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Awash Programs are for children between the ages of zero and nine and their families.
Awash aims to make sure that babies are born healthy and then grow up and remain healthy throughout their first years of life. The Amaskuupimatiseat Awash services are currently being put into place in Mistissini and will gradually spread to the other communities according to how ready they are to receive the services.
The Awash Midwifery program is especially important, as we want to be able to bring birth back to the communities and to offer consistent, ongoing local support to pregnant mothers and their babies. Awash also runs programs concerned with areas that help babies grow up and remain healthy. These programs aim to
Awash Team Members
Dany L. Gauthier
PPRO Breastfeeding - Public Health Regional Lactation Consultant
Public Health Department of the James Bay Cree Territory Office
Office: 418-923-2204 ext 284
Blog: http://creebreastfeeding.wordpress.com/
What I do: Regional programming and planning, Baby-Friendly Initiative implementation, health care workers training and 24 on 24 clinical support, and tool, document and activity development to help the communities encourage, support and protect breastfeeding.
Dr. France Morin M.D., M.Sc.
Medical Advisor - Infectious Disease
Tel: (450) 248-0686
What I do: Surveillance, Prevention and Intervention (population prophylaxy etc) regarding MADO (Maladies à déclaration obligatoires), especially sexually transmitted infections. (Note that I work part time on Mondays and Tuesdays.)
Geneviève Dubé, B.Sc.
Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Counsellor
Office: 819-855-9001 ext. 4016
What I do: Identification of the needs, and the planning, organization, coordination, implementation and evaluation of nosocomial infections and other infection control, programs, including the foregoing for policies, protocols and tools.
Hélène Denoncourt
Clinical nurse in genetic
Educational and Carrier Screening Program for Cree leukoencephalopathy and Cree encephalitis
Office: 819-855-9001 ext. 4412
What I do: Provide education, counselling and screening test within the nine communities for two non curable hereditary diseases: Cree leukoencephalopathy (CLE) and Cree encephalitis (CE) that affect young children.
Dr. Robert Carlin MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
Medical Advisor - Infectious Disease Programs
Office: (514) 861-2352 ext.233
What I do: Provide medical support for infectious disease programs in the region including vaccination programs, outbreak investigation, and infectious disease surveillance (vigie).
