BY MRIDULA BHARATHI Every year, 12 million people experience an interruption in blood flow to their brain, with little warning, stealing them of their speech, mobility, and even life within minutes. Yet, while the biological mechanisms of stroke are universal, the chances of surviving one are not. In the United States, those living in rural … Continue reading Bridging the Stroke Divide: Reimagining Rural Stroke Education as a Right to Health
BY ANDREA CHOW Certain names, identifying details, and organizational affiliations in this article have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals involved. All interviews were originally conducted in Spanish and have been translated into English for clarity and readability. There’s a saying widely known across Latin America: Panza llena, corazón contento, or “Full stomach, … Continue reading “It Feeds My Soul”: Mutual Aid as a Radical Model for Food Sovereignty
Exploring how epistemic injustice marginalizes local expertise in authorship, policy, and research, shaping whose knowledge counts in global health BY OYINKANSOLA ADEBOMOJO It was late December 2013 in Guéckédou, Guinea, a time that should have been festive and filled with celebration. Instead, local clinicians felt a growing sense of dread. Patients were arriving with severe … Continue reading The Right To Be Silenced
BY RISHABH GARG El Salvador's Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) is the largest prison in the Western Hemisphere with a capacity of 40,000 inmates.1 Construction of the massive 57-acre prison began in March 2022 as part of President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang crackdown. The facility was built specifically to imprison “Maras,” gang members described as … Continue reading The Human Rights Crisis of CECOT
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