Letter: This election, health is on the ballot
This election, healthcare is a critical issue. Learn why your vote matters for the future of public health and access to care in this letter discussing the impact of policy decisions on our well-being.
Drawn to Care: Introducing Dr. Margaret Safo
Given the enormous impact that access to quality care provides, one of Dr. Safo’s most powerful tools is her conscientious effort to treat everyone who comes to her with respect and love.
Black Maternal Health and HIV/AIDS: Advocacy Lessons Across Movements
The state of Black maternal health in the United States is dire—and has been for centuries. Despite incredible gains in civil rights, Black women are still three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. In some places, like New York City, this number is as high as nine times.
Indomitable: Introducing Juan Michael Porter II
“Living with HIV is sort of an insult because we have everything we need to eliminate this virus. If I can acquire HIV, then anyone can. And it’s best when I say that out loud.” A natural and trained speaker, Juan Michael proudly uses his potent and studied skillset to spread information and education.
Monkeypox Exposed a Big Crack in Public Health: To Heal It, Look to Primary Care
A shortage of vaccines.
Confusing messages about who is at risk.
Challenges accessing diagnostic testing and appropriate treatments.
The public health response to monkeypox looks too much like our nation’s incomplete and inequitable response to COVID-19.
Health Equity Requires Civic Engagement: A Call to Action
In a time when little feels apolitical, most would agree that every person has a right to achieve optimal health. One pathway to achieve improved health for all is by centering equity in health care delivery.
What’s in a Name? Combating Monkeypox Stigma and Inaction
Monkeypox, a serious but usually non-fatal disease that can cause flu-like symptoms and painful lesions, stems from a virus similar to smallpox that spreads through close physical contact. Contrary to its name, the virus’s natural reservoir is not thought to be primates — rather, the zoonotic disease tends to be carried by rodents, which can then pass the virus to human hosts.
We Have A Stigma Problem
Stigma is one of the reasons millions of HIV-infected individuals did not get tested early on in that epidemic. Now, stigma is among the reasons we may not make our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The same fearmongering behind HIV stigmatization underpins the COVID-19 response, causing us to lose vital time in our public health efforts to contain a global pandemic that has already claimed the lives of over 607,000 Americans.
Introducing Just Equity for Health
Just Equity For Health (JEH) imagines a healthcare system where equity is embedded into everything we do: into how future healthcare providers are trained, into how patients are empowered, and into how care models (the delivery systems that care for patients) are designed.