Human Rights/Equity

According to climate change models cited by the state’s department of environmental protection, by 2080 Massachusetts is projected to hit an average of 17-52 days every year where the thermostat will read a number above 90 degrees. Some populations are...

For my final project, I knew that I wanted to focus on a health problem in Jamaica, the country where my parents and family came from, initially choosing to research acral lentiginous melanoma. However, while researching acral lentiginous melanoma, I kept...

Homelessness is a major public health issue in the United States. Homeless individuals are at critically higher risk for health issues such as malnutrition, HIV, violence/rape, substance abuse disorder, and mental illnesses such as anxiety/depression...

Artist Wonuola Obasa (2022) Caption Nearly 7 million deaths a year throughout the world are attributable to air pollution. In the United States, four out of ten residents live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. However, this exposure to...

Artist Heba Mohamed (2022) Caption Amidst existing challenges—and the rise of many more humanitarian crises and refugee populations around the world—refugee health in the United States has been put on the backburner in recent years. The Trump...

Solving global health issues requires international awareness, coordination, and cooperation. The left side of the drawing depicts a big bold “ME” encircled by a pair of arms in the shape of a heart. On the right, the word “YOU” is barely visible. The...

Large health disparities exist between those who have resources and those who don’t. This work is about the issues of when access, health supplies, and education are not equitably distributed. The image itself is quite dramatic: the page and the letters...

Access to health care is not distributed equally around the world or even around the country. All too often, barriers to access prevent people from receiving the health care that they need. Here, the word “Access” is cut off from the viewer by a white...