| Health Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, will host an event in Sydney, Nova Scotia, to highlight federal budget investments in a strong middle class, an affordable economy and a healthy future.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced how Budget 2023 proposes over $144 million to support Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) projects, which provides funding to community-led and not-for-profit organizations across the country.
| Health Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Minister Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health will host an event in Whitehorse, Yukon to highlight Budget 2023 and ongoing federal investments to combat the toxic drug and overdose crisis and provide Canadians with access to timely, equitable mental health and substance use services.
| Health Canada | statements
March 30 is World Bipolar Day, an opportunity to raise awareness and reduce stigma for the approximately 1 to 2% of Canadians who will experience bipolar disorder in their lifetime.
| Health Canada | statements
Today’s national data release on opioid- and stimulant-related harms is another tragic reminder that the toxic drug and overdose crisis is one of the most serious and unprecedented public health threats in Canada’s history. Our hearts go out to all those who have lost loved ones to this crisis.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released the Model Practice Standard for MAID. The Model Practice Standard and accompanying documents will help clinicians align their practice with clear guidance and will assist regulators to ensure the protection of the public in the context of complex cases, including where the person’s sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced measures in support of the first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, with an investment of up to $1.5 billion over three years. Through this, we will help increase access to, and affordability of, effective drugs for rare diseases to improve the health of patients across Canada, including children.
| Health Canada | backgrounders
Today, the Government announced an investment in support of the first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases to help increase access to, and affordability of, promising and effective drugs for rare diseases to improve the health of patients across Canada.
| Health Canada | statements
Health Canada provides an update on the supply of infant formula in Canada
| Health Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, will make an important announcement in Montreal on the next steps for a national strategy for drugs for rare diseases.
