Scholars from the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University have created a set of online courses on Black health and anti-Black racism in the Canadian health-care system, which will be available to learners across Canada – a momentous step in helping advance equitable care for Black Canadians.
The Black Health Primer was created in response to gaps in education and training on Black health and anti-Black racism in medicine and public health, say its creators Onye Nnoroman assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Temperance Faculty of Medicine, Sume Ndumbe-Eyohan assistant professor at Dalla Lana and…
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland was in Corner Brook Monday to announce funding to improve health-care services across Newfoundland and Labrador over the next three years. (Colleen Connors/CBC)
Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest province to ink a bilateral agreement on health-care funding with the federal government, announcing a three-year, $256 million agreement on Monday.
The provincial government says it plans to use the money across the health-care systems to expand access to family health services by creating more family care teams, addressing surgical backlogs, recruiting more staff and expanding virtual care among other items.
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