The Catholic health ministry has launched the Confronting Racism by Achieving Health Equity initiative to confirm our commitment to coordinated efforts to achieve equity in our own health systems and facilities and to advocate for change in the wider health care sector and our society. Health inequity is a persistent and lingering legacy of the systemic racism and social prejudices that have far too often been prevailing characteristics in our nation's history. By pledging our commitment to achieve health equity, we can defeat that harmful legacy.

For more information about this effort see our policy brief Health Equity and other resources below.