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Webinar addresses human rights and health equity

July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

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Fri, 07/10/2026 - 09:35

A webinar on 7 July explored “ Human Rights and Health Equity: Addressing Stigma and Neglect Faced by Vulnerable Populations.”

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Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC

The dialogue was held in conjunction with the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, which runs from 15 June–7 July.

The webinar was co-organized by the World Council of Churches, with the NGO Committee on the Status of Women Geneva Working Group on Health, Medical Women ’ s International Association, International Cancer Expert Corps, Oxford University, World Federation for Mental Health, and United Voices for Global Impact.

Keynote speaker Nicoletta Dentico is an Italian journalist, writer, and senior policy analyst in global health, known for her leadership on global health justice, equitable access to medicines, and civil society engagement in WHO and wider global health governance.

She spoke about how health inequity exists everywhere—even in places where there is a specific mandate to treat patients as people. “ Indeed, this arena of discourse is crucial,” she…

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Иван Кирилов

Interestingly, the keynote speaker was an Italian woman who spoke about equity in health care. But as an electrician, I see that in Bulgaria the problem is often not in the "stigma", but in the fact that there are not enough doctors and equipment in small towns. Who exactly "vulnerable groups" do they mean - retirees or something else?

Margaret Evans

The part about health inequity happening even where there's a mandate to treat patients as people stuck with me. Nicoletta Dentico sounds like she knows her stuff on access to medicines. Ivan, you're right though — here in our corner of New York we lose specialists in the outer borough clinics all the time, and no amount of talk fixes the waiting lists.

Константин Беляев

It’s interesting that the key speaker is an Italian woman who talks about justice in medicines. In Yekaterinburg, too, in clinics on the outskirts there are often no normal specialists, but all the equipment is in the center. They didn’t specify which “vulnerable” people they were talking about?