Past Events

The Making the Invisible, Visilble: Shining a Spotlight on Sickle Cell Disease conference featured presentations on issues such as the social impact of sickle cell disease on school age children; comprehensive care for the adults living with sickle cell disease; Ontario's chronic disease prevention and management strategy; and powerful testimonials of people living with sickle cell disease. The conference was presented in partnership between the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario and the Black Health Alliance.

One of the highlight accomplishments of the recent Making the Invisible, Visible: Shining a Spotlight on Sickle Cell Disease conference was the official declaration of the City of Toronto to declare June 19th World Sickle Cell day in 2010. Numerous major cities around the world have moved to recognize June 19th as World Sickle Cell day following the United Nations declaration of Sickle Cell Disease as a Public Health Problem and the 19th of June of each year as World Sickle Cell Day.

Thank you for everyone who attended the last BHA Members Meeting on Monday November 23, 2009 at Foresters Conference Centre and participated in the launch of the BHA “Let’s Talk About….” Speaker Series with: “Violence as a Public Health Issue.” We appreciated your valuable feedback and we look forward to your involvement at our next meeting.

The Black Health Alliance, in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, presents The African Heart Beats, Dinner and Forum: A Spotlight on Heart Disease and Stroke in Toronto’s Black Community. March 20 and 21st, 2009. This two day event consisted of the Black Health Alliance “Edutainment” Fundraising Dinner: “Healthy Living is Fun” and the Community Forum: “Empowering people of African descent to put their hearts into preventing heart disease and stroke”.