Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A rapidly changing healthcare landscape is erecting more challenges than ever for people who require ongoing intervention. According to a 2020 study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity , “Black Americans experience kidney failure at three times the rate of whites.”

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Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 19, 2025

While the number of transplants for Black and Hispanic recipients grew slightly in 2024 compared to 2023 , these modest gains havent erased the deep-rooted inequities in the system. A previous study of over 42,000 kidney transplant candidates found similar racial disparities especially for patients with complex immune system profiles.

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations 90

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Black Health Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These theories may have been constructed centuries ago, but they are still perpetuated today by practicing healthcare professionals of varying backgrounds. Dr. Uché Blackstock is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity and the author of “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

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Better Health For All

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Years of systemic health inequalities and intersectional disadvantage are revealing themselves in these shocking numbers. In hospital trusts across the country, many teams have worked tirelessly to achieve huge progress on these elements in a short space of time and this is to be applauded.

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 14, 2025

Her nonprofit aims to bridge the gaps in access to quality healthcare, advocating for equitable and inclusive maternal health services. After Dr. Choos incredible work with the Baltimore City community, she began work as the Director of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) at the Maryland Department of Health.

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Exploring Health

MARCH 12, 2025

A Tanzanian nurse on the screen explains the latest results from a hospitals new maternal health information system that Spangler helped implement. Spanglers passion for global health started at the age of 20, when she decided to pool her savings to study in Guatemala. She is already deeply immersed in a Zoom call.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 29, 2025

The presidential directives have paused work at federal health research agencies, ordered employees from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop working with the World Health Organization and attempted to block the flow of federal grants and loans.

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