With Black Maternal Health Week being earlier this month and National Infertility Week this week, it’s essential for everyone to know about their reproductive health. By Allison Joyner As the country debates abortion rights, it is only a fraction of the conversation regarding reproductive health. This is a necessary conversation to have, though, and one […]
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Racial disparities in Black maternal health addressed during Black Directors Health Equity Agenda Summit
According to the Centers for Disease Control, an African American woman is three times more likely to die from maternal causes than a White woman. By Allison Joyner The Black Directors Health Equity Agenda (BDHEA) met at Morehouse School of Medicine to last week to discuss health disparities and inequities that threaten African American families. […]
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Black Women’s History Month: Black and missing
Although African Americans make up only 13 percent of the population, 40 percent of the missing person population in this country are people of color. By Allison Joyner African Americans turn up missing at a startling pace and generally speaking take four times as long for law enforcement to locate than whites. Several organizations, however, […]
