Int J Epidemiol. 2008;37(5):1105-1108. But rather than focussing on differences in the amount of resources that welfare states provide to their citizens, Espelt et al. looks at politics. While ...

Health inequality refers to the differences in healthcare provision between two or more demographic groups despite them having comparative access to healthcare services. Examples of these ...

In August the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a report, “Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health.” ...

A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas. These mutually exclusive populations are divided along familiar fault lines, including race, ethnicity, income and address.

Why this is important. Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. According to the 2024 MBRACE report, Black women are 3 times ...

Inequalities are baked into British Columbia’s justice, health and child-welfare systems and rights issues in the province abound in schools, hospitals and workplaces, says the province’s ...

During the last two decades, the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in more than 1.6 million premature deaths compared to the White population. On Thursday, June 29 at 9:00 a.m ...

Meet Dorothy Roberts, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, whose groundbreaking efforts to address racial inequities in the child welfare system have earned her the prestigious $800,000 “genius grant.” ...

British Columbia’s Human Rights Commissioner says inequalities are baked into the province’s justice, health and child welfare systems.. Kasari Govender says her office’s latest report is ...

VANCOUVER - Inequalities are baked into British Columbia's justice, health and child-welfare systems and rights issues in the province abound in schools, hospitals and workplaces, says the ...