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Healthcare for All - campaign update

The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, is urging Canadians to use their vote to defend "Healthcare for All."

Inter Pares welcomes the Government of Canada’s new funding to improve women’s health in the Philippines

Press release.

Women's Health Is the Key to Economic Prosperity in the Philippines

Dr. Melgar and Dr. Estrada Claudio are both co-founders of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart in the Philippines.

Health and Humanity: Connecting the Philippines and Canada

Inter Pares brought together Dr. Junice Melgar, Director of Likhaan, and Mike McBane, then Coordinator of the Canadian Health Coalition.

A holistic approach to a dangerous disease

The Back Pack Health Worker Team provides primary health care to a quarter of a million people.

Public financing for women’s rights in the Philippines

Likhaan, a women’s health organization in the Philippines, advocates for universal healthcare and reproductive rights.

Medicare: Canadians can afford compassion

Canada’s public healthcare system is sustainable but only if Canadians choose funding the system over tax cuts.

Back Pack Health Worker Team provides critical care in Burma

Follow the journey of BPHWT health workers as they provide care to villagers in Burma’s conflict areas.

Health is always political: The work of Likhaan and the Mae Tao Clinic

Inter Pares facilitated an exchange between the Mae Tao Clinic for Burmese refugees and Likhaan in the Philippines.

Doctors from Canada and Burma exchange lessons on refugee health care

Inter Pares connects people delivering community-based healthcare for patients caught up in poverty and conflict.