Alberta Top Doc
Dr. André Corriveau is Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health. We refer to him as "Alberta's Top Doc."
The Alberta Top Doc page provides information and resources on current health topics and issues. More information on various health topics is available using the left navigation.
Current health issues
Stay healthy
- Clean your hands
- Influenza information
- Influenza immunization clinics
- Healthy eating and living info
- Air Quality Health Index – Alberta Environment
- Health advisories – Alberta Health Services
- STIs – Don't You Get It
Childhood obesity
In response to the growing rate of overweight and obese children in Canada, Canada’s Ministers of Health have launched Our Health Our Future: A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights – a key step in identifying actions to curb childhood obesity and to promote healthy weights.
- Our Health Our Future: A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights
- Curbing Childhood Obesity: A FPT Framework for Action to Promote Healthy Weights
- Check out the OCMOH report: "You Are What You Eat"
Need medical advice?
Call Health Link Alberta:
- Toll-free in Alberta, call 1-866-408-5465
- In Edmonton, call 780-408-5465
- In Calgary, call 403-943-5465
Top Doc videos on YouTube
Dr. Corriveau provides answers to questions on a number of seasonal illnesses, such as influenza, lyme disease, West Nile virus, hantavirus, and more in the Top Doc videos below.It's influenza season. The below videos will help remind you what you can do to prevent getting or giving the flu, like getting immunized and washing your hands.
Influenza
- Health Action News: Why get immunized for influenza – 2010
- Influenza immunization – 2009
- Spread joy, not germs this holiday season – 2009
- Influenza symptoms – 2009
- How is influenza spread? – 2009
- How to prevent the spread of influenza – 2009
- The importance of hand washing – 2009
- What is the right way to cover a cough or sneeze? – 2009
Handwashing
- How to use hand sanitizer – 2010
- How to wash your hands properly – 2009
Lyme disease
- Don't get ticked – 2010
West Nile virus
- How is West Nile virus spread? – 2010
- What are the symptoms of West Nile virus? – 2010
- How do you protect yourself against West Nile virus? – 2010
Hantavirus
Watch more Government of Alberta videos on Your Alberta YouTube.
