Two recent reports that are pretty darn important

A recent report released by Oxfam recently stated that the world's 100 richest countries have the economic power to end poverty overnight, if they wanted to. The report goes in depth to show how global inequality and inequity has been hurting everyone, in a variety of ways, not just the countries' poorest of the poor.

This should be a particular interest to us as Americans, where in 2011 50% of the country qualified as poor, according to US Census data. Even in one of the richest parts of America, like Washington DC, 1 in 10 families could make this claim, the article points out.

In considering health equity, poverty, and a human rights approach, even in global health it's important to make sure we know what's going on in our own backyard.