for those 65 and older and those at risk, anyone can benefit from a flu shot. It is 70 to 90 per cent effective in preventing influenza in healthy children and adults. People who are not eligible for the free flu vaccine through the publicly-funded program should contact their physician, local pharmacy, walk-in clinic, travel clinic or private provider.
For more information contact your local Public Health office (look under Interior Health in the blue pages of your phone book) or visit our website at www.interiorhealth.ca. Information is also available on the Immunize BC website at www.immunizebc.ca, or on HealthLink BC at www.healthlinkbc.ca. You can also call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to speak to a healthcare professional.
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