Reading Time: 3 minutes Media expose raises some troubling questions about Health Canada’s relationship with a for-profit blood collection company
Author: Danyaal Raza
Dr. Danyaal Raza is a physician, academic and advocate for evidence-based, values-driven health care reform. He is a family physician with the Department of Family & Community Medicine of St. Michael’s Hospital, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and serves as Chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare. His leadership and advocacy work focuses on health policy, including better medicare, public-private healthcare and the social determinants of health.
Putting patients first can save Canada’s health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients First could be an incredible moment for health sector leaders to dramatically reshape how health care is delivered
Tackling relationship between climate change and health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians innately understand how their health is linked with environmental issues
Why Canada needs a national housing strategy now
Reading Time: 3 minutes By providing secure, safe housing, we are also addressing persistent health problems
Guaranteed sick time good policy and smart business
Reading Time: 3 minutes People working despite being sick has been estimated to cost Canadian businesses $15 to $25 billion per year