Health Disparities and Nigerians in the Diaspora
Themes/Issues addressed at this year’s biennial Olumide Awe lecture.https://solaodemuyiwa.com/dr-olumide-oluwagbolahan-awe/
Impact of hypertension and diabetes on Covid mortality
Inequalities in the distribution of the Social Determinants of Health
Impact of Racism on the Social Determinants of Health through interpersonal social and institutional level contact
Examples – housing, education, green spaces, wage “gaps”, maternal mortality, teenage mental illness
Response to disparities at the individual grassroot and establishment level – from denial to culture wars to abandoned recommendations Black Report etc Angus Deayton report and recommendations latest.
Solutions: change in culture about what constitutes “the economy”
More open transparent and less unequal society
Implementation of recommendations by major reports on health disparities
Health impact to be incorporated into major policy decisions, not just financial.
Recruitment and volunteering for research studies should include more varied subjects
Nigerian diaspora individual actions weight loss , less salt intake more exercise, no smoking etc
Pay attention to prostate – age family history and breast cancer risk profile and attend screening.
Consider impact of individual and government decisions e.g cuts in education, green spaces on the health of future generations.
Societal cohesion and justice based on eliminating avoidable health inequalities.
