The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is a health service delivery organization responsible for administering a variety of health programs and service for
First Nations people living in BC.
Overview
The FNHA is part of a
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
Health Governance Structure in BC that includes the First Nations Health Council and First Nations Health Directors Association. The First Nations Health Authority emerged from a number of Tripartite agreements between
BC First Nations, the
Province of BC, and the
Government of Canada
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that included the Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan
006 Tripartite First Nations Health Plan
007 and the Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nations Health Governance.
A first for
Canada
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, the FNHA is the first province-wide First Nations Health Authority in Canada. The FNHA plans, designs, manages and funds the delivery of
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
health programs and services in BC. These community-based services are largely focused on health promotion and disease prevention - such as:
* Primary Care Services
* Mental Health and Addictions Programming
* Health Infrastructure
* Environmental Health and Research
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Non-Insured Health Benefits
The FNHA strives to improve First Nations health outcomes and close the gaps that exist between
First Nations people in BC and the rest of the provincial population. The FNHA serves both the urban and rural First Nations population that includes 203 communities throughout the province.
On October 1, 2013 the FNHA completed the second phase transfer of federal programs and services from Health Canada.
[B.C. First Nations take over their own health care services https://vancouversun.com/health/First+Nations+take+over+their+health+care+services/8979530/story.html]
Drinking water advisories
Drinking water advisories include Boil Water Advisory (BWA), Do Not Consume (DNC), and Do Not Use (DNU) are put in place by the FNHA's Environmental Public Health Services (EPHS).
FNHA in British Columbia monitors 285 community water systems in 193 First Nations in British Columbia. In 2011, 11 long term advisories that had lasted longer than 12 months, were lifted. In 2016 and in 2017, 7 long term advisories were lifted. By January 31, 2019 there were 10 Drinking Water Advisories in effect across 8 First Nation communities.
See also
Regional health authorities in British Columbia
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Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictio ...
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Fraser Health
The Fraser Health Authority (FHA) is one of five publicly funded health authorities into which the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) is divided. It is governed by the provincial ''Health Authorities Ac ...
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Interior Health
Interior Health is a regional health authority in British Columbia. It is one of the five publicly-funded regional health authorities, serving the southern Interior region of British Columbia.
Facilities
As of 2020 Interior Health operates ...
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Island Health
Island Health, also known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, is the publicly funded health care provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was established as one of five geographically based heal ...
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Northern Health
Northern Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider for the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Northern Health serves over 300,000 people in an area of 600,000 square kilometres. It was established as one of five g ...
Province-wide health authorities in British Columbia
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Provincial Health Services Authority
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, alth ...
References
External links
* http://www.fnha.ca
* http://www.fnhda.ca
* http://www.fnhc.ca
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Medical and health organizations based in British Columbia
First Nations organizations in British Columbia
Indigenous health in Canada