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Global Health June 27, 2019

Depression and Black Men

Depression among Black men is an oft-unspoken pain that deeply affects the health and quality of life of Black people.

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Conferences & Actions March 12, 2019

Women Deliver 2019 Conference

This will be the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women in the 21st century.

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Global Health February 13, 2019

Healthcare in America Is Structural Racism. Didn’t They Teach You That in Medical School?

Requiring our citizens to demonstrate engagement in the workforce in order to access healthcare is at odds with health care as a human right.

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Global Health February 13, 2019

Minority Health Disparities | Michelle’s Story

Michelle R. Simmons is a patient, mother and grandmother who understands firsthand the impact of health disparity.

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Global Health February 13, 2019

Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Eliminating health disparities is a broad national goal for improving the health of Americans, and part of the mission of the Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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Global Health July 10, 2018

Doulas and Midwives of Color Are The Key to Reproductive and Birth Justice

By: Patricia Valoy | Contributing Editor for Science and Social Justice Last year I quit…

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Global Health July 10, 2018

Race, Class, and Health

This course critically examines health status and health care disparities among racial/ethnic minority groups in…

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Global Health July 10, 2018

How Racism Harms Pregnant Women – and What Can Help

Racism is making people sick — especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care program that can buffer pregnant women from the stress that people of color face every day.

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Global Health June 6, 2018

Biopolitics in Palestine: Community Health, Political Violence, and Daily Resistance 

By Bram Wispelwey      On June 1, 21-year-old volunteer medic Razan Al Najjar was shot and…

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Global Health June 5, 2018

Life as a Nurse in Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haLU32C-A34 At the age of 27, Azza Jadalla has already lived through six wars. She…

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