CHFI- FCAS Spotlight Series: What We've Learned (So Far): Outbreak in La Loche, Saskatchewan

The COVID-19 outbreak in the far north village of La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation, Saskatchewan was one of the first outbreaks in a remote community in Canada. With a population of just over 4000, the communities are approximately 95% Indigenous (First Nations and Métis). On April 15, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the area and was then transmitted rapidly throughout the community. The outbreak highlighted several long-standing social determinants of health challenges in the community, including lack of adequate housing, overcrowding, vulnerable populations, language barriers, social inclusion, and challenges related to mental health and substance use, and required a prompt and coordinated public health response that leveraged existing relationships, and community strengths and partnerships.  
  
Learn how the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Northern Intertribal Health Authority and the local Emergency Operations Centre collaborated to develop a timely response to COVID-19 in a culturally diverse northern and remote population. 

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Speakers:
Dr. Rim Zayed, Medical Health Officer, Northern Saskatchewan Population Health Unit
Dr Moliehi Khaketla, Medical Health Officer, Northern Saskatchewan Population Health Unit
Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka, Medical Health Officer, Northern Intertribal Health Authority
Jennifer Ahenakew, Executive Director of Primary Health Care Northwest- North, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Robert St. Pierre, Mayor of La Loche
Chief Teddy Clarke, Chief of Clearwater River Dene Nation
Leonard Montgrande, Area Director, Métis Nation of Saskatchewan