Economic and Health Disparities

Change is hard. As someone who lost over 100 pounds and engineered culture shifts across organizations, I have personally and professionally experienced the struggles and huge payoffs of change. Life-altering transformations and...

COVID-19 has focused the public’s attention on the racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, unequal access to health care, and some communities’ lack of trust and participation in medical research. These problems have been decades...

Literacy plays a central role in health and health care. A person’s level of health literacy influences their health-related behaviors along with their ability to navigate the complexities of the health-care system. The level of health...

Over the last two-plus years, the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging has explored the financial and care-delivery gaps in the long-term care market, specifically the barriers to affordable care for middle-income households and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated wider understanding of the relationship among diet, food security, and health. Health insurance companies are uniquely positioned to improve well-being and reduce health disparities through nutrition...

“We examine the different fiscal stimulus measures African governments have deployed in an effort to combat the economic repercussions of this global pandemic.” As the UNECA’s Dr. Vera Songwe told COVID-19 Africa Watch in June, the COVID-19...

“What will the world economy look like when we fast-forward to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis?” Looking toward a Post-Pandemic Africa The 2008 financial crisis has often been referred to as the worst economic disaster since the great...

"We partner for patients by unlocking public-private partnerships among public health, health care, and community and free data to enable innovation and empower health equity." — Judy Monroe, President and CEO, CDC Foundation To build on...

As India’s COVID-19 disaster continues to unfold, Africans in the country are facing grim health risks and financial hardships, with uncertain prospects of when they will be able to return home. For many Africans living in India, the...

“Despite its global nature, the impacts of COVID-19 are not evenly distributed. The health, economic, social and political effects are hitting women harder across the globe, and across the African continent. It is time then to both...