Illustrate Change library of BIPOC medical illustrations (20 June 2023)

Summary

In 2022, an illustration of a Black foetus in the womb by Nigerian medical illustrator and medical student Chidiebere Ibe, went viral. The image sparked an important conversation around representation in medical imagery and the impact this has on health outcomes for patients who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC). Research showed that only 5% of medical images show dark skin and only 8% of medical illustrators identified as BIPOC.

A collaboration between Chidiebere Ibe, Deloitte and Johnson & Johnson, Illustrate Change aims to build the world's largest library of BIPOC medical illustrations for use in medical education and training.

So far, the library contains images relevant to the following specialties:

• Dermatology
• Eye disease
• General health
• Haematology
• Maternal health
• Oncology
• Orthopaedics