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Enlightened Solutions has launched a new survey for Northeast Ohio's Black women to determine if they've experienced any improvements since Bloomberg declared Cleveland "The Worst Place in America for Black Women" in 2020.
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Cleveland's Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition held the first in a series of community dialogue sessions on the strategies the group has identified to address systemic racism.
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A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.
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Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne says the Women's Health Advisory Council will consist of 13 people from varied backgrounds.
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Minority participation is low among registered organ transplant donors, despite record numbers of transplants last year.
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Journalist Betty J. Halliburton explores the experiences of Black women in Cleveland as they navigate systems affecting their health and well-being.
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Members of the Black and Jewish communities are working to build relationships between the two groups while collaborating on various projects to fight inequity in healthcare and other areas.
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The Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition (RAPHC-C), which formed in 2020 when the city declared racism a public health crisis, held a town hall meeting on Friday. The group’s co-chair Marsha Mockabee said the event was an “appetizer” for more community engagement coming in the future.
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A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.
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Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.