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Inclusive medical illustrations
“Illustrate Change” is building the world’s largest collection of medical illustrations of non-White bodies.
Medical textbooks are crucial to public health. But their illustrations default to White bodies—even though study after study shows that patients of color are often misdiagnosed. “Illustrate Change,” a project from Johnson & Johnson, the Association of Medical Illustrators, and Deloitte, is building the world’s largest collection of medical illustrations of non-White bodies. The growing library, illustrated by Nigerian medical student Chidiebere Ibe, is available at illustratechange.com.
Image: © Chidiebere Ibe, 2022
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Jina Moore Ngarambe
Jina Moore Ngarambe is the managing editor at Harvard Public Health.
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