How a Greek Doctor Redefined Baltimore’s Approach to Community Medicine: Community-Driven Care With Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos
During the 6th century B.C., the lawmaker Solon laid the foundations for Athenian democracy by
drafting the first Greek code of law, the Locrian code. Within this framework, Solon devised a radically innovative public health system that sought to provide medical care for all citizens of Athens, including the enslaved.
Meet Dr. Alisha Liggett
Changing healthcare demands a reimagining of what a transformed healthcare delivery system looks like. Just Equity For Health is amplifying the lived experiences and expertise of individuals in medicine who are redefining how healthcare can be delivered, with a particular focus on equity. Through their careers, their current work, and their impact on the field, the leaders featured in these Profiles are at the forefront of a transformed and equitable healthcare system.
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.