Nurse Practitioner, as a member of the Health Protection Division, the Nurse Practitioner is accountable to Health Protection Management for the implementation of the assigned Requirements of the Infectious and Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Program Standards of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) 2018 and relevant protocols, specifically related to sexual health and bloodborne infections.

April 24, 2025 – The HKPR District Health Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an individual who may have been exposed to rabies on Friday, March 14th in the Lindsay region.

PORT HOPE and PETERBOROUGH, ON (March 17, 2025) - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media and the community of an upcoming Board of Health meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 1 p.m.

March 12, 2025 – As the seasons change and spring arrives, private well owners are reminded of the importance of testing their drinking water to ensure it is safe for consumption. Groundwater is typically clean and safe, but contamination can occur due to improper well installation, run-off water, or other environmental factors

March 11, 2025 – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is issuing an alert due to a notable increase in suspected opioid drug poisonings in Northumberland County.  

February 13, 2025 - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media and the community of an upcoming Board of Health meeting scheduled for February 19, 2025 at 5 p.m.

February 4, 2025 – Today, the Board of Health for the Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough (HKNP) Health Unit (formerly Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) announces Dr. Thomas Piggott as the area’s new Acting Medical Officer of Health (MOH) and Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Minister of Health’s approval, effective immediately.

February 4, 2025 – The HKPR District Health Unit has launched a new Food Insecurity Dashboard revealing the rising challenges faced by local families struggling to afford healthy food across the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton and Northumberland County.

February 3, 2025 - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media, and the community of an upcoming Special Board of Health meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, at 8:30 a.m.

January 30, 2025 – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is reminding parents and guardians that failure to update their child’s immunization records could result in school suspension beginning April 1, 2025.