

We know incarceration damages child and family health, so why aren’t we tracking its impact?
The effects of incarceration extend far beyond the prison walls. With 11.5 million people behind bars globally, including 2 million in the United States, 1.6 million in China, and 0.8 million in Brazil, incarceration is a crisis that quietly affects millions of families and communities worldwide, especially children, yet it remains largely invisible in our data systems.
Aug 17


The health of Black disabled boy children: an oversight for intersectionality?
by Zara Trafford Institute for Life Course Health Research Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Racialised...
Dec 31, 2024


Racial and Equitable Systems Approach in Maternal Healthcare Design
By Dr Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo and Dr. Leia Belt Birthing people racialised as  Black in the United States (U.S.) have some of the worst...
Oct 29, 2024


Improving Pathways to Mental Health Care: Amplifying Community Care
Guest Comment by Sorcha NÃ Chobhthaigh, Josephine Musanu, & Camille Cox Structural racism acts as both a risk factor associated with...
Dec 16, 2023


Lucy McCray from The Freedom Story, Migration and Health in South-East Asia
South-East Asia is home to 11.6 million migrant workers, at least 2.3 million of whom live in Thailand (ILO, 2019, Thai Ministry of...
May 28, 2022


Xenophobia in the UK Health System
By Guest writers at Doctors of the World In 2020, the Faculty of Public Health, Lancet Migration and Doctors of the World UK launched the...
Feb 26, 2022


Discrimination, Racism, and the Wellbeing of People on the Move
By Guest Writers Eszter Szocs, MHP, MA; Khawla Nasser Aldeen, MPH Global displacement is currently at a record high, and most countries...
Feb 26, 2022


Knowledge with and from the Global South: lessons from psychology
By Guest Writer, Geetha Reddy Hegemonic psychology takes an ethnocentric perspective even when understanding the thoughts, feelings, and...
Dec 18, 2021