By Olive Enokido-Lineham, news reporter
Thursday 9 December 2021 19:41, UK
Chidiebere Sunday Ibe has told Sky News that reactions to his viral illustration of a black foetus have been "touching and inspiring".
Chidiebere Sunday Ibe告訴英國Sky News，人們對其黑色胎兒之病毒圖示的反應已經是"感人且鼓舞人"。
圖1. 一張在社交媒體上瘋傳的黑色胎兒圖示。 (圖援用自原文)
A Nigerian medical student is on a mission to diversify the medical world using his illustrations featuring black skin tones. Chidiebere Sunday Ibe's illustration of a black foetus has gone viral on social media, sparking conversations about the need for more diversity of skin colours in medical textbooks.
一名奈及利亞醫學生是使用其，以黑膚色為特色之圖示，來執行使醫學界多樣化的任務。Chidiebere Sunday Ibe的黑色胎兒圖示，在社交媒體上已經瘋傳。這引發了有關醫學教科書中，需要更多多樣性膚色的討論。
He began drawing his illustrations using Photoshop and posting them online last year during lockdown, having tried multiple times to get into medical school. Since then, he has amassed 110,000 followers on Instagram and his posts have had thousands of likes on the platform as well as on Twitter and TikTok from aspiring doctors, members of the medical profession and the wider public.
他使用Photoshop軟體，來開始繪製其圖示，且去年在鎖定期間，將它們張貼到網路上，曾多次嘗試進入醫學院。打從那時起，他在Instagram(美國Meta公司的一款免費提供線上圖片及影片分享的社群媒體平台)上，已經積累11萬名粉絲，且他在該平台及Twitter與TikTok上，已經獲得了，來自有抱負之醫師們、醫學界專業人士及更廣泛大眾的數千個贊。
The aspiring neurosurgeon at Kiev Medical University in Ukraine told Sky News: "The reactions have been amazing, touching and inspiring. I’ve felt emotional about it all." Mr Ibe added that he wanted people of all backgrounds to see themselves within the illustrations and that they could help doctors too.
烏克蘭基輔醫科大學，有抱負的神經外科醫師告訴Sky News：「此些反應一直是驚人、感人且鼓舞人的。有關這一切，我一直感到情緒激動。」Ibe先生附言，他希望所有背景的人，在此些圖示中，皆能看到自己，且也能協助醫師們。
He said: "Representation in medical illustrations is important because through that there will be healthcare equity, people will love themselves, see themselves and there will be better health outcomes."
他宣稱：「於醫學圖示中的代表性很重要。因為，透過那些圖示，會有公平合理的醫療保健，人們會愛自己，看到自己，且會有更好的健康成果。」
In reaction to the black foetus in the uterus, viewers have taken to social media to share the post saying they'd never seen black skin used in medical textbooks before and that diagrams and images had often depicted Caucasian skin tones instead.
在對子宮內黑色胎兒的反應中，觀看者們已經往社交媒體，來分享上述的張貼。宣稱以前，他們從未見過醫學教科書中，使用黑色皮膚，而那些簡圖及圖像反而經常描繪高加索人的膚色。
圖2. 醫師們可能錯過了疾病。因為，英國醫學教科書通常著重於白人。 (圖援用自原文)
These include healthcare professionals and other medical students on TikTok, like Joel Bervell, who has gained over 350,000 followers sharing videos highlighting racial disparities in the field of medicine. But attempts to highlight darker skin tones in the medical field aren't limited to Mr Ibe.
此些包括在TikTok平台上，像Joel Bervell(加納裔美國人，於美國華盛頓州立大學醫學院的三年級生)，已經獲得超過35萬名擁護者，分享凸顯醫學領域中，種族差異之視頻的醫療保健專業人士及其他醫學學生。不過，在醫學領域中，凸顯較深膚色的嘗試，不僅限於Ibe先生。
Last year, UK medical student Malone Mukwende launched his clinical handbook, Mind The Gap, for ethnically diverse communities, which aimed to help medical professionals recognise conditions on darker skinned patients.
去年，英國醫學學生Malone Mukwende，推出了其用於不同種族社區，旨在協助醫療專業人員，識別較深色皮膚患者狀況之Mind The Gap的臨床手冊。
網址：https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-students-black-foetus-illustration-seeks-to-diversify-the-medical-world-12490836
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