Equity Means More Than Fairness in Fighting Disease

Send us Fan Mail Equity. The word brings up images of fairness and equality, and in Rwanda, it’s the law. On paper, at least, women are equal to men in Rwanda. Of course, like in so many other cases, the reality is a little different. But the Community One Health Empowerment in Rwanda (COHER) project is working, one town, one community, and one village at a time to change that. Ruth Uwase of the University of Global Health Equity in Kigali coordinates the COHER project there and...