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Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting 2017
Theme: 'Sustainable financing of universal health coverage as an essential component for global security including the reduction of all...

RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


Mobile innovation will help 2 billion more people get access to healthcare and education
From music to movies, from banking to buying food, mobile phones have revolutionized the way we access the world today. But for...

RCS Ottawa
May 5, 2017


The day Prince Harry showed the world how to talk about our problems
When Bryony Gordon invited the prince to speak about mental health, she was expecting pre-checked PR speak. What she got was pure...

RCS Ottawa
Apr 18, 2017
Prince Harry Continues Princess Diana's Legacy To Ban Landmines For Good
Prince Harry has found a new way to honour his late mother, Princess Diana. To mark International Mine Awareness Day on Tuesday, the...

RCS Ottawa
Apr 7, 2017


"The truth is no-one is invincible"
Need some extra inspiration to change the conversation on mental health in your area? Read and watch to the inspirational messages from...

RCS Ottawa
Feb 25, 2017


Prince Harry visits Walking With The Wounded
This week Prince Harry visited Walking With The Wounded to meet some veterans currently being supported through our Head Start and ...

RCS Ottawa
Feb 25, 2017


The famous fungus that led to the discovery of penicillin is going up for auction
Lot 92 at Bonhams auction house isn’t much to look at—just a blob of mold encased in glass and plastic. But this mold is famous. It’s...

RCS Ottawa
Feb 12, 2017


This is the chemical scientists say makes burnt toast potentially cancerous
Step away from the slice of toast you just burned. The black stuff on the outside could increase your risk of getting cancer…but probably...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 25, 2017
#BellLetsTalk and #HeadsTogether work to end the stigma around mental health
It’s a fact, one in five Canadians will suffer from mental illness at some point in their lifetime. One of the biggest hurdles for anyone...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 25, 2017


Let's Talk: Mental Health Awareness and the Invictus Games
It’s finally 2017, the year Canada will play host to the third and largest Invictus Games! Toronto will soon welcome 550 wounded, ill...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 11, 2017


Buckfast monks make record £8.8m
Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland raked in a record £8.8m in a year. Sales of the caffeine-fuelled...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 14, 2016


Thousands flock to Cameroon hospitals after train derailment
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Thousands of Cameroonians have flocked to hospitals in the country's two main cities on Sunday in search of corpses...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 24, 2016
Youth Development Index - Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to one of the largest, fastest growing youth populations in the world. But this “youth bulge” could hurt...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 22, 2016
The next global pandemic - "A Beast of a Problem"
In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a list of the top emerging diseases that are “likely to cause severe outbreaks in...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 2, 2016


A mobile app could make childbirth safer
A new mobile app could make childbirth safer in Ethiopia, home to one of the highest rates of maternal deaths in the world. “Safe...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 21, 2016


Call for Applications – Commonwealth Youth Health Network Co-ordinator
The Commonwealth spans every region of the world and has a population of some 2.2 billion people – an estimated one-third of the world’s...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 14, 2016
Commonwealth young leaders launch new health and human rights networks
Young leaders from across the Commonwealth have come together to establish two new Commonwealth Youth Networks, one focused on Health,...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 11, 2016
What do we do about FGM? – Health and Education online discussion
How health and education policies can end the scourge of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be the big question on the Commonwealth’s...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 10, 2016
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