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Despite being globally pervasive, racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are not universally recognised determinants of health. We challenge widespread beliefs related to the inevitability of increased mortality and morbidity associated with particular ethnicities and minoritised groups. In refuting that racial categories have a genetic basis and acknowledging that socioeconomic factors offer incomplete explanations in understanding these health disparities, we examine the pathways by which discrimination based on caste, ethnicity, Indigeneity, migratory status, race, religion, and skin colour...

China had made significant progress in improving healthcare service coverage and reducing inequalities between 1993 and 2018. However, China faces great challenges in improving financial protection and controlling NCD on its path towards UHC. Establishment of a primary-healthcare-based integrated delivery system and provision of better financial protection for vulnerable population should be prioritized.

The Foundation's Kneo Mokgopa explores the organisation's decision to impose a vaccine mandate.

© Pixabay / Engin_Akyurt The diapers most of us are wearing on our face most of the time apparently have no effect at stopping Covid-19. This explains a lot. Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19? No? It was posted on the the National Center for Biological Information government website. The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by...