Drs. Vett Lloyd and Melanie Wills will be representing the Canadian Lyme Science Alliance at the Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Conference in Ottawa. The conference, mandated under Bill c-442, brings together patients, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, to consider the present state of Lyme disease in Canada, and work toward a future in which this threat is mitigated.
The conference will address the following topics, as reported by the Government of Canada website:
The conference will address the following topics, as reported by the Government of Canada website:
- medical surveillance for tracking:
- incidence rates
- associated economic costs
- standardized educational materials:
- for use by Canadian public health providers
- to increase national awareness
- guidelines and best practices regarding:
- treatment
- prevention
- identification
- management