Public Health Department Profile

In 2001, the Public Health Act was adopted and provides the framework for public health activities in Québec. It includes all of the main functions of a public health system such as: public health monitoring, promotion, prevention, and protection.

Click on this document:
Main Québec Health and Social Services Prevention and Promotion Initiatives 2003–2012 (pdf).

The Outaouais Regional Public Health Department has a variety of pamphlets on-line which you can access at: www.santepublique-outaouais.qc.ca.

To contact the Outaouais Regional Public Health Department:

General telephone numbers and address:
(819) 777-3871
Fax: (819) 777-0271
104 rue Lois
Gatineau, Québec J8Y 3R7

Interim Public Health Director
Hélène Dupont
(819) 776-7660 ext. 7457

Interim Assistant Public Health Director
Pauline Fortin
(819) 776-7652

Infectious Diseases Coordinator
Hélène Dupont
(819) 776-7632

Planning, Research and Surveillance Coordinator
Pauline Fortin
(819) 776-7652

Infectuous Disease Nurses
Micheline Rochon-Laberge
(819) 776-7633

Suzanne Rajotte
(819) 776-7628

Louiselle Rioux
(819) 776-7642

Workplace and Environmental Health Coordinator
Farida Djoudi
(819) 776-7626