#TalkWomensHealth: Your voices are needed to improve women’s health and care across the UK
Back in March, the UK government launched a call for evidence to better understand women’s experiences of the health and care system. Originally intended to run for a period of 12 weeks, the call for evidence has now been extended, with women from Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those living in the Midlands and East […]
This World Health Day, it’s time to put health inequalities in the spotlight
Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges both for people and society. At the same time, it has thrust pre-existing health inequalities into sharp relief. Research over the past year has consistently shown that minority ethnic communities are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pandemic. During the first wave of the […]
Covid-19: London’s public health chief calls for landmark reforms to support BAME communities
London’s public health chief Professor Kevin Fenton has called for landmark reforms to support BAME communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. One year after coronavirus first arrived in the UK and the World Health Organisation warned of a “public health emergency of international concern”, and Covid-19 has proved to be the greatest public health challenge in […]