Health equity

A special package highlights problems and solutions.

Heart attacks, strokes and other consequences of cardiovascular disease are particularly dangerous for people who face inequity.

The stress of COVID fractured a system that was already cracked.

Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts one quarter of the world’s population—mostly because of poverty.

Four innovators are finding new solutions for the problem of injustice.

The HIV/AIDS crisis has lessons for the COVID pandemic and other health inequities.

A panel of researchers and journalists explore the key issues health care must face as the psychedelic wave gathers momentum.

The pandemic has given scientists a more prominent voice in society. They need to use it to push for better health through equality.

Here the implications of gender inequity in the face of infectious disease outbreaks such as Ebola and SARS-CoV-2 in Africa are discussed, with a proposal as to how we can address the unequal burden of outbreaks on women.

Ethical principles dictate that limited, life-saving resources should be allocated fairly. Keymanthri Moodley affirms that achieving global distributive justice is one of the greatest challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and current distribution strategies are ethically indefensible.

Greater than the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, systemic inequity in social determinants of health is the pandemic that has long fostered vulnerability to disease and poor health outcomes in the USA. Our response has major implications for the health of our nations.

The rise of cardiometabolic diseases in low- and middle-income countries is tied to a multitude of environmental, social and commercial determinants, which are discussed in this Review along with a strategy to counteract those factors.

A quantification of PM_2.5 pollution finds that mortality risk lies disproportionately within low-income households, and that addressing their indoor air pollution sources can avert more absolute deaths, yet wealthier individuals are more responsible for the emissions.

Access to green space has been a critical, and contentious, issue for neighbourhood inequality and health outcomes. This Analysis looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic interacts with availability of nature for urban residents.

Race and gender bias in healthcare contribute to health disparities. Here the authors show in an experimental setting that structured information sharing networks among clinicians can reduce race and gender bias in medical decisions.