Precariousness
and exclusion.

Doctors of the World bears witness to profound inequalities in access to health for communities and individuals experiencing precariousness and economic and social exclusion. We contribute to reducing the stigmatization of excluded individuals and health and social service systems, and to promoting their empowerment.

Donate See our actions
Our Position

Precariousness should never be an obstacle to care.

Access to healthcare remains profoundly unequal for people experiencing precariousness and social exclusion. Doctors of the World Canada is committed to combating frameworks that stigmatize and criminalize excluded individuals, so that they can fully exercise their fundamental rights and equitably access public health and social service systems.

By focusing on empowerment, civic participation, and a community-based outreach approach to health, our organization works with the most vulnerable communities to reduce inequalities in access to care and promote their ability to influence decisions that affect their health.

In Numbers
44%
Increase in visible homelessness between 2018 and 2022
59 %
People experiencing homelessness report living with a mental health disorder
+330 k
People experienced homelessness in Quebec between 2020 and 2021
13 %
of homeless individuals are Indigenous, five times more than their proportion in the overall population.
Donate to this program
Indigenous Health Community-Based Clinic Indigenous Health Community-Based Clinic Nurse in the CAAM clinic Nurse in the CAAM clinic Nurse during a mobile clinic outreach Nurse during a mobile clinic outreach Peer in harm reduction Peer in harm reduction Mobile clinic in winter Mobile clinic in winter

Actions in Canada.

Community health clinic Indigenous. Montreal Indigenous · Ongoing Community health clinic Indigenous. One of the only free clinics in Quebec for people without health coverage. Primary care by volunteer doctors, in complete confidentiality. No judgment on your status. Learn more Clinic mobile. Montreal On the street · Ongoing Clinic mobile. Since 2014, aboard the Mobile Clinic, outreach nurses, accompanied by a volunteer, meet with people experiencing homelessness on the streets, in parks and in shelters. Learn more