What vaccines are available to prevent meningococcal meningitis?
Vaccines protect against some, but not all, meningitis infections. Nova Scotia’s publicly funded vaccine program currently provides meningococcal C vaccine at 12...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) develops over time, often due to conditions like diabetes or hypertension, leading to gradual loss of function.
Acute kidney disease is a sudden onset of kidney...
The Nova Scotia Health Renal Program cover all areas of kidney disease including early identification of at risk individuals, treatment options for management and end-stage kidney disease including end-of-life care. The program is committed...
Psychosocial Oncology Health Care Professionals provide psychotherapy and counselling to cancer patients and their families to help them deal with the emotional and practical impact of cancer. Many people who...
Until such time as Pathology and Laboratory Medicine establishes provincial documents, refer to Zone-specific and IWK laboratory policies and specimen collection information. This website will be updated as additional documents...
Job shadowing is an opportunity to observe and follow an employee through their daily work routine. Job shadowing is completely hands- off, involves observation only and depending on the position...
The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a free program that welcomes women and gender-diverse individuals from the African Nova Scotian and Black community, aged 19 and older, to access culturally...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Nova Scotia Health has put restrictions in place at all of our facilities. Although restrictions have eased over time, they are subject to change...
At Nova Scotia Health facilities the patient can name up to two people who will be their family or primary support person/people. The patient also defines how these people will be...