Much has been said about the ongoing Need vs Race debate, following the government’s announcement that it would mandate all initiatives to be needs-based rather than ethnicity based. Check out this robust Editorial ‘Ethnicity is an evidence-based marker of need (and targeting services is good medical practice)’ by Belinda Loring, Papaarangi Reid, Elana Curtis, Melissa McLeod, Ricci Harris, Rhys Jones.

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