Adam R. Houston

Adam R. Houston is the medical policy and advocacy officer for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Canada. Bluesky: @healthlawadamh.bsky.social

Articles by this author

Hansen stands in front of a large screen split into six images depicting some of the people in the company. One person looks into a microscope. Two others sit in front of a laptop. A third walks down a hallway, clipboard in hand.

Canada’s pandemic preparedness investments still make equity an afterthought

Existing diseases and tools to treat them must remain central to pandemic preparedness

A young girl sits as she gets a needle in her arm from a woman with rubber gloves. The girl is looking away from the needle and is focusing on one of her five classmates gathered around her. They are all wearing forest-green tunics over white short-sleeved shirts, and most of them are smiling. Another adult has a hand on the girl’s shoulder.

Canada’s positions on the international pandemic treaty are concerning

Pharmaceutical policy excludes the most vulnerable

Vaping’s overlooked upside: no cigarette butts

Canada must guard against unrestricted drug exports to the US

Toward a new peacekeeping approach in Haiti

Why some essential medicines are unavailable in Canada

Why tuberculosis is a public health concern

Smoke’s negative effects should guide marijuana and tobacco policy

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