BAME COVID-19 Media

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More or Less - Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown - BBC SoundsAre doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?

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Ethnic minority deaths and Covid-19Michael West and Suzie Bailey consider the disproportionate toll Covid-19 is taking on health and care staff from ethnic minority backgrounds and what it requires from us all to address this.

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Campaign for a COVID-19 Race Equality Strategy

Lord Simon Woolley (the first Cross bench Lord to be appointed to deal with race equality strategy issues). He is calling for a COVID19 Race Equality Strategy, with the aim of stopping BAME communities being adversely affected by the worst recession in the UK in 300 years and other negative impacts of COVID19. Use the change.org link to sign the petition.

Sign the PetitionBAME LEADERSHIP: A DEMAND FOR A COVID-19 RACE EQUALITY STRATEGY

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Guardian News Coverage

A Covid-19 race equality strategy must be launched across Whitehall in the wake of growing evidence of inequalities amid the pandemic, a coalition of BAME campaigners, peers, academics and religious leaders has said.

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BAME campaigners urge UK government to tackle race inequalities after high Covid tollCoalition of BAME activists demands strategy to address health and economic consequences of virus

The NHS Race and Health Observatory

NHS England and the NHS Confederation are developing an expert Research Centre On Health Inequalities. The aim is to identify and tackle the specific health challenges facing people from BAME backgrounds.

NHS England and NHS Confederation launch Expert Research Centre On Health InequalitiesNHS England and the NHS Confederation have today confirmed the creation of a new centre to investigate the impact of race and ethnicity on people’s health.

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