Tackling lack of representation in medical textbooks

Tackling lack of representation in medical textbooks
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 Throughout the month of February, we will be highlighting some important contributions and accomplishments of Black individuals who have made a difference in education and science through their work.

Chidiebere Ibe creates medical illustrations of Black people and has been invited to have some of his images published in the second edition of a handbook designed to show how a range of conditions appears on dark skin.

Ibe, who earned a chemistry degree in Nigeria and is now studying medicine in Ukraine, only began his medical illustrations in 2020. However, he has already created images depicting anatomy and a range of conditions, such as the skin disorder vitiligo, cold sores, a chest infection, and spinal injuries, all in Black people.

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