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Friday, 18 September 2020

African

African(s) may refer to:

Anything from or pertaining to Africa:

African people, people who live in Africa or trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
- Ethnic groups of Africa
African cuisine
African culture
African languages
African music

African people, people who live in Africa or trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa

Ethnic groups of Africa

Ethnic groups of Africa

African grey parrot, an Old World parrot

Books and radio

The African (short story), autobiographical story by French author J. M. G. Le Clézio

The Africans (radio program)

Music

"African" a song by Peter Tosh from his 1977 album Equal Rights (album)

The Africans (band)

Publishing

African Business, a monthly magazine covering business events across Africa

African Communist, a political magazine published in Johannesburg

African Film (magazine), Nigerian weekly magazine

Latest News for: African infant

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Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and ‘Feel Cared For’

Kentucky New Era 17 Sep 2020

African American infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants, and the risks extend across social class ... The numbers have worsened during the past 25 years even as they’ve improved in most of the world, largely because of the disproportionate toll on African Americans....

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Black women again turn to midwives, some fearing coronavirus in hospitals

The Los Angeles Times 15 Sep 2020

African American infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants, and the risks to baby and mother extend across social class ... The numbers have worsened during the past 25 years even as they’ve improved in most of the world, largely because of the disproportionate toll on African Americans....

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10 Georgia statues that celebrate African American history

Atlanta Journal 02 Sep 2020

While designing the piece, artist Patrick Morelli pulled inspiration from the traditional African birthing ceremony of a father raising his infant towards the heavens, which symbolizes hope for the future ... By working from a painting of James Armistead Lafayette, I could put a face on all the African Americans who served in the American Revolution .”....

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Athletico, hospital chain team up • How Sinai and DePaul are fighting inequity • Walmart partners with Oak Street Health

Chicago Business 02 Sep 2020

African American women are more than two times as likely to deliver a low-birth weight infant and more than four times more likely to suffer life-threatening complications as compared to white women, said Dr....

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How the George Floyd protest and rioting changed Charleston

The Post and Courier 30 Aug 2020

... and clutched his infant son to his chest ... He thought about his community and how African Americans had fought the same struggle for more than 100 years ... The crowd filled Meeting Street in front of a narrow set of brick buildings where vendors sell books, jewelry, T-shirts and sweetgrass baskets woven in the tradition of enslaved West Africans ... ... ....

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Akron to host drive-thru baby showers on Aug. 29, Sept. 12

Cleveland 25 Aug 2020

AKRON, Ohio – Akron’s “Full Term First Birthday” infant vitality program is set to host two drive-thru baby showers for new and expecting parents ... Horrigan started the Full Term First Birthday program in 2017 with the goal of eliminating sleep-related infant deaths and to address the racial disparity in the African-American infant mortality rate....

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What can we learn by examining racism as a public health crisis?

Richland Source 20 Aug 2020

• African Americans are 2.3 times more likely to experience infant death (CDC). • African Americans are 1.9 times more likely to die of . • African Americans are 1.5 times more likely to be below “proficient” in reading in the 4th grade (NAEP). • African Americans are 3.7 times more likely to be . • African Americans are 2.7 times more likely be ....

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Names, Photos Released Of All 5 Victims In Green Valley Ranch Arson

CBS News 13 Aug 2020

– Denver authorities are renewing their plea for the public to help them in their Green Valley Ranch arson investigation ... (credit. CBS). The victims in the Aug ... – (Hassan’s infant daughter) ... They had all immigrated to Colorado from the West African country of Senegal. Hassan Diol and her infant daughter, Hawa Baye (credit ... 720-913-7867....

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‘White coats for Black lives.’ Bristol doctors discuss health toll of racial injustice

Hartford Courant 13 Aug 2020

Hazards ranging from diabetes and heart disease to infant mortality hit African Americans disproportionately, and part of the reason is social injustice, speakers said at the gathering ... “Today, African Americans are the least healthy ethnic group in America,” Dawson-Camerota said....

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Meet Alabama’s feminist doctor protecting women giving birth under COVID-19

Open Democracy 12 Aug 2020

Almost 30% of its residents live in poverty and more than 70% are African American, who also face disproportionately high maternal and infant mortality rates ... Maternal and infant mortality rates are higher in Alabama than in many other parts of the country, and Cooper says “those ......

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Reward offered in Denver fire that killed 5 from Senegal

San Francisco Chronicle 08 Aug 2020

It was read by a French-speaking officer who conducted many of the investigatory interviews with immigrants from the West African nation. Hassan Diol and her infant daughter, Hawa Beye, also were killed in Wednesday's fire at a home in the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood, a ......

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Rep. Babbidge: My colleague’s PFAS bill advances

Fosters 07 Aug 2020

The legislature took important action.We passed an act to prevent infant ....

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Naya Rivera: Magnetic performer who broke down boundaries on ‘Glee’

The Independent 06 Aug 2020

“If I die young, bury me in satin,. Lay me down on a bed of roses,. Sink me in the river at dawn,. Send me away with the words of a love song.” ... Glee’s Santana Lopez ... the oldest of three in a family of Puerto Rican, African-American and German heritage. As an infant, she was represented by the same talent agent as her mother Yolanda, a former model ... ....