Publications
Advancing Equity in Health Systems by Addressing Racial Justice
This article describes lessons from IHI’s work with health systems in three settings (the United States, Brazil, and Ethiopia) to advance racial equity.
Reid A, Nariño S, Magge H, Sassi A. Advancing equity in health systems by addressing racial justice. Stanford Social Innovation Review. June 25, 2019.
Lessons on racial equity underscore the need to set explicit aims, build coalitions, and flatten hierarchies in order to strengthen health care’s role in undoing systems of oppression. This article describes lessons from IHI’s work with health systems in three settings — the United States, Brazil, and Ethiopia — to advance racial equity.