Healthcare is one of the most important social services that a country provides for its citizens. Healthcare systems in middle-income countries can be planned in ways that allow for successful improvements to be made, including an increase in the quality … Continue reading
Category: Health
Trudeau’s Plan: Remodelling the Canadian Healthcare System
On Tuesday, February 7th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pitched nearly $200 billion as part of a 10-year healthcare plan to fix the ailing healthcare system, with a $2 billion boost to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) for each province and … Continue reading
Global Correlates of Addiction Disability
Addiction, addiction treatment, and substance use policy have been topics of hot debate in recent years. However, it was not until more recently that science started exploring the impact of socioeconomic, political, and cultural characteristics that may also be at play.
The Franco-Cambodian Medical Collaboration: A Reality Today?
How is it that, over 70 years after the independence of Cambodia, French is still used in the Cambodian medical field? Where does this relationship come from? How long will the language survive? These questions are addressed below.
Death by Trade
Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. have risen significantly since 1999 whilst also exhibiting geographic variation. A focus on foreign trade-related jobs is vital, and perhaps more significant, than other forms of failure in relation to the rise of Opioid usage.
Gendered Leadership in Crisis – What Lessons Can be Learned?
What role does gender play in the expected success of elected leaders? When citizens vote, do they consider the gender of the individual leader when casting their ballot?
The Social Implications of Illiteracy in the United States
When one thinks of a country struggling with literacy rates, they likely would not first consider the United States. Yet, a recent study conducted by the United States Department of Education found that 54% of U.S. adults aged 16-74 lacked proficiency in literacy.
The reality of women’s rights in Latin America: Guatemala and Law 5272
On March 8th, Guatemala’s congress passed the Life and Family Protection Law (Law 5272) with an overwhelming majority of 101 to 8 with 51 not present. While the bill still needs to be signed by the president, it would impose some of the harshest punishment for abortion among any Latin American country.
Why The Global North Is Responsible For The Ongoing Pandemic
This new variant has thrown the world back into chaos, with travel bans being reinstated, schools being shut down, economies thrown into disarray, and infection rates shooting back up.
COVID-19 Pills : The Ultimate Cure?
The Covid-19 pandemic has shifted our societies in many ways, from new communication metaverses to evolving workplace rules –however, nothing has compared to the rapid innovation occurring in the field of medicine. Since the premises of the pandemic, vaccination has … Continue reading