A recent report from the European Foundation Centre argued that European social and economic policy should take global health into account. It stressed the “internationalization of health risks and ever greater interdependence. Global health requires cooperation and coordination.” For example, European farm subsidies have an adverse impact on the economies and trade patterns of poor […]
Archives for January 2007
Social Determinants of Health into Policy Action
The social determinants of health have been notoriously difficult to implement into concrete policy and programmes. Still, groups across the country are analysing and experimenting with how social determinants and health equity can be addressed on the ground through front-line service delivery and through community development. One such group is the Edmonton Social Planning Council. […]
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Broader Engagement in Local Planning Processes
Wellesley and many other community groups have been emphasizing that effective and meaningful community participation will be crucial to the success of the new LHINs and to the development of an innovative new provincial health strategy. One of the critical challenges will be ensuring that the full range of community voices and interests can be […]
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2007 – year of housing for all?????
It’s a new year, and Canada has a new federal housing and homelessness minister. What would be the best new year’s resolution for the Hon. Monte Solberg, as he settles into his new office? In recent years, growing homelessness and housing insecurity, along with effective political advocacy, has prompted politicians to create a patchwork of […]
France set to declare right to housing
France is set to declare housing as a fundamental right following a high-profile protest in downtown Paris by homeless people and housing advocates. The right to housinghas been recognized in international law for decades, and is incorporated in countless international covenents, treaties, declarations and other legal instruments. However, many countriessign the international documents then fail […]