Posts Tagged ‘inequity’

Labor Sec’y Walsh: ‘Inequity of the Job Market’ Highlighted by COVID Means We Need to Deal with Immigration

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted “the inequity of the job market, which means that we really need to have a serious conversation at some point in this country about immigration.” Host Ashley Webster asked, [relevant exchange begins around […]

Is Gandhi’s Talisman the guiding light to end vaccine inequity?

by Shobha Shukla & Bobby Ramakant In a world with over 7 billion people, more than 10 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered by the end of January 2022. But more than 3 billion people globally have not received even their first vaccine dose yet. Despite having enough of vaccine doses to protect the […]

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided. But few expected poor countries to be at the mercy of donations from the rich, or that the inequity would be this bad for so long. Poor countries have vaccinated 1% of their population, compared […]

WHO raises ‘concerns’ about vaccine inequity between Israel and Palestinians

The World Health Organization has raised “concerns” about the unequal distribution of coronavirus vaccines in Israel, which has given shots to more than 20 percent of its population, and the Palestinian territories, an official said Monday. While vaccinating its own Arab citizens and Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, Israel says it is not responsible for […]

First Ever Global Health Study Finds Massive Inequity

People dying of preventable causes at rates higher than expected Study informs US health care debate; America’s ranking is ‘an embarrassment’ SEATTLE – A first-ever global study finds massive inequity of access to and quality of health care among and within countries, and concludes people are dying from causes with well-known treatments. “What we have found about […]

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