Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day Campaign Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with Focus on Health Disparities
Advocates Continue to Drive Forward Heart Valve Disease Awareness, While Highlighting the Inequities in Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment Faced by Black Americans
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Monday, February 22, more than 90 national organizations and thousands of patient advocates will recognize the fifth anniversary of the annual HVD Awareness Day ( Valve Disease Day ) and the importance of addressing the disproportionate impact heart valve disease (HVD) has on America s Black communities. Valve Disease Day, an awareness day officially acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was established in 2017 by the Alliance for Aging Research ( Alliance ) to spotlight the importance of detecting and treating HVD. Many Valve Disease Day awareness efforts this year are focused on hi
The Association of Black Cardiologists is proud to endorse the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, a historic legislative package introduced by Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams (NC-12), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus.
that it isn’t rising fast enough among Black Americans. Here’s an even harder truth: while the COVID-19 vaccine is a godsend in many ways, it will not end much of the threat to Black Americans. In fact, racial disparities in deaths will likely increase when the vaccine is introduced to the public.
Let me explain. As a Black cardiologist, I know that unless American health care undergoes a paradigm shift to end racial injustice in health care, this vaccine that many call a beacon of hope, will not alone save my community. We must tackle deep, systemic issues related to bias, access to care and education before we can come close to joining the celebration.
Association of Black Cardiologists Advocates for Vaccinations in Communities of Color
Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than others but they are also getting vaccinated at lower rates
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Our nation has reached a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic: over 400,000 Americans have died from complications of the coronavirus. Black Americans are 3.7 times as likely as white Americans to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and 2.8 times as likely to die.
Blacks and people of color are not inherently more susceptible to COVID-19 illness and mortality, however, existing structural racism contributes to the health disparities.