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Kemp spent his athletic career working side by side with largely African American teammates, and that experience magnified the unfairness of these inequities in his mind ... African Americans have life expectancies, infant mortality rates and chronic disease rates comparable to Third World countries....

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N.J. first lady Murphy announces A.C. to host Family Festival in September

Atlantic City 12 Aug 2019

Murphy said black mothers were five times as likely to die due to pregnancy complications than a white woman, and African American infants were three times more likely to die in their first year of life than a white baby ... Nurture NJ is Murphy’s statewide awareness campaign focused on infant and maternal health care....

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N.J. first lady Murphy announces A.C. host to Family Festival in September

Atlantic City 11 Aug 2019

Murphy said black mothers were five times as likely to die due to pregnancy complications than a white woman, and African American infants were three times more likely to die in their first year of life than a white baby ... Nurture NJ is Murphy's statewide awareness campaign focused on infant and maternal health care....

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'This whole country is in danger by white supremacy': Bernie, Booker and Buttigieg come to Miami

Tampa Bay Times 09 Aug 2019

But he spent most his half-hour on stage talking about his platform and explaining how his proposals to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and alter policing in minority communities will directly benefit African Americans ... The situation is far worse in the African-American community," he said....

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Amaal's Intimate R&B Shows that Love Is Hard Work

Vice 24 Jul 2019

This article originally appeared on VICE US ... Her parents fled Somalia's civil war when she was an infant, migrating to Canada. In the decades since, she's spent time figuring out the layers of her East African-born but Toronto-raised identities ... Your family fled Somalia's civil war in the early 90s when you were an infant ... That's what drives me ... ....

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An Interview with Daniel Kovalik

Dissident Voice 18 Jul 2019

You have disproportionately high rates of infant mortality, maternal mortality amongst African Americans. And there is the huge rate of incarceration of African Americans in this country ... So you see, African Americans are still being greatly oppressed in this country....

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Capitalist crisis: Wealth extremes, robotics, and artificial intelligence bring economic disruption

People's World 17 Jul 2019

Women earn 80% of what men receive, while African-American women receive 61% of what white men receive ... Due to institutionalized racism, 25% of Native Americans, 26% of Latinx people, and 27.7% of African Americans live in poverty ... Infant mortality among African-American babies is near twice the rate for white babies....

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United Way investing for key local impact: Q&A w/Barbara Mosacchio, Andrew Pick

Waco Tribune-Herald 14 Jul 2019

This dramatic shift by local United Way board members sparked some confusion last year when, in transitioning to this new model, Salvation Army of Waco, Family Health Center, the YMCA and Community Cancer Center saw United Way funding significantly curtailed ... Pick Yes ... And the infant mortality rate, particularly for African-American women, is huge....

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Tonjia Kiara Armstrong: Fighting infant mortality in Forsyth County

Winston-Salem Journal 13 Jul 2019

“African American babies are at an increased risk of not making it to their first birthday when they are exposed to certain risk factors,” he said ... Infant mortality is one of those disheartening subjects that have been known to go either way ... Most of these risk factors are preventable and can be addressed before an infant is born....

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DR Congo’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Quartz 12 Jul 2019

It covered six diseases—measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus ... Vaccine programmes in Africa are vulnerable to crises, yet, these immunisation programmes are a key strategy to reducing infant mortality. African leaders have endorsed the regional immunisation strategic plan, in recognition of the vaccination benefits ... .......

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Business Notes: Roberts begins new role, Dr. Shih Yu Lee earns national recognition, Dr.s named ...

Tyler Morning Telegraph 09 Jul 2019

She was the first scholar to validate the use of bright light therapy to improve depressive symptomatology and sleep quality in postpartum African American mothers of infants in neonatal intensive care units....

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Malawi turns to peaceful protest and powerful theatre – Susan Dalgety

Scotsman 06 Jul 2019

Their play ‘Wasted Adjectives' tells the story of three young African refugees, victims of human trafficking and fleeing from conflict. “The cultural industry, and theatre, are still at an infant level here in Malawi,” explained YDC's founder and playwright, Fumbani Phiri, in a WhatsApp conversation later that day....

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How Capitalist Globalization Forecloses on Health Systems

CounterPunch 28 Jun 2019

The groundbreaking 1970 book reported that health care conglomerates had jelled into a profit-making system notable for inflicting chaos on sick people ... Radical political change is surely on the agenda, if not actual surgery ... Among them are ... Dr ... Infants die needlessly in epidemic fashion. African-American infants die at twice the rate of white infants....