A storm is brewing with the potential to create a global “public health crisis”, denying access to safe surgery and anesthesia for roughly a billion people in low-income countries. The issue at stake? Access to ketamine, the anesthetic of necessity in most low-income countries. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the central drug policy-making body within […]
Read MoreI am the co-author of a publication in Open Medicine today that’s getting quite a bit of media coverage. Our study “Pan-Canadian overpricing of medicines: a 6-country study of cost control for generic medicines” was published this morning online, and has since been covered by The Toronto Star and in various publications by the Canadian […]
Read MoreI recently wrote of the need to understand the Ebola epidemic from the perspective of health systems. As the epidemic continues to spiral out of control throughout Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, it’s important for us to adopt a critical perspective not only on the broad aspects of the epidemic, but on the nuances […]
Read MoreI am attending the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town this week. The central focus and theme of the conference this year is on people-centered health systems, putting patients, their families, and communities at the center of everything that we do. Intersecting this goal is, of course, a need to measure […]
Read MoreI work in an area of research and practice that garners immense public interest when terrible things happen: wars, famines, disease outbreaks, natural disasters. There are far too many overlooked crises, and any opportunity to shed light on the needs of people affected by these events should be welcomed; But all of these events are […]
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