South Asian women face additional barriers to support
Shehla Ali from About M.E. looks at the racism and discrimination that pervades healthcare for South Asian women living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). “Is everything ok at home?” …
Shehla Ali from About M.E. looks at the racism and discrimination that pervades healthcare for South Asian women living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). “Is everything ok at home?” …
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It doesn’t really matter who gets elected during this years general election for the 1.9 million people living with long Covid or the hundreds of thousands living with myalgic encephalomyelitis…