Maternal Health Task Force
JUNE 1, 2024
Intergenerational trauma is defined as “the way in which trauma experienced in one generation affects the health and well-being of descendants of future generations”. In 1928, Alberta introduced the Sexual Sterilization Act that disproportionately targeted Indigenous women. This Act is still in consideration in the Senate.
Maternal Health Task Force
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Womens rights are human rights, yet worldwide, too many women and girls are still denied their fundamental rights. Today, Kevin is studying to become a Midwife and dreams of becoming an international maternal and infant health advocate. Abject poverty forced Ms. 2 2020 UNSG Report: [link]
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Exploring Health
JANUARY 20, 2025
Womens health concerns and experiences of pain tend to get dismissed to a much greater extent than men, says Sarah Hill, the author of This is Your Brain on Birth Control. The changes made by the CDC this year, however, depicts a bigger issue in womens health. This concept was proven wrong, but it exists in a different form now.
Black Health Matters
JANUARY 31, 2025
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease that can cause irreparable harm to the reproductive system. In 2018, the U.S. The Journal of Nursing for Womens Health found that chlamydia rates among Black women are 5 times the rates among White women in 2022. Those cases disproportionately reflect Black people.
Monday Morning
AUGUST 30, 2022
The new dean of the Gillings School, Nancy Messonnier, MD, is the right person to lead now. The pandemic changed the importance and urgency of public health, resources for public health, and how we work. In 2018, we saw the Confederate statue on our campus toppled—a good thing. These issues are public health.
The Hill
APRIL 1, 2025
96 Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on its first abortion-adjacent case since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. Subscribe here.
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