Jan 13, 2014 Health Care Providers Join Growing Calls To Raise Ontario’s Minimum Wage TORONTO – As the Ontario government gears up for the next provincial budget Health Providers Against Poverty will hold a press conference. Where: Queens Park Media Studio, Ontario Legislature. When: Tuesday January 14th at 10.30 a.m. The news conference will be the latest in a […]
Author: Health Providers Against Poverty
December 5, 2013 To: Hon. Kathleen Wynne, MPP, Premier of Ontario Hon. Linda Jeffrey, MPP, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Hon. Teresa Piruzza, MPP, Minister Responsible for Poverty Reduction Hon. Ted McMeekin, MPP, Minister of Community and Social Services Dear Premier Wynne, Minister Jeffrey, Minister Piruzza, and Minister McMeekin, We are writing on behalf of Health Providers Against Poverty to […]
Nov 27, 2013 Research shows that medical care accounts for only 25% of health outcomes, while the social determinants of health, including income, education, housing, food security, and immigration status, account for around 50%. This is why Toronto physicians, Dr. Gary Bloch and Dr. Julia Morinis, have started treating poverty as a disease. They screen […]
Health Providers Against Poverty 
You must be logged in to post a comment.