Prairie Women~s Health Centre of Excellence

Details

Name :

Prairie Women~s Health Centre of Excellence

Address  :

501 - 121 Research Drive

Town  :

Saskatoon

State  :

Saskatchewan

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

S7N 1K2

Phone  :

306 966 8658

Fax  :

306 966 1667

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

The Prairie Womens Health Centre of Excellence is one of the Centres of Excellence for Womens Health supported by the Bureau of Womens Health and Gender Analysis of Health Canada The Centres are dedicated to improving the health status of Canadian women by supporting policyoriented and communitybased research and analysis on the social and other determinants of womens health

PWHCEs goal is to improve the health of women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in particular by making the health system and social systems more responsive to womens and girls health and well being
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