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Time to decolonise, redefine global health
The COVID-19 pandemic is a bleak reminder of the enduring inequity in global public health.
Despite early warnings, the global response does not take into account the racial inequality underpinning health outcomes (think lack of healthy food options, green spaces, safety, housing density), nor that diagnostic tools such as pulse oximeters are not accurate on non-white skin.
Glaringly, Global North responses to COVID-19 have not been the most efficacious nor the most effective. For example, the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden have failed to adequately protect their populations, while global south countries such as Rwanda and Taiwan quickly instituted systems and deployed technologies to respond effectively.
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COVID-19 restrictions have been used around the world to discriminate against people living with HIV, such as Juna in Nepal. Many people have been left without access to medication or support. Copyright: Rojita Adhikari/SciDev.Net
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Namibia: New Study Shows Decline in Funding for HIV-Related Human Rights Work
14 December 2020
By Moses Magadza
As the world marked International Human Rights Day on 10 December under the Covid-19 related theme Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights , a study by the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) showed a steady decline in funding for social enablers.
Social enablers include activities that address barriers such as stigma and discrimination, violence, gender inequality and problematic laws and policies, which increase the vulnerability of people to HIV and also impede their access to and retention in services. At the United Nations General Assembly in 2016, world leaders committed to invest at least 6% of all global AIDS resources for social enablers and to ensure that 30% of all service delivery by 2030 is community-led.
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