Equity in Health Care Is Essential

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

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

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

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

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

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

Designers should show how well instruments perform across different populations

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

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

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

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

Improving newborn health is more essential now than ever

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

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

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

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

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