Eastern Ontario Health Unit

the eastern ontario health unit promotes and protects the health and wellness of our community by preventing diseases and injuries, and by advocating for a safe and healthy environment through strategic partnerships. the health unit’s original mandate was the delivery of public health programs under the public health act, the venereal disease act and a number of other acts and regulations. in 1983, all of those were repeated and replaced by the health promotion and protection act. in 1967, the health unit piloted a short term, acute home care program. with the creation of the ministry of health in 1972, the home care program was legislated along with some 30 other programs across the province. in 1982, the chronic care program was added, followed in 1984 by the school care program. these programs continued to be funded entirely by the ministry. in 1987, the integrated homemaker program, funded entirely by the ministry of community and social services, was established in eastern ont