Communicable Diseases

Communicable diseases are diseases that can be passed between people through proximity, social contact or intimate contact.

The diseases include influenza (the flu), measles, mumps, whooping cough or tuberculosis.

Our services include:

• Providing surveillance to review and analyze communicable disease cases
• Monitoring disease trends
• Detecting outbreaks
• Investigating communicable disease outbreaks in order to prevent transmission to others
• Developing policies for staff and other agencies
• Implementing programs
• Consulting on communicable disease issues
• Educating
• Acquiring and distribute vaccine
• Researching

General resources

Resources for child care and public health facilitiesVisit the Child Care and Residential Care pages of the Facilities Licensing section of this site.

Communicable disease services Click on the links for the services you are interested in learning more about. Links will take you to the Find Services directory listing, which includes descriptions, contact details and related documents for our services.

Service	Locations Served
Child and Youth Immunization Program - Richmond	Richmond
Child Health Clinic	Sea to Sky
Gilwest Clinic	Richmond
Harm Reduction and Needle Exchange	Vancouver
Influenza Vaccinations	Powell River,Richmond,Sea to Sky,Sunshine Coast,Vancouver
Public Health Nurse Telephone Resource	Sea to Sky
Safe Babies Program
School Health Program	Vancouver
School Health Program - North Shore	North & West Vancouver
School Health Program - Sea to Sky	Sea to Sky
Vancouver Coastal Health Travel Clinic	Richmond,Vancouver
VCH Communicable Disease Control
West Nile Virus Program	Central Coast,North & West Vancouver,Powell River,Richmond,Sea to Sky,Sunshine Coast,Vancouver

Contact us

Can't find what you're looking for? Send your request to feedback@vch.ca and we'll help you find the service you need.  

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