What is the Health & Hygiene Council?

The Health and Hygiene Council Canada was formed via an educational grant from Reckitt Benckiser, the makers of LYSOL®. The aim of the Council is to revisit current hygiene practices, identify health and hygiene gaps across the country, offer realistic recommendations to the public around the importance of health and hygiene in the home and community and identify programs and/or solutions that might help fill the gaps identified.

The Health and Hygiene Council of Canada brings together leading experts in the fields of microbiology, virology, infectious disease, public health and education. It is chaired by Dr. Donald Low, Microbiologist-in-Chief at Toronto Medical Laboratories/Mount Sinai Hospital and has representatives from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

FOREWORD BY DR. DON LOW

It is a great honour to have the opportunity to chair the inaugural year for the Health & Hygiene Council of Canada. I am delighted to be working with such a multi-disciplinary group of experts from across the country with a similar goal of helping to improve the lives of Canadians.

The HHCC Goals are to:

• provide simple ideas for keeping Canadians and their families healthy
• help health practitioners educate Canadians on good hygiene practices
• fund and support initiatives that help Canadians learn about good health & hygiene practices

On behalf of the Health & Hygiene Council of Canada we are committed to promoting good hygiene practice and providing effective solutions to help combat the spread of infectious disease."

Best,

Dr. Don Low

The work of the Health and Hygiene Council of Canada and The Hygiene for the 21st Century
initiative is funded through an educational grant from Reckitt Benckiser.

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