Kim

Health charity community engagement and government relations specialist. Making the world a better place one click of a stiletto at a time.

[BC Children's Hospital Research Institute @BCCHresearch]

May is #CysticFibrosis (CF) Awareness Month. Learn more about how researchers like Dr. Jonathan Rayment are creating diagnostic tools that make a world of difference for patients with CF and their families: https://t.co/hOTrcz1cqv.
#CFAwareness #FurtherForAll #research #Awareness

[kgrover @kgroverto]

Here in Manitoba with amazing advocates to right the wrongs Manitobans face - they pay the highest deductibles for a life changing drug and have no symptom mtg drug coverage. #further4MB #CFcantwait #CFCanada

[Kim @kimasteele]

Still work to do the get Canadians with rare diseases the care and medicines they need, but a good first step.

[Health Canada and PHAC @GovCanHealth]

The Government of Canada announces investments of up to $1.5B over three years to make treatments more accessible and affordable for Canadians living with a rare disease. Learn more: https://t.co/EQ4CwUXEh6

[Christopher Lloyd @DocBrownLloyd]

I love 1885 🤠

[Kim @kimasteele]

Some #Ontarians living with #CF can’t afford the high deductible to access their #RareDiseaseMeds others must leave private insurance plans to access. #FixTheBrokenSystem #OntarioRareDisease

[Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky]

Wish Elon had bought Teams

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in advice to doctors recommends use of prescription medications and/or psychotherapy for patients fearful of getting vaccinated so as not to enable avoidance behaviour.