Item - 2025.HL21.4

The Board of Health:

1. Received the revised report (January 17, 2025) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health for information.

The Acting Medical Officer of Health gave a presentation on 2024: A Year in-Review of Toronto Public Health.

This report provides an overview of Toronto Public Health's accomplishments and achievements in 2024. The provision of a year-end annual report is a requirement in the Ontario Public Health Standards, 2021, as set by the Ontario Minster of Health.

This past year, Toronto Public Health entered a new chapter, emerging as a post-pandemic organization with a renewed commitment to adapting and improving to best serve the diverse needs of our city. Some highlights of achievements in 2024 include:

• Creating Toronto Public Health's Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028;
• Providing vaccination to more than 42,000 children and youth, continuing to close the gap in vaccination rates that developed over the pandemic;
• Launching online vaping prevention resources, an Integrated Respiratory Diseases Dashboard, and a refreshed Population Health Status Indicators Dashboard;
• Hosting the Hastings Lecture Series event, Diverse Dialogues: Stigma and Breaking Barriers;
• Establishing the Indigenous Wellness Committee in partnership with the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council; and
• Enhancing partnerships with City divisions and the community, including to recommend a maximum indoor temperature for tenants, and to expand breastfeeding services.

Looking to 2025, Toronto Public Health will continue to advance our strategic priorities, protecting and promoting the health of the more than three million residents of Toronto.