Health inequalities (the differences in health between the rich and the poor) are growing wider in the United Kingdom. That’s the sobering news in the latest status report from the UK Department of Health titled “Tackling Health Inequalities” (released on March 13, 2008).
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Unnatural causes – new PBS web site on health inequalities
“Unnatural causes” is a new on-line resource from the U.S. public broadcaster PBS that provides important info on the intersection between poverty, race and health. From the intro: “What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts, and skin color? Four individuals from different walks of life demonstrate how one’s position in society – shaped […]
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UN expected to criticize Canada's housing record
Canada's is expected to get a much-deserved censure from The United Nation's Human Rights Council, the highest human rights body within the UN, as it debates Canada's housing record on Wednesday, March 12. The debate begins with a presentation from Miloon Kothari, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, who made a […]
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Federal budget 2008: Billion-dollar housing / homelessness gap looming
Wellesley Institute federal budget scan: Healthy corporate profits – healthy communities??? Minister Flaherty federal budget fails to offer funding; Billion-dollar housing / homelessness gap is looming Just five days before federal Finance Minister James Flaherty rose in the House of Commons earlier today (February 26) to deliver the 2008 national budget,
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Imagine a healthy and prosperous Canada for all!
Imagine a healthy and prosperous Canada, where no one is left behind. What are the practical, effective and fiscally-responsible steps that will get us there? Find the answers in the 2008 Alternative Federal Budget, an initiative of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that includes a contribution from the Wellesley Institute. The federal budget delivered […]
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Health Disparities, Neighbourhoods, and the UK Experience
In even the wealthiest countries there are pervasive and stark differences in health by neighbourhood and region, race, socio-economic conditions and opportunities, and other liens of social and economic inequality. Many governments are trying to develop comprehensive policy and programme action to address these health disparities. One at the municipal level is the Greater London […]
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Wellesley Community Roundtables on Health Equity
Pervasive and systemic differences in health by income, race, neighbourhood and other social determinants of health are increasingly well documented across the province. The need to reduce these disparities and enhance overall health equity is high on the agenda of the provincial government and many LHINs. Wellesley initiated a series of forums with community-based health […]
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Minister Solberg boycotts meeting, then promises to meet
Federal housing minister Monte Solberg boycotts housing summit, Then promises to meet provincial counterparts within two months (February 6, 2008): Provincial and territorial housing ministers met today (Wednesday) in Vancouver and, for the first time in almost a decade, the federal housing minister refused to participate. However, during the meeting, federal minister Monte Solberg told […]
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National Housing Report Card 2008 reveals government funding failures
National Housing Report Card 2008 On the eve of the first provincial-territorial housing ministers’ summit in almost two and one-half years, a new report card from the Wellesley Institute reveals that the federal government and eight of the thirteen provinces and territories have failed to meet the commitments for new housing funding that they […]
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First glance at TO’s operating budget: Balanced, but at what cost?
Wellesley Institute backgrounder: Toronto’s 2008 operating budget: Balanced, but at what cost? January 29, 2008 The headlines all proclaim the news that the City of Toronto has released a draft 2008 operating budget that is fully balanced with only a modest tax increase for home owners.
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