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To end COVID-19, we must end discrimination and inequality
The pandemic is exposing and deepening existing inequalities.
Director of the Health Group, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
fr:Directrice du groupe de la santé, Bureau de l'appui aux politiques et aux programmes du PNUD
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Two policies we need to recover from COVID-19
The case for Temporary Basic Income and Universal Health Coverage
Climate and health: finding common cause
Health humans require a healthy planet. Yet without urgent action, the climate crisis will undo decades of progress in global health.
Stigma and discrimination can be deadly
Lessons from HIV for the coronavirus response.
The promises and perils of digital health
The potential for technology to transform health care is tremendous but advances can threaten human rights.
Inclusion can turn the tide against HIV
On Zero Discrimination Day we examine the inequalities that are holding back the fight against HIV.
Connecting efforts to achieve health and well-being for all
Last week, world leaders are met in New York to take steps towards ending the growing epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Universal health coverage is out of reach unless we eliminate discrimination
According to WHO and the World Bank, half the world still lacks access to essential health services. Non-discriminatory health services can help people feel safe and comfortable in seeking health care.
Universal health coverage: Connecting the dots between innovation and delivery
Achieving universal health coverage requires connecting the dots between innovation and delivery, ensuring that new medicines, diagnostics and vaccines are developed and ultimately reach the people who need them the most. Some governments, like Japan, are already stepping up to the challenge and delivering on their commitments to leave no one behind.
Time to end the neglect
Despite the fact that tuberculosis, a disease that has been around since ancient times, is preventable and curable, it surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease in 2015. More than 2.4 billion people, one third of the world’s population, are infected with TB. In 2016, 10.4 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.7 million died from the disease including 400,000 people living with HIV.
Poverty, considered to be one of the barometers of health inequity, is associated with an increased risk of TB infection, with 95 percent of TB deaths occurring in lower and middle-income countries in 2016. Moreover, TB disproportionately affects those who are left behind such as ethnic minority groups, refugees and those affected by social risk factors including homelessness, alcohol and drug misuse or imprisonment.
