Ahmed Bayoumi
@ambayoumi
General internist, clinical epidemiologist, health services researcher, prof. Interested in social justice & health, harm reduction, HIV, poverty, policy & more
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13-04-2011 01:22:04
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New report with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions led by Ahmed Bayoumi investigates the impact of Supervised consumption site (SCS) closures in #Toronto and found that if 6 sites close, 636 people (47% of clients) could lose access each month. Read the full report at odprn.ca/research/publi…
“Because it is likely that many people will not travel far distances, we project that a large proportion of people – almost 50 per cent in some scenarios – will lose access." -MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions study #cdnhealth
A new study from St. Michael’s Hospital found hundreds of people will lose access to supervised consumption sites in Toronto when the province plans to close five of them next year. The Canadian Press News 1/2 thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/hundr…
‘There already aren’t enough’: @ambayoumi (@odprn_research MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions) on the impact of closing Toronto’s safe-consumption sites #onpoli #topoli tvo.org/article/there-…
"It's a reasonable extrapolation to say that if we had more sites throughout the city, and, particularly, close to where people are using drugs, that it would help decrease the overdose rate," @ambayoumi (@odprn_research MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions) tells Kunal Chaudhary tvo.org/article/there-…
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá on James Baldwin and his continuing relevance for health equity.
