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New Clinical for Addressing Poverty in Ontario

A new version of Poverty: A Clinical Tool for Primary Care has been released by the Centre for Effective Practice. This was developed under the clinical leadership of Dr. Gary Bloch, founding member of Health Providers Against Poverty.

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Campaign for Paid Sick Days Launched at Queen’s Park

With the start of flu season, health care providers and allies have made it clear that paid sick days are a matter of public health and equity. On Thursday, November 5th, Health Providers Against Poverty joined the Association of Ontario Health Centres and the Fight for 15 & Fairness for a press conference at Queen’s Park. A public statement with […]

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“Prescribing Income” Seminar at University of Manitoba

Health Providers Against Poverty Founder, Dr. Gary Bloch, will be presenting Prescribing Income: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Mobilizing Doctors to Treat Poverty at the University of Manitoba on November 23, 2015. His idea that health care providers should prescribe money to people with low income as an important health intervention ignited action by HPAP 10 years ago. Now, a […]