One important metric by which we can measure the success of our public health system: Ensuring everyone has access to immunization in their community.
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Fair global agreements, home-grown vaccines and sharing extra doses with poorer nations are all needed if we’re to ever emerge from this pandemic.
Expanding access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to those not terminally ill puts vulnerable people at risk of feeling pressured into MAID, and doctors at risk of being forced to facilitate it.
One of the factors that has made COVID-19 so catastrophic in long-term care homes was lack of paid sick leave for low-wage workers.
So far, the only COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use need to be kept frozen. But there are many places in the world that can’t support a cold supply chain.
A private market should have no place in the rollout of a COVID vaccine.
In Brazil, black COVID-19 patients are dying at higher rates than white patients. Worse housing quality, working conditions and health care help to explain the pandemic’s racially disparate toll.
While African Americans account for about 14% of the US population, they have accounted for about 60% of deaths from the virus. Several physicians offer an idea they think could help.
When care is equity-oriented, patients report fewer depression and trauma symptoms, less chronic pain and improved quality of life.
A remote medicine program in Saskatchewan allows acutely ill children and pregnant women to be treated by specialist doctors, without leaving their communities.
Recent findings say that sitting around is a ‘first world’ problem. In reality, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Genome sequencing is transforming the way we diagnose disease. But lack of diversity in genomic data means only some Canadians will benefit from this revolutionary technology.
A cure for many tropical diseases was discovered 30 years ago this month. The drug is donated by its manufacturer. Why are we still dealing with neglected tropical diseases?
Parents need support from early childhood educators to build capacity to claim for NDIS services.
It seems that vulnerability is a cost of privilege, and resilience comes as a result of adversity.
Infectious diseases have plagued Africa for decades. Now, Africa faces the threat of a cancer pandemic – with a shortage of equipment, doctors and money to treat it.
It looks like where you live, and what regulations that state has for health insurers, may have a major impact on whether you are diagnosed early or not.
It is time to have an open and honest discussion about who is – and isn’t – being trained to secure the future of our world’s health at the World Health Organization headquarters.
New research shows that black patients are more likely to have heart transplants at the worst-performing centers. So how do patients choose where to go for surgery?
As well as being responsible for a large share of total costs, people who visit the GP more often are more likely to live in the most disadvantaged areas, and to report being in poor health.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University
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Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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PhD candidate, La Trobe University and Unit Head, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Health Economics, Duke-NUS Medical School
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Honorary Fellow, Early Childhood Education., Charles Darwin University
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Professor of General Practice and Head of Undergraduate Education, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Surgery and Director of the Virtual Health Hub and the Remote Presence Robotic Program at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
