"Every day, we see impacts of the restrictions on entry of medical supplies into #Gaza in our hospitals and clinics.” – Dr. Randa Abu El-Khair Masoud, Project Medical Advisor.

She describes the immense strain that restrictions have placed on our teams: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...

“We want a universal healthcare system… we don’t want a system that punches down” - Dr. @ritikagoel.bsky.social

Canada faces calls to rescind cuts to #refugee healthcare scheme

by @jkdamours.bsky.social via @aljazeera.com #healthequity #cdnpoli
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First Nations leaders say B.C. hasn’t made much progress in preventing outsized impact of toxic drug crisis | CBC News In the 10 years since B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency, First Nations leaders say the crisis has had an outsized impact on Indigenous communities.

First Nations leaders say B.C. hasn’t made much progress in preventing outsized impact of toxic drug crisis

by @thatemfagan.bsky.social #publichealth #harmreduction #toxicdrugs #healthequity
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

On May 1, the Canadian govt plans to introduce cost barriers to access health care for #refugees, refugee claimants, and survivors of trafficking. This goes against evidence and our values.

You can reach out to members of parliament. Here's some inspiration from a sample of health organizations 1/7

B.C. marks tenth anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion

Ten years ago today, fmr BC provincial health officer Perry Kendall declared a public health emergency in response to a surge in drug deaths

Since Jan 2016, close to 19k ppl have died from illicit drugs in BC – about the capacity of Vancouver’s Rogers Arena
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B.C. marks tenth anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion

B.C. marks a grim 10th anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency. Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

A decade under a public health emergency and nearly tens of thousands dead is horrific. Catastrophic. Grotesque. Governments are meant to keep people safe. The BCNDP knows thousands are dying every year from unregulated drugs. They choose to not regulate the drugs.
Today I am exhausted with grief.

BC’s Toxic Drug Crisis Hits a Grim 10-Year Anniversary | The Tyee More than 18,000 British Columbians have been killed and there’s no end in sight.

I deeply appreciate @michellegamage.bsky.social's work on the toxic drug poisoning crisis

It's not an "addiction crisis"

The use of substances has always been with us—and always will be

Let's prevent the social murder by regulating the supply

thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

#bcpoli

B.C. declared toxic drugs a public health emergency 10 years ago. Has it made a difference? | CBC News Experts say they worry the province hasn’t used all the powers available that come with a public health emergency, and is leaning on public opinion rather than science to inform policy.

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His mother died of cancer, then cancer took his wife. Last year, he faced his own diagnosis | CBC News A new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers fresh modelling that shows cancer cases and deaths will remain at high levels in the year ahead — including "concerning t...

Cancer remains top cause of death in #Canada as new @cmaj.ca study shows multiple types rising

by @laurenpelley.bsky.social #publichealth #healthequity #hpv #cervicalcancer
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

#TalkAboutSudan: Sana Bég and Michelle Shephard reflect on her visit to the #Sudan–#Chad border with our teams and the human impact of the world’s deadliest war.

She shares her experience via The Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/sudan-genocide/

“Public knowledge really matters in terms of being able to scale up these interventions.”

#UVic researchers (CISUR's Bernie Pauly and Karen Urbanoski) discuss why B.C. couldn’t replicate Portugal’s drug strategy, via @victorianews.bsky.social

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Brain injury part of a far-reaching shadow crisis amid overdose deaths in B.C. More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs since the public health emergency was declared in the province on April 14, 2016

Brain injury part of a far-reaching shadow crisis amid overdose deaths in B.C.

by Brieanna Charlebois @cdnpress.bsky.social #publichealth #harmreduction #toxicdrugs #bcpoli #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

43 Patients, Not Enough Staff: How to Save a Life in an Overrun ER | The Walrus A few minutes into my shift, I realized my first patient could be dying

Reading this gripping account by @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social, I'm reflecting on how patients' social needs are more likely to go unaddressed in overextended ERs -- the same social needs that landed them there in the first place.

Somebody put out the fire. #sdoh
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Reflecting on 10 Long Years of BC’s Toxic Drug Crisis | The Tyee I’ve spent my career working in the public health emergency. It’s time for a full embrace of evidence-based drug policies.

Reflecting on 10 long years of BC’s toxic drug crisis

by Dr. Ryan Herriot #publichealth #harmreduction #healthpolicy #toxicdrugs via @dsdp.ca @thetyee.ca
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Six months of an ineffective #ceasefire have left 733 people dead and 1,913 injured in #Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders calls on world leaders to protect civilians, restore dignified living conditions and allow humanitarian aid to reach those who need it.

Graphic with Dr. Eric Cattoni, a family doctor and Medical Director, Families in Recovery Program at BC Women's Hospital, promoting Episode 38 on perinatal substance use care

Episode 38 is LIVE 🎙️

Check out this fascinating conversation on perinatal substance use care, a specialty area of medicine that has huge transformative potential for pregnant & postpartum patients & their families.

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#familymed #healthequity #socialjustice #meded

Stephen Lewis Was a Singular Man on a Mission

Stephen Lewis Was a Singular Man on a Mission: “A man that during the AIDS epidemic managed to help save us, and his name will forever be written on Africa,” as reported by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...

WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contract worker killed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's chief, said on X that 'evacuations will remain suspended until further notice' as the 'relevant authorities' were investigating what had happened. So far, no details have been given.

WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contract worker killed

#Lebanon: Following yesterday's Israeli airstrike on a residential neighbourhood in #Beirut, five people were killed, including a 15-year-old girl and two Sudanese migrants. Fifty-two people, including eight children, were wounded, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Refugees Deserve Health Care. They Shouldn’t Have to Pay | The Tyee New co-payments under the Interim Federal Health Program are poor health policy, doctors say.

#Refugees deserve health care. They shouldn’t have to pay

by Drs. Annalee Coakley, @gabefabreau.bsky.social & Vanessa Redditt
#publichealth #healthequity #cdnpoli via @thetyee.ca
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'Blind alleys are always opportunities': The scientist who developed the polio vaccine On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective – but he refused to profit from it.

"Interviewed on television that evening, Salk was asked who owned the patent. 'Well, the people, I would say,' he replied. 'There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?'"

The scientist who developed the #polio vaccine

#publichealth #vaccines #healthequity
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Councillors, advocates concerned over Vancouver's human rights plan ahead of FIFA World Cup | CBC News A motion from Coun. Pete Fry and Coun. Lucy Maloney last week said that the existing draft human rights plan doesn't have clear metrics or targets to ensure no unhoused people are displaced due to the...

Councillors, advocates concerned over #Vancouver's human rights plan ahead of FIFA World Cup

#publichealth #healthequity #housingishealthcare
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MSF condemns this attack and calls for protection of civilians and health facilities.

Strikes near hospitals spread fear and deter lifesaving care. MSF is deploying a mass-casualty kit and continuing support.

Civilians cannot be collateral damage.

[Report] Criticism of Bill C-12 grows over risks to the health of refugees and migrants | RCI The debate pits immigration reform against concerns over the medical and social impact of the new co-payments.

Criticism of Bill C-12 grows over risks to the health of #refugees & migrants

#healthequity #cdnpoli
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“The rich & powerful want us to believe there’s never enough to go around. This is a fallacy”

As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all
via @yipengge.bsky.social #publichealth #healthequity
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Measles in an ICE facility is a public health failure A marginalized population, a highly contagious disease, no systemic vaccination safeguards — no wonder there’s measles in an ICE detention facility.

#Measles in an ICE facility is a public health failure.

In my latest for @statnews.com, I argue this outbreak was avoidable and the result of policy choices that concentrate risk without basic prevention. V This is both a health and human rights failure.

www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/m...

"Evidence regarding the massive scale of the crackdown is now trickling out and there must be no impunity for the extreme violence being inflicted upon protesters and the health care workers tending to them across the country.” - Physicians for Human Rights phr.org/news/physici... #Iran

'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health.

‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply

via Nono Shen @cdnpress.bsky.social #publichealth #healthequity #medetomidine #toxicdrugs #harmreduction
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