PAHO is committed to universal health coverage in our region, which can only be achieved by designing programs that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Health programs that address vulnerabilities of communities of African descent must be developed & implemented alon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🌎 Much like COVID-19, the effectiveness of our strategies depends on understanding what is happening on the ground.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🌎 We’re taking this issue as a priority and mainstreaming it into our programs, including by convening our Member S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🌎 PAHO is committed to addressing this injustice and has commissioned a report on the health of Afrodescendants to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Indeed, systemic racism may pose barriers to appropriate care, result in mistrust in health providers and, ultimate… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The roots of many of these inequities are entangled in our region’s long and complex colonial history, which is sta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
COVID-19 affects the most vulnerable. This disproportional burden is not unique to COVID-19, and in fact it’s refle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In Ecuador, Afrodescendant males are three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than their female counterparts an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Death rates among black and mixed-race Brazilians are 1.5 times higher than among white citizens – @DirOPSPAHO #COVIDー19
