2004 Archive

Capital Health becomes Affiliate of the Canadian Health Network

Affiliate responsibilities include providing cardiovascular disease and stroke information for the CHN

Edmonton, Canada - Capital Health is pleased to have been selected as Cardiovascular Disease Including Stroke Affiliate to the Canadian Health Network (CHN). Funded by Health Canada, the CHN is a national, non-profit, bilingual Web-based health information service. CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. CHN does this through a unique collaboration - one of the most dynamic and comprehensive networks anywhere in the world.

As Cardiovascular Disease Including Stroke Affiliate, Capital Health will be responsible for providing Canadians with credible, up-to-date Web-based health information pertaining to all health matters concerning heart and stroke. The Cardiovascular Disease Including Stroke Affiliate will accomplish this in partnership with leading cardiovascular disease and stroke organizations, and experts across the country.

"This represents a unique opportunity for Capital Health to showcase its expertise in health promotion on a national scale and it provides exciting opportunities with the opening of the Alberta Heart Institute in Edmonton in 2005/06," says Leslie Beard, Vice President, Public Affairs. "We're honoured to be part of such a vitally important initiative."

Included among the other affiliate organizations of the Canadian Health Network are the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Lung Association, the Canadian Mental Health Association and Dietitians of Canada.

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More Information

• Read more about Capital Health's affiliation with the Canadian Health Network.
• Canadian Health Network is a national, non-profit, bilingual web-based health information service funded by Health Canada.

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