"Here we are, poised on the eve of the single biggest expansion of the health-care system in a generation."
Tomorrow we're launching the Canadian Dental Care Plan and following in the footsteps of Tommy Douglas' vision for head-toe-healthcare.
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JUST OUT "Beyond a liver-gut focus: the evolution of gastroenterology and hepatology in challenging the obesity and steatotic liver disease paradigm" in @Gut_BMJ https://t.co/6E2uEfqsth
#LiverTwitter
Harley Crowshoe of the Blackfoot Nation reflects upon and encourages us all to “learn the truth and take a healing journey together” on this important Truth & Reconciliation Day.
#truthandreconciliation#orangeshirtday#everychildmatters
The impact of your research isn’t always reflected in how many prestige journals or books your research has appeared in. Sometimes, it’s the public engagement, partnerships, community participation, and influence on policy and guidelines that define a researcher’s impact.
@naveedjanjua@CDCofBC@canhepc@UBCNews No surprise to those of us working in communities affected, sadly. Is it lack of follow up care, length of time living with virus?
The sooner people living with viral hepatitis receive a diagnosis and care, the more likely they are to live a long and healthy life. They can't wait. So neither will we. Learn more at https://t.co/JlBhwY3cRR.
#WorldHepatitisDay#HepCantWait
📢 #FundingOpportunity!
Applications are now open for the Institute/Initiative Community Support Grants competition that will help fund planning and dissemination activities on a wide range of research topics.
Deadline: July 25, 2023
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Evidence supports universal one-time Hep B & Hep C testing for adults. But that's not what the Canadian guidelines recommend.
Curious? 🧐
Check out our 2023 Progress Report 👉
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We seek a new Senior Scientist for Data Analytics Services at the BCCDC. This exciting position works closely with me, our executive director @naveedjanjua and many others talented scientists, mathematical modelling experts, methodologists, and biostatis…https://t.co/r992zQgfTK
@ActionHepCanada@BCHepatitis@picardonhealth@globeandmail I have lost too many friends and peers to hep C, diagnosed too late or led to believe that hep C does not kill us., and not an urgent concern, and too often so stigmatized as to avoid the care we all deserve.
Counting down to #CanHepDay23🇨🇦, #5 of our 5 federal asks: Data. To measure our progress in viral hepatitis elimination, we need reliable, fulsome data. We ask the govt to fund and increase efforts to collect updated #HCV and #HBV data.
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The SPEAK survey is live! We want to hear about your physical and mental health and social and economic well-being. Have your say and help improve the health of your community at https://t.co/8eAiMdwel2
#BCSpeakSurvey
Never thought much about the value here on twitter, but I cannot be part of something led by musk, and now welcomes trump back to this place, goodbye twitter.