Social, economic challenges among biggest health concerns in N.L. according to report

Social, economic challenges among biggest health concerns in N.L. according to report

Sister Elizabeth Davis is one of Premier Andrew Furey’s healthcare task force leaders. (Carolyn Stokes/CBC – image credit) Sister Elizabeth Davis is one of Premier Andrew Furey’s healthcare task force leaders. (Carolyn Stokes/CBC) Homelessness, universal basic income and food insecurity are among the biggest health concerns for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, according to an interim report by the premier’s health-care task force.

Sister Elizabeth Davis, one of the leaders of the task force, told CBC News Tuesday that poverty is one of the biggest determinants of illness.

"That includes such things as food insecurity, poor water supply, housing insecurity," said Davis, who […]

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