ECHO: Health cuts hurting women's health
Printer-friendly versionECHO (Improving Women’s Health in Ontario) wrote in their newsletter in May:
“On April 25, the Federal Government announced substantial cuts to the federal budget, including the devastating elimination of the $2.9 million Women’s Health Contribution Program (WHCP). For over fifteen years the WHCP has supported evidence-based policy research via the Canadian Women’s Health Network; Women and Health Care Reform; Le Réseau québécois d’action pour la santé des femmes; and four Centres of Excellence (BC, Prairie, Atlantic, and National Network on Environments - aka NNEWH – which investigated the regulation of toxins). Until recently, it also supported the Women and Health Protection working group – cut in 2010 - which produced important work on pharmaceuticals as well as HPV screening.”
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The Canadian Women's Health Network and the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health program are financially supported by Health Canada through the Women's Health Contribution Program. The views herein do not necessarily represent the official policy of Health Canada.