Hope for Health Research Foundation


The charity dedicated to funding critical medical research.

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HOPE funds the Canadian medical facilities that lead Canada's SARS vaccine research

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has had a devastating impact in many parts of the world, including Toronto where, during the outbreak, several Toronto hospitals were closed and more than 16,000 individuals were in quarantine. Despite this figure, Toronto proved itself a world leader in medical response to public safety and concern, keeping Toronto one of the finest places in the world in which to live and visit. SARS has not changed Toronto , it has only solidified the resolve of its citizens who continue to live and work without fear, and compelled its world class medical community to develop effective SARS tests and the vaccine for the world community.The social and economic impact on Toronto. Doctors know that the viral agent causing SARS is not likely to disappear, and they anticipate that we will continue to be at risk of recurrent SARS outbreaks throughout the world. As a result of the research funded by The Hope for Health Research Foundation's HOPE event, hospitals will be prepared with enhanced surveillance, infection prevention and control measures. Improved laboratory diagnosis will also be available. The race is on at the Sunnybrook Women's College Health sciences centre and the B.C Centre for Disease control for the SARS vaccine.perhaps on a yearly basis. As a result, hospitals will need to continue to be prepared with enh Improved laboratory diagnosis will also be essential. Drs. Andrew Simor and David Patrick and their facilities will be receiving the financial proceeds from Hope for Health's fundraising activities. Dr. Andrew E. Simor, MD, FRCPC Head, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases consultant, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, and Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Dr. David Patrick MD, FRCPC, MHSc Director, Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology Services B.C. Centre for Disease Control.