Stigma exacerbates the spread of disease during a pandemic, says Professor Aaida Mamuji, who is studying the impact on Chinese communities in Toronto and Nairobi
Aaida Mamuji, an assistant professor in the School of Administrative Studies at York, is studying stigma and discrimination toward Chinese people in two major international cities, in search of common impacts on health during a pandemic. Her study, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), is profiled here