This book is not a compendium of every health policy or health policy initiative undertaken in Canada. Rather, the book explores some of the key developments in Continue Reading…
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This book is not a compendium of every health policy or health policy initiative undertaken in Canada. Rather, the book explores some of the key developments in Continue Reading…
Planning for next year's Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) 10th anniversary conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto is underway! We are Continue Reading…
Yesterday, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization addressed The United Nations Secretary General's Forum on Advancing Global Continue Reading…
With round-the-clock coverage of U.S. health care reform and thousands of journalists, commentators, "experts" and bloggers who dissect every word that key Continue Reading…
South Asian communities experience vast health inequities resulting in disproportionately poor health outcomes when compared with non-racialized and other Continue Reading…
Local Health Integration Networks are crucial mechanisms for building equity into planning and service delivery. In late 2009, as the LHINs were releasing Continue Reading…
I recently had a week wandering around Ireland (perhaps not relevant beyond the blogosphere), including exploring local bookshops (getting more familiar to Continue Reading…
Addressing the social determinants of health that underlie pervasive and damaging health inequities is a complex and dynamic challenge -- a classic 'wicked' Continue Reading…
As we have previously blogged, the federal government recently cut health benefits for many refugees. In The Real Cost of Cutting Refugee Health Benefits, the Continue Reading…
One precondition for successfully addressing health disparities is to build on local community-based initiatives and on the needs and perspectives of local Continue Reading…
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