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Among Buncombe’s biggest differences with other counties was the mortality rate among its black infants. While 12.7 African American babies die during the first year of life per 1,000 live births on average in North Carolina, that number is 19.6 per 1,000 in Buncombe County....

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First Year Cleveland receives $4.8 million to reduce infant mortality: The Wake up for Monday, Dec. 2, 2019

Cleveland 02 Dec 2019

Infant mortality ... The money will go to First Year Cleveland, a public-private partnership formed in December 2015 to reduce Cuyahoga County’s high infant mortality rate and to address the disparity in death rates between children born to African-American women and those born to white mothers....

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First Year Cleveland receives $4.8 million from Ohio to reduce infant mortality in Cuyahoga County

Cleveland 29 Nov 2019

The same state agencies also have awarded $2.48 million to Summit County Public Health to support programs to reduce infant mortality rates in the Akron area, particularly among African-American families ... all other infants,” Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran is quoted as saying....

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Treating HIV-infected infants very early substantially improves health: study

Reuters 27 Nov 2019

A small study of African infants infected with HIV ......

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Cuyahoga County releases first details about how health and human services tax increase would be used: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019

Cleveland 27 Nov 2019

Infant mortality. Summit County Public Health has been awarded $2.48 million to support programs to reduce infant mortality rates in the Akron area, particularly among African-American families ... Summit County Public Health awarded $2.48 million to address infant mortality rates among African-American families in Akron area Read more....

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Summit County Public Health awarded $2.48 million to address infant mortality rates among African-American families in Akron area

Cleveland 26 Nov 2019

“Recent Ohio Department of Health data indicates our state’s overall infant mortality rate has decreased, but the rate for African-American infant mortality continues to rise,” said Maureen Corcoran, director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid ... infant mortality rate....

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Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies in the US. One woman wants to change that

Yahoo Daily News 25 Nov 2019

last year African Americans accounted for just over a third of births, but three-quarters of infant deaths ... A Call to Action, some of the country’s leading racial justice researchers argued that racism – historical and contemporary – contributes to widespread health inequalities for African Americans including infant and maternal mortality....

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Birthing Beautiful Babies wants to fix ‘terrifying reality’ of black infant mortality in Ohio: Cleveland Champions

Cleveland 25 Nov 2019

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Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies in the US. One woman ...

The Guardian 25 Nov 2019

Christin Farmer is on a mission to address the shocking racial disparity in infant mortality in America ... characterise America’s infant and maternal mortality rates....

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Olivia Bennett: Black women should be respected, paid fairly

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 24 Nov 2019

It is not surprising that we have substantially higher death rates than white residents and the mortality rate for infants born to African-American mothers in Allegheny County was 15.1 per 1000 in 2012, nearly three times the rate for whites and 30% higher than the already high national average for African-Americans....

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Peace FM Online 22 Nov 2019

The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida ... Records indicate more than 250 people were buried there, most of them African Americans, the school district said. Up to 77 of them were infants or small children ... Today, the site consists of open land and the school's agricultural building ... ....

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Florida: 145 graves of an African-American Cemetery Found Under School

Jacksonville Free Press 22 Nov 2019

Superintendent Jeff Eakins said many of those buried at the site were children ... Records indicate more than 250 people were buried there, most of them African Americans, the school district said. Up to 77 of them were infants or small children ... “I am sick of this ... Name * ... 145 graves of an African-American Cemetery Found Under School Rattler Nation....

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Oklahomans to receive 2019 Universal Human Rights Award on Dec. 7

The City Sentinel 18 Nov 2019

Willard Linzy has been a community activist for the African-American community Oklahoma City for more than 20 years ... Oklahoma Leading Ladies for Healthy Babies’ mission is to implement evidence-based practices through local, faith-based ministries to help reduce infant mortality, and improve the health and wellbeing of African American women....