Op-Ed: How poverty is killing us
By Ted Bruce At the PHABC Conference this year Dr. John Millar PHABC’s Vice President outlined in a key note address some of the key issues related to poverty and…
Health Voices
Why Austerity Kills
By Dr. John Millar In a recent book ‘The Body Economic – Why Austerity Kills. Recessions, budget battles, and the politics of life and death’, David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu…
Is the Media Doing Its Job?
By Ted Bruce Those of us in the public health community often complain about the media failing to highlight key public health issues. We beat ourselves up about not framing…
Where do we go from here? Reflections on the Welfare Food Challenge
By Marjorie MacDonald I have not been blogging for the past three days because I have been so busy with work deadlines and preparations for the PHABC Conference, rapidly approaching….
Welfare Food Challenge Days 3 and 4
By Marjorie MacDonald I did not get the opportunity to blog this weekend because I have been sick. The only good thing about that was that I wasn’t hungry, which…
Marjorie’s Welfare Food Challenge – Day 2
By Marjorie MacDonald Keen to stay on track today, I started the day with a shopping trip – choosing the grocery store that I know is generally cheaper (but the…