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Toronto City Council Debates Equitable Access to Good Health and Health Care for Uninsured Residents
May 7, 2013 by
Closing The Health Council Of Canada: Another Missed Opportunity
April 25, 2013 by
By Bob Gardner and Emily Wong The federal government's decision to stop funding the Health Council of Canada as of March 2014 had prompted an outcry from the Continue Reading…
Driving Health Equity for Refugee and Immigrant Populations: Policy Actions Needed
April 4, 2013 by
I was speaking at a fascinating conference in Montreal. The seminar was reporting on the final stages of a comprehensive multi-site research project on the Continue Reading…
What the Health Sector Can Do To Reduce Health Inequities
March 18, 2013 by
The Institute of Health Equity in London, led by Sir Michael Marmot, has published a major report on what the health sector can do to address health inequities Continue Reading…
Building Health and Equity Into Policy: Policy Orientated Health Equity Impact Assessments
March 4, 2013 by
Addressing "wicked" policy and social problems such as systemic health inequities and their underlying social determinants requires comprehensive and Continue Reading…
New Federal Changes to Refugee Healthcare Make a Bad Situation Far Worse
December 14, 2012 by
The federal government today released its list of Designated Countries of Origin The dangerous health impact will be that refugee claimants from these Continue Reading…
Improving Health Policy: Complex Policy and Governance for Complex Issues
September 18, 2012 by
The World Health Organization's European office has just published a very interesting book on Governance for Health in the 21st Century. It begins from a Continue Reading…
Acting on the Social Determinants of Health: the Potential of Intersectoral Collaboration
September 17, 2012 by
Addressing the social determinants of health that underlie pervasive and damaging health inequities is a complex and dynamic challenge -- a classic 'wicked' Continue Reading…
Health Equity Impact Assessment as a Policy Tool
September 11, 2012 by
The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy publish a Public Policy and Health Continue Reading…
Ten Promising Practices on Equity from Sudbury Public Health
August 9, 2012 by
Public health is one of the most important policy and service delivery mechanisms for addressing health inequities. The Sudbury and District Health Unit has Continue Reading…
