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No Country for Healthcare Equity
Rare diseases (RD) are multi-systemic, complex conditions that can cause great disability. It is pivotal to adequately address the equity in healthcare provision for RD, meeting the needs of people from diverse backgrounds. In Australia, there is a significant disparity in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous)…
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Scientists to be proud of
(Photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels) If enhancing diversity is generally perceived as progress in science, objections are still raised for the fact that this may represent a process of ‘social engineering’ that artificially favors certain individuals and not others – as underlined by the controversy on the suspended CERN physicist Alessandro Strumia. Science can…