Income & Social Inequities
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There is no question that racial inequalities translate into the public health context. These inequalities may manifest in the form of poor health outcomes due to factors including a lack of medical access and prolonged structural racism, which heavily impacts social determinants of health…
The global response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been complicated by the scarcity of medical resources.
The World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its food assistance programs in conflict-affected states and its work to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war. Since it was founded in 1961, the WFP has contributed substantially to reducing global hunger. Nevertheless, the Nobel Committee’s decision this year may not appear to be the obvious choice.
The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped much of human activity in its tracks over the past eleven months, most notably due to many countries closing their borders, restricting public transport usage, and putting nation-wide lockdowns into place in an effort to enforce social distancing and control coronavirus case counts…
In recent years, Latin America has erupted into a state of civil unrest, with conflict and protests reaching a boiling point in Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and other countries across Central and South America …
Despite the advent of a new decade, we appear to have carried with us many of the same growing fears that were building up toward the end of 2019 through to 2020…
The West takes pride in its general emphasis on recycling. Most homes have recycling facilities nearby, public facilities such as malls and parks have numerous bins, and schools teach their students about the importance of sorting and properly disposing of their waste…
Children, who are the most vulnerable to lead poisoning, have been some of the hardest-hit victims of the contamination of the Flint, Michigan water supply. The crisis began when the city began sourcing its water from the Flint River in May of 2014…
Global Mental Health is defined as a field which “aims to improve treatments, increase access to services, and reduce human rights abuses of people experiencing mental disorders” 1. Many countries have become increasingly interested in Global Mental Health issues and have consequently attempted to place mental health at the forefront of practice and politics…
For one who is poor, for one who lives under $2/day, for one who has to work every day to feed the family, blindness equals death … With several competing priorities, there is a severe lack of facilities to treat the poorest of the poor for blindness at an affordable price.
On any given night, over 30,000 people are homeless in Canada with 2,880 unsheltered outside in cars, parks or on the street, 14,400 staying in emergency shelters, 7,350 staying in shelters for violence against women, and 4,464 people in temporary institutional accommodations such as hospitals, prisons or interim housing…
The lack of basic resources in many developing countries remains responsible for the death of millions of children annually. Some of the illnesses responsible for such high morbidity and mortality rates can be avoided through simple preventive measures including immunization, access to drinking water, proper hygiene, and appropriate nutrition…
Over the last few decades, thousands of individuals from all over the world have chosen to call Canada “home,” envisioning it as a nation of opportunity, prosperity, and a new life. In 2022 alone, Canada welcomed 437,180 immigrants, a prominent record in the nation’s history [1]. However, while immigration rates are rapidly increasing, emigration rates appear to be rising simultaneously. A recent report titled “The Leaky Bucket: A Study of Immigrant Retention Trends in Canada” by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) for the Conference Board of Canada found that onward migration – defined as immigrants leaving their destination country for another – surpassed historical averages in 2017 and 2019 [2].