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  • Greenhouse in Delta is built with support from BCAHL’s Community Capacity Building Initiative

    Decade of Data Shows Prevention Can Save Lives and Costs

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2014 (Vancouver) – Today, the BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) is releasing ‘On the Path to Better Health,’ a report that examines BC trends in chronic disease over the past decade and outlines future opportunities for prevention. It looks at factors that can either reduce or raise the risk…

  • Premiers Urged to Tackle Largest Drivers of Healthcare Costs

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Vancouver, BC, January 11, 2012 – Today in an open letter, members of the BC Alliance for Healthy Living encouraged Provincial and Territorial leaders gathering in Victoria to commit to action on the prevention of non-communicable diseases, which are the largest drivers of health care costs and often avoidable causes of premature…

  • BC Alliance for Healthy Living Looking to Bump Up the Health Quotient in the Families Agenda

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The BC Alliance for Healthy Living, a coalition of 9 major health and community organizations, released its Healthy Families Agenda today. The Agenda includes recommendations to prevent chronic disease and improve the health of BC families – ranging from revitalizing aging recreation facilities to incentives for local food production to ending subsidies…

  • BC Alliance for Healthy Living Lists Top ‘Disease Prevention’ Policies

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Today the BC Alliance for Healthy Living is releasing a new report: ‘Healthy Living in BC – The Next Generation‘, which lists BCAHL’s top policy priorities for chronic disease prevention in 2011. The report highlights opportunities for the provincial government to encourage healthy living and prevent chronic disease by working with, and…

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