Afrocentric approaches to disrupting anti-Black racism in health care and promoting Black health in Canada

The disproportionate burden of SARS-CoV-2 on racialized and ethnoculturally diverse neighborhoods, coupled with the Black Lives Matter movement and related global protest against police and state brutality, has helped raise awareness of systemic anti-Black racism and related health inequities. Across Canada, Black-led advocacy for racial justice and health equity has fostered support for and adoption of race-based data collection, explicit attention to diversity and inclusion in hiring and retention, recognition and celebration of Black excellence and joy, and contributed to growing calls for culturally relevant, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed care grounded in an Afrocentric approach. Here, Gebremikael et al describe the Afrocentric approach to health used by TAIBU, a community health centre that serves Black-identifying communities in the Greater Toronto Area.