Governments Need to Guarantee Health Care Without Racism

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A doctor kneels while holding a sign during a "White Coats for Black Lives" tribute for George Floyd and other African-Americans who died in police custody, outside of a hospital in West Covina, near Los Angeles, California, US, June 11, 2020. © 2020 Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has outlined concrete steps governments should take to address racial discrimination in health care. Racism and prejudice have a global impact on health rights. Racism can shape the social determinants…

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