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      Equity in Health Care Is Essential

      Equity in Health Care Is Essential

      How to improve well-being by fighting bias, discrimination and ignorance

      • December 22, 2021
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      Articles in this report were published independently and without sponsorship. The collection was made possible by the support of Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

      Takeda
      Omicron Is Here: A Lack of COVID Vaccines Is Partly Why
      Vaccines

      Omicron Is Here: A Lack of COVID Vaccines Is Partly Why

      Global players need to get more vaccines to African nations and convince more people to take them

      • November 30, 2021 — Michael Head
      Global Vaccine Equity Is Much More Important Than 'Vaccine Passports'
      Policy

      Global Vaccine Equity Is Much More Important Than 'Vaccine Passports'

      We need to suppress the level of SARS-CoV-2 in as many humans as possible as quickly as possible

      • April 7, 2021 — Steven W. Thrasher
      Inequality before Birth Contributes to Health Inequality in Adults
      Public Health

      Inequality before Birth Contributes to Health Inequality in Adults

      Improving newborn health is more essential now than ever

      • October 1, 2020 — Janet Currie
      Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19
      Public Health

      Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19

      Public health specialist and physician Camara Phyllis Jones talks about ways that jobs, communities and health care leave Black Americans more exposed and less protected

      June 12, 2020 — Claudia Wallis

      We Must Enhance--but Also Decolonize--America's Global Health Diplomacy
      Policy

      We Must Enhance--but Also Decolonize--America's Global Health Diplomacy

      The U.S. can rebuild its role in the global health landscape on the basis of equitable policies rather than exploitative ones

      April 5, 2021 — Ans Irfan, Christopher Jackson and Ankita Arora

      We Can't Fight COVID-19 on a Country-by-Country Basis
      Public Health

      We Can't Fight COVID-19 on a Country-by-Country Basis

      A physician in hard-hit South Africa points out that squelching the disease in one place means nothing if it’s raging elsewhere

      September 4, 2020 — Zolelwa Sifumba

      Will Giving COVID Booster Shots Make It Harder to Vaccinate the Rest of the World?
      Ethics

      Will Giving COVID Booster Shots Make It Harder to Vaccinate the Rest of the World?

      Wealthy countries have bought up most of the available vaccine doses for booster shots but still have far more than they need

      October 20, 2021 — Sara Reardon

      We Learned the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee 'Experiment'
      Behavior

      We Learned the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee 'Experiment'

      It’s understandable that Black Americans are wary of vaccines, but that despicable episode involved the withholding of treatment, whereas vaccines actively prevent disease...

      March 31, 2021 — Melba Newsome

      Racism in Health Care Isn't Always Obvious
      Behavior

      Racism in Health Care Isn't Always Obvious

      As physicians, we believe that recognizing it begins with understanding our own privilege and biases

      July 9, 2020 — Joseph V. Sakran, Ebony Jade Hilton and Chethan Sathya

      After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children
      Public Health

      After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children

      A study of nearly 200 U.S. medical centers found that even apparently healthy kids suffer racial disparities in complications associated with surgery

      July 20, 2020 — Jim Daley

      A State-by-State Approach to Closing the Health Equity Gap
      Inequality

      A State-by-State Approach to Closing the Health Equity Gap

      We need to establish directors for health equity at the state level

      September 15, 2021 — Joseph V. Sakran, Suhas Gondi and Ebony Hilton

      Mobile Clinics Can Help Reduce Health Inequity
      Policy

      Mobile Clinics Can Help Reduce Health Inequity

      They worked to bring COVID vaccines to communities of color; they could fill other health care needs as well

      June 30, 2021 — David E. Velasquez, LaShyra ‘Lash’ Nolen and Alister Martin

      To Prevent Women from Dying in Childbirth, First Stop Blaming Them
      Public Health

      To Prevent Women from Dying in Childbirth, First Stop Blaming Them

      Two thirds of all U.S. maternal deaths are considered preventable. Racism—not race—is a critical factor

      May 1, 2019 — Monica R. McLemore and Valentina D'Efilippo

      How to Reduce Racial Disparities in Smoking Deaths
      Behavior

      How to Reduce Racial Disparities in Smoking Deaths

      African Americans die at a higher rate than other groups and have a harder time quitting. But new evidence-based approaches can change that

      August 26, 2021 — Bryan W. Heckman, Anne Davis and James E.K. Hildreth

      Fixing Medical Devices That Are Biased against Race or Gender
      Public Health

      Fixing Medical Devices That Are Biased against Race or Gender

      Designers should show how well instruments perform across different populations

      June 1, 2021 — Claudia Wallis

      Teaching Antiracism to the Next Generation of Doctors
      Policy

      Teaching Antiracism to the Next Generation of Doctors

      Challenging racism’s deleterious effects requires first identifying its many forms

      October 21, 2020 — Rupinder Kaur Legha

      How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
      Public Health

      How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

      We need to make the development and distribution of vaccines a truly global endeavor

      June 23, 2021 — Seth Berkley

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