Progress that Resonates

Medical illustration of pregnant Black woman with fetus in womb
Chidiebere Ibe

Representation matters, as first-year Nigerian medical student Chidiebere Ibe has shown with his medical illustrations. His illustration of a Black woman and fetus went viral in late 2021, and illuminated for many the disparities and biases in medical illustrations, usually found in textbooks. His illustrations will be published in a forthcoming book, the revised edition of Mind the Gap: A clinical handbook of signs and symptoms in Black and Brown Skin.

Read the full article at: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/health/chidiebere-ibe-medical-illustrations-published-nigeria-spc-intl/index.html

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