Western Public Health Casebook 2017

This case study from the Western Public Health Casebook 2019 focuses on the importance of fostering and creating meaningful relationships with the Indigenous communities in Canada, a mandate of the Ontario Public Health Standards’ Health Equity Standard. Paul Green, the Health Equity Manager at Turtle Creek Public Health (TCPH), is worried that his organization is not meeting the Health Equity Standard when his coworkers ask for direction in working with local Indigenous communities. This case…

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) - ensuring all people have access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship - requires strengthening health systems and providing integrated health services that are people-centered. This resource pack on universal coverage was curated by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator for educators, students and policy makers.

This World Health Organization (WHO) report is the first to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, and reflects data from 133 countries. The report includes chapters on child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner and sexual violence, and elder abuse. Jointly published by WHO, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the report reviews the current status of violence prevention efforts and calls for a scaling up of…