Dr. Dan Werb spoke with The Brampton Guardian about his work assessing involuntary treatments for people who use drugs, and the risks associated with them.
Author: Samira Prasad
Divided city: Life expectancy varies by almost 12 years across Toronto neighbourhoods
In collaboration with MAP researchers, The Local Magazine has produced the first-ever neighbourhood-level analysis of life expectancy in Toronto. Neighbourhoods separated by just a few TTC stops can be worlds apart in terms of how residents experience life, and death. Check out the analysis and stories below:
- “Wealth brings privileges, and one of them is longer life.” Life Expectancy Varies by Almost 12 Years Across Toronto Neighbourhoods featuring Dr. Stephen Hwang
- “Income, immigration status, transit and walkability, access to services, housing conditions…there are a lot of factors that come into play.” Why a Two-Kilometre Strip of Yonge Street Has the Highest Life Expectancy in Toronto featuring Dr. Andrew Pinto
- “People experiencing homelessness have remarkably low life expectancies.” Moss Park’s Lost Years featuring Dr. Stephen Hwang
The high costs of health when homeless
CityNews spoke with Dr. Stephen Hwang about a new study looking at the healthcare costs associated with homelessness. Dr. Hwang spoke about how the lack of access to preventative care for this population leads to people seeking care once the case is quite advanced.
Majority of amputations done on Canadian diabetics could have been prevented, study finds
A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that proper access to primary care and/or a foot care specialist could have prevented the majority of diabetic amputations. Dr. Gillian Booth spoke with Global News about the holistic supports that are needed to reach the people who most urgently need care.
“Access to a family doctor is a fundamental right”: A physician on how Ontario health care fails underserved communities
Dr. Tara Kiran was interviewed by Toronto Life about the frustrating barriers in accessing public health care that many new Canadians, refugees and unhoused people routinely experience. She also shared her thoughts on how we can do better.
Mpox vaccine is 58% effective after one dose, Canadian study finds
Dr. Sharmistha Mishra spoke with Global News about a new study published in the BMJ, that found a single dose of a mpox vaccine, Modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN), was 58 per cent effective in protecting against the mpox infection.
WHO calls for international support amid mpox outbreak in Africa
Dr. Darrell Tan was featured on CBC’s The Current’s episode covering the mpox outbreak spreading across Africa.
Province to close 5 Toronto supervised drug consumption sites
MAP Community Scholar Zoë Dodd, spoke with CBC about the Ontario provincial government’s decision to close several safe consumption sites and the impact it will have on people who use drugs.
Provincial government cracks down on supervised consumption sites
Dr. Dan Werb was a guest on CBC Radio’s Here and Now to speak about the recent closures of several safe consumption sites in Ontario.
Many people at risk never got their 2nd mpox vaccine dose, public health agencies say
Dr. Darrell Tan spoke with The Canadian Press about why people in Canada did not receive second doses of the mpox vaccines, and the importance of improving access to other countries in need of them.