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Inequities
Race-based data can help address health inequities in Canada: experts – National |…
All Canadian jurisdictions should routinely collect data on racial and Indigenous identity to help address inequities in health care, and the best way to do that is during the health card application or renewal process, a group of…
Clean Air Act dramatically cut vehicle pollution, but inequities remain
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The 1972 Clean Air Act has driven spectacular decreases in pollution from U.S. passenger vehicles but poses…
Health inequities cause premature deaths for persons with disabilities: WHO
Portrait of a Brazilian student in a sports court. He is a wheelchair user, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts. — UNICEFPeople with disabilities run the risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other groups in society, revealed…
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
“Many persons with disabilities die earlier, some up to 20 years earlier, and more are at risk - double the risk - of developing a range of health conditions compared to the general population,” said Darryl Barrett, WHO’s Technical Lead for…
Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’
Data presented in the report show a clear and critical regression across virtually every major measure of childhood wellbeing, and many key indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since the last Every Woman Every Child…
Cancer burden facing Asian Americans partly caused by racism, experts say: Commentary suggests…
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) published a commentary today on the significant cancer disparities facing Asian Americans. The article is authored by seven researchers from across the country who participated in the U.S.…
Telehealth: Bridging or perpeatuating health inequities?
Health inequities among Black Indigenous People of Color, immigrant and low-income communities is driven largely by inadequate healthcare access. Telehealth offers an opportunity to increase healthcare access and reduce health inequities.…
Black patients with cancer fare worse with COVID-19, study shows: Structural racism, rather than…
Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open. Investigators of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium,…