#KidneyTransplant #HealthEquity #RacialJustice
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An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney transplants seems to be working.
#HealthEquity #Transplantation #RacialJustice
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An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney transplants seems to be working.
#BreastCancer #HealthEquity #CancerAwareness
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Global breast cancer cases expected to reach over 3.5 million by 2050 | CNN
Breast cancer rates are rising, could alcohol consumption be the cause.
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women globally, and the number of cases worldwide is estimated to reach over 3.
#CervicalCancer #HealthEquity #MobileClinics
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From villages to markets: Burkina Faso leads the way in cervical cancer elimination | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Ouagadougou ‒ "When I heard the town crier announce that health workers were coming for free screening, I felt afraid: if they told me I had the disease, how would I get treated.
#WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #HealthEquity
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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi
Today, as we mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day under the theme Unite, Act, Eliminate, we are reminded that neglected tropical diseases are not inevitable.
#RuralHealth #HealthCareInnovation #HealthEquity
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Here's what to know about the $50 billion states are getting for rural health
A nationwide experiment to give health care in rural America a $50 billion makeover is underway.
The Trump administration, in a late December announcement, revealed how much each state will get under an ambitious 5-year initiative known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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#HealthEquity #RacialDisparities #ChronicStress
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New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities
Nearly half of the mortality gap between Black and White adults can be traced to the cumulative toll of a lifetime of stress and heightened inflammation, a new study published Monday shows.
#Cardiology #HealthEquity #CommunityHealth
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This New Orleans doctor has spent a lifetime working to eliminate cardiology deserts in Louisiana. There's still more to do.
Dr. Keith Ferdinand is a native New Orleanian from the Ninth Ward. He has spent his 40-year career as a cardiologist, working to eliminate disparities in heart disease -- on the streets and in the communities that raised him.
