Category Archives: Publications

12 Sep

IBD RESEARCH AND TREATMENT: CANADA’S FAME AND SHAME

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Patients, Advocates, and The Cameron Institute, issue call for equal access to IBD treatments CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO (September 12, 2017) – Approximately 233,000 Canadians know how it feels to wake up every day with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), which includes Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis – painful autoimmune disorders which attack the gastrointestinal tract. 1,2 A
31 May

Protecting Canadians from Excessive Drug Prices – Consultation Questions

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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has produced ample evidence showing the correlation between price controls and R&D spending. We know that the more downward pressure on prices, the less R&D done in that country. In Canada, drug prices are set by a  non-elected federal body called the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
06 Mar

Continence Training Needs Assessment of Residential Long-Term Care Personal Support Workers

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Urinary incontinence (UI) and fecal incontinence (FI) are embarrassing and debilitating conditions that are becoming collectively a major, growing health concern for men and women of all ages worldwide. Recent research showed that professional caregivers in long-term facilities (nursing homes) were not confident in their skills to care for FI residents. This long-term care residential-based
19 Dec

Big Government vs. Everyone Else: The Truth About the Bizarre World of Drug Benefit Programs in Canada

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In the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business (ROB) dated November 2016 there appeared an eight-page report entitled, “Big Pharma vs. Everyone”. Below is a counterpoint article to the one found in ROB. It has been written to set the record straight and to inform Canadians accurately about the pharmaceutical system and the difficulty in
18 Oct

Four persistent rural healthcare challenges

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Today, 25% of Canadians live in rural and remote parts of Canada. The evidence is that these Canadians do not enjoy the same health status as citizens living in more urban settings. This article explores four persistent healthcare challenges: population demographics, place, professionals, and public participation. By exploring solutions that some rural communities have used
28 Sep

Continence training needs assessment of residential long-term care personal support workers

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Urinary incontinence (UI) and fecal incontinence (FI) are embarrassing and debilitating conditions that are becoming collectively a major, growing health concern for men and women of all ages worldwide. In terms of academic study, interest and understanding, fecal incontinence (FI) is the poor cousin of the incontinence twins. Recent research from the Canadian Continence Foundation
26 Jun

Rule of Law and State Capacity: Keys to Market Access in Developing and Resource-Constrained Markets

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Despite the availability of essential medicines in developing countries, one-third of the world’s population does not have access to essential medicines due to barriers including money, power, politics, and ideologies. Market failures and lack of political will to create stable, ethical and law-abiding government administrations that can support infrastructure and resources should carry a significant amount