HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

July 16, 2008

links for 2008-07-16

• Infant mortality among blacks targeted
  Lying in her hospital bed, Jeronna Pierre was told the baby girl she carried for eight months had died in her womb. Nine months later, at three months pregnant, she lost a baby again. Pierre, an Aventura resident, is part of a disturbing trend in Miami-Da
• Health disparity takes center stage at NAACP convention in Cincinnati
  One of the primary topics of discussion at the NAACP’s 99th Convention, being held this week in Cincinnati, is health disparities affecting the African-American community.

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