This drawing of a Black pregnant woman is exposing a huge diversity gap in medicine

Aspiring Nigerian neurosurgeon Chidiebere Ibe wants to revolutionize medical diagrams with his drawings of patients with Black and non-white skin tones,. He explains that this could go a long way to giving Black and other racialized patients better care.

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21 comments

    1. whether it occured to you truely is the problem. Stop being so selfish. The whole world is waiting on you to realise you are the problem.

  1. Let me get this straight — it’s a cross-section of the INTERNAL anatomy but you’re concerned about the EXTERNAL skin colour, and think that some sort of major issue needing to be addressed?

    Okay then.

    1. They never (still haven’t) figured out the wheel. Maybe they should start concerning themselves with that?

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