What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?
In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths compared to white Americans. Experts gathered at the STAT Summit in Boston last week to discuss the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S. and interventions that can help advance health equity.
“If we continue to have a maternal health crisis, if we continue to have an infant mortality crisis … then we’re going to potentially see a situation or circumstance where Black people can be extinct in the future,” said panelist Monica McLemore, a professor and interim associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Washington School of Nursing. “And as long as I’m around and a whole lot of other people are, we’re not going to allow that.”
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