"ANTI-RACIST MEDICINE" LAUNCHED IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TODAY 🏛️ I called out governments and institutions withdrawing from anti-racism work. This book argues the opposite: ignoring ethnic disparities is not just a moral failure—it is a clinical one.
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This is exciting!
I think this will be a rich and important discussion, and I would be very glad to see some of you there.
Register to attend:
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We were able to build consensus in the book. But what should we do when consensus cannot be reached, especially on questions so closely tied to who we are and how we practise medicine? 5/6
One of the things that struck me most while developing this textbook was how often deep disagreement emerged — not only about evidence, but about values, language, history and identity. 4/6
It will be chaired by Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh, who has been writing and thinking seriously about anti-racism in medicine for nearly a quarter of a century. 3/6
The event will feature Professor Joseph R Graves Jr, one of my co-editors and a world-leading evolutionary biologist whose work has done so much to challenge persistent myths about race. 2/6
I’m delighted to share one of the first launch events for Anti-Racist Medicine:
Race, Medicine, and Moral Disagreement
21 April 2026, 5:30pm
Divinity School, University of Oxford 1/6
On #WorldHealthDay, congratulations to @drzeshanqureshi.bsky.social on the upcoming publication of his book, Anti-Racist Medicine!
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Treating a vast and highly diverse global population as a homogeneous block for any STI is epidemiologically crude and clinically misleading. This is why anti-racist medicine matters. Racism is embedded in risk tools that appear neutral, but are built on false assumptions. 5/5
Some countries grouped as “higher risk” in such frameworks have lower reported rates than the United Kingdom: India (7,858/100k), Pakistan (4,839/100k) and Bangladesh (7,481/100k) are all reported as having lower rates than the UK (8,901/100k). 4/5
Available international data suggest that STI rates are not neatly divided along these lines (worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...) 3/5
It appears to begin from the premise that people from the UK, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada are “low risk” whilst those from much of the rest of the world are treated as “high risk” — either for STIs in general or for particular infections. 2/5
Racism in medicine is not only historical. It is still being built into clinical systems today. This STI screening tool used within the NHS, which I came across recently, is a contemporary example of how racialised assumptions can still shape clinical systems. 1/5
Thank you @aclong111.bsky.social for sharing this - had a read and looks super important. I talk to plenty of organisations that I'm sure would be keen to benefit from financial support and your expertise - appreciate the connection and look forward to following your updates!
Looking forward to connecting with others working on race, ethnicity and health. Pre-order and initial reviews here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Anti-Racist-...
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The book brings together the evidence and a practical roadmap for anti-racism across leadership, workforce, education, clinical care, research, and technology.
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❗Black doctors in London are six times less likely to be appointed as a consultant (rising to 15 times in some)
❗Black mothers are 2.3 times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts
Racism is a social determinant of health that we cannot afford to ignore.
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Hello Bluesky — I’m Zeshan Qureshi, a doctor, academic, author and advocate working on race, health and anti-racism.
After 17 books and 23 years in medicine, I’ve just received advanced copies of the book I’ve felt most compelled to write: Anti-Racist Medicine.
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