CELEBRATING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK JANUARY 18-23, 2010

January 18, 2010
CIPHI 

Hygiene - An Approach to Life

London, ON - January 18-24th 2010 marks National Environmental Public
Health Week, and to

celebrate, several events have been scheduled to take place across
Canada. This year's theme -

"Hygiene - An Approach to Life" - focuses on the importance of hand
hygiene as a crucial method to

reduce the spread of illness. The Canadian Institute of Public Health
Inspectors (CIPHI) is a proud

sponsor of this event, which recognizes the key role of Environmental
Public Health Professionals (i.e.

Public Health Inspectors and Environmental Health Officers) in our
public health system and in the wider

field of Environmental Health.

Environmental Public Health Professionals are dedicated and
highly-trained nationally certified

professionals who work to protect the health of Canadians.
"Environmental Public Health Professionals

work to reduce the burden of disease and illness on our health care
system as a whole. They are the

backbone of our public health system. One of the greatest public health
achievements this past century

has been the control of infectious diseases through the availability of
clean water and better sanitation.

This can be directly related to work of Environmental Public Health
Professionals," says Adam Grant,

National President of the Canadian Institute of Public Health
Inspectors.

Acting through local public health departments, Provincial and Federal
agencies, and private sector

practitioners across Canada, Environmental Public Health Professionals
work to ensure a healthier

tomorrow for all residents and visitors who live in or visit Canada.
Through education, inspection,

infectious disease prevention and quality control services,
Environmental Public Health Professionals

provide services in essential areas, such as: food safety inspections;
safe water and recreational water

monitoring; rabies control; land control; Vectorborne Disease monitoring
and education; infection

prevention and control, and health hazard investigations. Environmental
Public Health Professionals play

an important role in protecting the health of our communities.

About CIPHI

The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) is the only
professional association for

Environmental Public Health Professionals (EPHPs) who hold the CPHI (C)
credential in Canada

(incorporated 1934). CIPHI's mandate is to advance the profession,
science, and field of environmental

public health through certification, advocacy, education and setting
standards. CIPHI, like no other

organization, covers a continuum of public health areas, including food
safety, safe water, on-site

wastewater disposal, indoor air quality, infectious diseases prevention
and control, epidemiology, tobacco

reduction, and many more environmental health initiatives. CIPHI's
mission is to protect the health of

Canadians and to represent all EPHPs across Canada.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW:

English French

Adam Grant - National President Stefane Gravelle

Tel: 519-852-5152 | Email: president@ciphi.ca
204-761-5786