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Thursday, 20 February 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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Editorial: Black infant mortality must be addressed

Reflector 12 Feb 2020

According to 2018 statistics, black babies are more than twice as likely to die than white infants ... A study published in the American Journal of Public Health concluded that “Infant mortality rate decline was greater in Medicaid expansion states, with greater declines among African American infants.”....

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Rhode Island Foundation unveils 10-year plan to address healthcare inequity

The Brown Daily Herald 12 Feb 2020

The report, titled Health in Rhode Island ... R.I ... The R.I ... The report calls attention to health disparities in Rhode Island, such as the fact that “the infant mortality rate for Black and African-American Rhode Islanders is 2.6 times that of whites,” and that “Hispanic and Asian residents are far more likely to go without a primary source of care.” ... .......

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Council Seeks to Redress Child-Mortality Crisis Among Women, Babies of Color

The Chief 10 Feb 2020

It continued, “African American infants are 3.2 times more likely than non-Hispanic White infants to die from complications related to low birth weight ... infant mortality than the United States, midwives oversee many, if not most pregnancies,” according to the committee’s analysis....

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Early exposure to cleaning products linked to asthma in small children

Atlanta Journal 18 Feb 2020

Infants who live in houses where cleaning products are used more frequently have a higher risk for developing asthma and wheeze, a Canadian study found ... » Doctors may need to ‘step up’ asthma treatment for African American children. For their study, the researchers followed more than 3,000 infants from pregnancy through childhood....

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SONA 2020: 'Increase R430 child support grant so the kids can eat'

Independent online (SA) 13 Feb 2020

The CoE-FS cites the latest available research which shows that some 54% of all South African households still experience either hunger or the risk of hunger. This means that in more than half of all South African households, people either do not have enough to eat, or aren’t sure where their next meal is coming from....

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'We have a lot of work ahead': Black babies in Guilford still dying at higher ...

News & Record 09 Feb 2020

GREENSBORO — Ground zero in the fight against infant deaths in Guilford County is an office piled with reports and baby posters plastered over the walls. While the number of babies dying before their first birthday has decreased here and across the nation, Guilford still has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the state....

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State drops plan to take over Medicaid pharmacy benefit; new health spending proposed in Whitmer budget

Crains Detroit Business 07 Feb 2020

State Budget Director Chris Kolb and Whitmer highlighted Thursday the critical need to help African American mothers, whose children have a far higher rate of infant mortality ... said she liked Whitmer's emphasis on addressing infant mortality through better health care....

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Mixing it Up: Sampling points of view from around the state

News & Record 06 Feb 2020

Too many black infants are dying in North Carolina ... of black infant mortality ... A study published in the American Journal of Public Health concluded that “Infant mortality rate decline was greater in Medicaid expansion states, with greater declines among African American infants.”....

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Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

Dothan Eagle 05 Feb 2020

The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh on the state's rate of black infant mortality. ... A study published in the American Journal of Public Health concluded that “Infant mortality rate decline was greater in Medicaid expansion states, with greater declines among African American infants.”....

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Morgan Bryan Finley Jr

Hill Country Community Journal 27 Jan 2020

Morgan Bryan Finley Jr. Morgan Bryan Finley Jr., age 88, of Kerrville, completed his earthly journey on Jan. 22, 2020, in San Antonio. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Feb ... Mr ... Mr ... May there be an African savanna in Heaven!. Mr. Finley is preceded in death by his parents and infant twin granddaughters, Emily & Elizabeth ... .......

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“As Long as We Live on the Streets, They Will Beat Us”

Human Rights 27 Jan 2020

Detention of Children The treatment of infants in Gikondo violates the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Charter) ... [128] Article 30 of the African Charter also requires state parties to provide ......

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Even babies need to move more, reveals study

The Times of India 23 Jan 2020

The study, which used tiny activity trackers to monitor babies’ movements, found associations between infants’ squirming, kicking, crawling or stillness and the levels of fat around their middles, raising questions about just how early any links between inactivity and obesity might begin....

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I’m A Celebrity Australia’s Ryan Gallagher doesn’t flinch as he comes face to face with 1500kg hippo

Metro UK 23 Jan 2020

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... View this post on Instagram ... Someone else said ... On a site dedicated to the stunning creature, a post explains how Jessica was found as an infant by Tonie and Shirley Jouber during the 2000 South African floods ... ....