Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Health and Social Services regarding his opening statement earlier today dealing with prevention and promotion. It’s a great subject and a great move forward for this government to be looking into prevention and promotion to get our people in the NWT healthy and living fulfilled lives. In his statement he mentions that communities are essential in making prevention work. He also says that prevention and promotion activities are essential if we want to improve the health status of our population. I believe currently the policy for the Health Promotion Fund, which this would probably filter through, only provides funding to one project per year per organization. In order to make this successful, I believe that this government needs to provide funding to similar projects on a concurrent basis. Is the Minister willing to look into the policy to change the policy so that groups who have successful projects can get funding in subsequent years rather than just having a one-time deal?
Alfred Moses on Question 53-17(2): Multi-Year Funding For Prevention And Wellness Promotion Projects
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 53-17(2): Multi-Year Funding For Prevention And Wellness Promotion Projects
Oral Questions
February 12th, 2012
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