Africa: On World Health Day, a Call for Equity, Justice & the End of Paternalism

opinion

Washington DC — The past year has forced many of us to address difficult truths about how we treat and take care of each other -- among them is a reckoning with racism and injustice.

In the global health and development sector, this reckoning is not new. Black, Brown and Indigenous women have been at the forefront of driving efforts to end inequity, racism and paternalism for decades, but the threats remain.

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