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There is no shortage of personnel when the entire health-care workforce, private and public, is taken into account, indicates a new study by IRIS.

A research group in Quebec feels that the province has the $1.7 billion per year it would cost to provide free lunches for every student. It would just need to dip into the Generations fund, IRIS says.

A study has found the cost of surgeries and other procedures performed in the private sector in Quebec far exceeds their public-sector equivalents, sometimes by as much as 150 per cent. The study was based on data obtained by the Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) through an access to information request. IRIS looked at a pilot project initiated in 2016 by former Health and Social Services Minister Gaétan Barrette, which aimed to compare the costs of five types of surgeries and procedures between the public network and three private clinics.

Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also contribute to better health care Community health workers collect and share information from the local population in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region hit by the Ebola epidemic in January 2019. These trusted members of the local community, although not medical professionals, are proving to be vital players in the management of epidemics. (World Bank/Vincent Tremeau ) Share this page Community health workers collect and share information from the local population in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo...