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Manitoba funds aboriginal health centre

CMAJ 1997;157:361

© 1997 Canadian Medical Association


The Manitoba government will provide $2.37 million over the next 3 years to fund an aboriginal health and wellness centre in Winnipeg. It will develop and provide services that integrate both traditional native care and appropriate Western medical practices. The centre will use a model of aboriginal health that encompasses emotional, physical, spiritual, environmental and cultural aspects of life. It will be staffed by physicians, nurses, community wellness workers, social workers and traditional healers.

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| CMAJ August 15, 1997 (vol 157, no 4) / JAMC le 15 août 1997 (vol 157, no 4) |