Importantly, the report highlighted that preventive action is not just vital within maternity services. Public health actions are equally important.
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December 11, 2020
Covid & the violent history of vaccines and Black communities
The facts of science exist very sharply in our communities as we have carried some of the heaviest burdens of Covid-related bereavement – pain that is made sharper by the inability to be able to comfort each other and say goodbye to loved ones in ways that our communities usually do.
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September 1, 2020
DR HAROLD MOODY: GOOGLE DOODLE
In 1931, Harold Moody founded the League of Coloured Peoples.
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August 1, 2020
Phyllis Omido: The woman who won $12m fighting lead battery poisoners
Ms Omido says that “money cannot even compensate”, but the funds can be used for medication and treatment.
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July 31, 2020
‘Black people need to be included in BMI research’
Health is not just a number, healthcare professionals need to understand a patient’s culture and background, which can all have an influence.
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July 30, 2020
Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study
The research uses genetic connections to Africans found in people living today in the Americas
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July 30, 2020
Black Health Matters
For too long, Black health and Black lives have been ignored. The statistics reveal this reality.
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July 30, 2020
Racial discrimination may harm Black people’s cognitive health, study finds
“There are African American and other racial/ethnic minority patients who admit to a decreased ability to concentrate, remember things, etc. in the context of the current racial and social unrest
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July 29, 2020
Covid studies to examine virus link with ethnicity
UK scientists are to receive millions of pounds of government funding for a raft of studies to learn why people from an ethnic minority background are at greater risk from Covid-19.