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Ryan Meili uses powerful storytelling to bring SDoH to the policy table
May 30, 2012 by
Ryan Meili uses powerful personal stories to argue that we must better address the social determinants of health (SDOH)on the political agenda for a Continue Reading…
Rising Physician and Drug Costs Through an Equity Lens
October 29, 2010 by
The latest Canadian Institute for Health Information report on health care expenditures highlighted that hospitals, drugs and doctors are the largest components Continue Reading…
Public Health Consultation on the Social Determinants of Health
June 11, 2008 by
In March 2007, the Public Health Agency of Canada, supporting Canadian involvement in the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Continue Reading…
Privatized Health Care Won't Deliver
December 7, 2009 by
Leading health economist Bob Evans famously coined the phrase ‘zombies’ to refer to ideas that have been solidly and repeatedly refuted by scientific Continue Reading…
Preparing for the World Conference on the Social Determinants of Health
September 12, 2011 by
Next month the World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a Conference on the Social Determinants of Health in Rio de Janeiro. The conference aims to strengthen Continue Reading…
Preparing for Pandemic Influenza – A Wellesley Institute Webinar
October 16, 2009 by
The Wellesley Institute hosted a webinar: Preparing for Pandemic Influenza, with Thomas Appleyard and Rick Blickstead . Download Thomas Appleyard’s Continue Reading…
Planning for Health Equity: Mental Health Promotion and Care
June 24, 2011 by
Addressing deep-seated health inequities requires comprehensive strategies drawing on the insights and innovation of communities and community-based Continue Reading…
Pandemic Flu Planning through an Equity Lens
July 31, 2009 by
The possibility of an H1N1 pandemic is quite properly receiving a great deal of policy and health system attention. This is not just a question of system Continue Reading…
Pandemic Flu action plans
July 21, 2009 by
The WI has been working to raise the awareness that organizations need to develop concrete action plans for the upcoming pandemic flu possibility. These focus Continue Reading…
