High-quality research is important for improving population health and well-being and for achieving
the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. The challenges facing individuals, organizations and
countries in securing research funding and building research capacity, and then using these resources
...
The WHO European Region has the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, yet alcohol
labelling, a WHO-recommended practice that provides consumer information on the ingredients, nutritional
values and harms of alcohol, is not mandatory. This report synthesizes evidence on alcohol la...
Men are less likely than women to seek help for mental health issues and are much more likely to commit
suicide. This scoping review examined recent evidence published in English and Russian on the role of socially
constructed masculinity norms in men’s help-seeking behaviour for mental health issues. ...
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional
graduate education and experience.(1; 2) As regulated
health professionals, nurse practitioners have a legislated
expanded scope of practice that gives them independent
authority to assess, diagnose and provide treatment.(3)
This broader scope of ...
Prenatal education has expanded significantly over the
past two decades, from its initial conception as an
opportunity to teach pain management in labour and
preparation for birth in the hospital environment to
including broader public-health principles of preparing
women and their families for pregnancy...
By September 2019, some 80 million poor households will have been connected to LPG since 2015 through the national programme, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (Ujjwala). This is in addition to “normal” growth in LPG connections amounting to approximately 40 million households. By any account, this is a ...
In February 2019, the Government of Ontario revealed
its plans to reform the Ontario health system. The plans
include the amalgamation of the province’s six
provincial agencies (i.e., Cancer Care Ontario, Health
Quality Ontario, eHealth Ontario, Trillium Gift of Life
Network, Health Shared Services Ont...
The health of British Columbians has continued to
improve over the past decade, with gains in healthadjusted life expectancy and a gradual decrease in the
gap between the life expectancy of women and men.(1)
These gains in health status have come, in part, as a
result of provincial efforts to strengthen ...
Canada, like most high-income countries, is experiencing an aging
population, with those over 65 being on track to represent 25% of the
Canadian population by 2050. This shift in population demographics is
requiring significant changes in the delivery of health and social services
including an increased ...
Affordability is a key barrier to access to medicines. Generic medicines policies can address this barrier and promote access. Successful uptake of generic medicines depends, in part, on ensuring that these products are interchangeable with reference products. Typically, bioequivalence certification is e...
