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An online registry and support line that helps Nova Scotians access sexual, gender and reproductive health care is facing an uncertain future after their funding from Health Canada ran out last month.
An online registry and support line that helps Nova Scotians access sexual, gender and reproductive health care is facing an uncertain future after its funding from Health Canada ran out last month.Sexual Health Nova Scotia launched its SUGAR Health website in Nov. 2023, after receiving just over $500,000 from Health Canada's Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Fund in the spring.The registry was the first of its kind in Nova Scotia, providing an online portal to help people navigate and access
Nova Scotia deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse has offered to sit down with cash-strapped community health centres to discuss funding, and to try to understand where these groups fit in the transformation of health care in Nova Scotia.
Sexual health advocates are calling on the Nova Scotia government to make contraceptives universally available and free. The deputy minister of health says there's a review of drugs covered by the province underway, but makes no commitment.
Sexual Health Nova Scotia, a group made up of sexual health centres throughout the province, says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how difficult it can be for many people to get the health care they need.