Lettere - 10/01/2023
US Internal Medicine Societies’ Unequal Responses to Ukrainian and Ethiopian Crises
Le risposte diseguali delle società di medicina interna statunitensi alla crisi ucraina e a quella etiope
In April of 2022, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, questioned whether “the world really gives equal attention to Black and white lives” given that conflicts in the Middle East and Africa received a “fraction” of the concern that Ukraine did.1 The awareness of the medical community of the impact of ongoing conflicts on the health of civilians can turn into advocacy and contribute to mobilizing humanitarian assistance. Beyond …