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Africa: New Commission to Shine a Light on Racism In Global Healthcare
allAfrica, 6 December 2022
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane' - Dr Martin Luther King Jnr. Read more »
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South Africa: Falling Through the Cracks - How SA's Healthcare System Is Failing the LGBTQI Community
UCT, 5 December 2022
The theme for World Aids Day 2022 is "Equalise", and yet a Health and Advocacy Day for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community showed that… Read more »
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Liberia: NAC Wants All HIV Discriminatory Laws Repealed
New Dawn, 30 November 2022
The National Aids Commission (NAC) has called on the government here to repeal all existing HIV-related discriminatory laws, regulations, and policies. Read more »
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Nigeria: Unicef Condemns Discrimination Against Children
This Day, 20 November 2022
In a report published ahead of World Children's Day, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said discrimination against children based on… Read more »
Restoring Dignity - Spotlight on Racism In Healthcare Worldwide
The O'Neill Institute for Global Health Law in Washington, DC has launched a three-year commission to investigate racism in healthcare, worldwide.
The commission' Chairperson Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng - the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and distinguished lecturer at the O'Neill Institute, said the commission will look at the effects of racism and the intersecting structural inequalities on health, globally as well as transnationally.
Restoring people's dignity is a key driver in the initiative.
The commission will over the next three years, work toward identifying, studying and eradicating the scourge of racism in the U.S., and the world.
InFocus
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While there has been significant social, legal, and political progress in many African countries with regards to the free expression of sexual orientation and gender identity in ... Read more »
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Africa continuously needs to reassess its public health approach and use lessons learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic to prepare for future resurgences. This is ... Read more »
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The South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS has called on the government to lead discussions with the private sector to find new ways to finance the fight against the disease. Read more »
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Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million Aids-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAIDS) warned in Read more »
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Peace Direct's new report titled Peace, Race and Power explores how racism manifests itself within peacebuilding sectors. The report that was compiled through Read more »
