On December 29, 2015, when many Canadians were preparing to welcome the new year, the World Health Organization announced its own cause for celebration: Ebola was gone from Guinea and there had not been a …
Read MoreLe 29 décembre 2015, alors que plusieurs Canadiens se préparaient à accueillir le Nouvel An, l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) annonçait la cause de ses propres réjouissances : la Guinée était libérée du virus Ebola …
Read MoreIt’s now been a year since Canada stopped issuing visas to people from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – the three most Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. This move was illegal, unhelpful and wrong-headed then, …
Read MoreL’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (l’OMS) vient d’annoncer que la vague de cas de microcéphalie liée au Zika est une urgence de portée mondiale. Ce virus attire l’attention de la communauté internationale parce que l’Amérique …
Read MoreWith global infectious disease outbreaks comes pressure on national governments to close their borders to citizens or residents of affected countries. Too many governments give way to this pressure. Border closures against high-risk regions, implemented …
Read MoreThis week the country’s fourteen health ministers have been gathering in Vancouver for a pan-Canadian summit to begin negotiating a new Health Accord. The previous accord saw $41 billion transferred to the provinces over the …
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that clusters of microcephaly that are possibly linked to the Zika virus constitute a “public health emergency of international concern.” This virus has captured the attention of the …
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