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Health & Well-Being

WEBThe Challenge. Everyone has a right to good health and well-being, but America's promise has fallen short. Individual health does not exist in a vacuum. It is tied to the community …

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Equity in Health Outcomes Data Collection NAACP

WEBTopic Health Year 2022 Print. WHEREAS, The COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic has amplified long-standing disparities in chronic health outcomes for African Americans; …

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Expanding Telehealth to Reduce Health Disparities in the

WEBTopic Health Year 2021 Print. WHEREAS, the recent pandemic of the novel coronavirus has reaffirmed the need to expand access to affordable, quality healthcare including …

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NAACP Supports “Affordable, Quality Health Care Now”

WEBThe NAACP work individually and with other advocates, health care leaders, public policy experts, and policymakers to demand sound policy solutions to the social determinants …

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Lowering the Cost of Access to Healthcare (Protecting the ACA)

WEBTopic Health Year 2023 Print. WHEREAS, in 2020, there were 41.1 million Black Americans who identified as one race and 46.9 million Black Americans who identified …

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Health Disparities NAACP

WEBTopic Health Year 2008 Print. WHEREAS, there are disparities in health outcomes such as quality of life and mortality processes, quality, and appropriateness of care and the …

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Fundamental Human Right to Quality Healthcare NAACP

WEBWHEREAS, the constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) proclaims that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental right of every …

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Reducing Health Disparities: A Socio-Scientific Representation of

WEBThe NAACP calls on health policy-makers and grant-makers to support research that acknowledges or explains the complex interaction among race and the biological and …

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Action Alert: Health Policy NAACP

WEBAction Alert: Health Policy. Black Americans live with a greater burden of disease than whites, and our chronic conditions place us at increased risk for complications from …

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Protecting and Expanding Medicaid Now and Into the Future

WEBBE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the NAACP urges all 50 states to adopt, implement, maintain, and protect Medicaid expansion and coverage to prioritize the health and well …

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Civil Rights Leaders Launch ‘Hands off Our Healthcare

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. November 17, 2023. Contact: Alicia Mercedes, [email protected] WASHINGTON – Yesterday, a coalition of the …

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NAACP Supports Reducing the Obesity Epidemic Through …

WEBThe NAACP reaffirms its earlier resolutions in 2003, 2009 and 2010 supporting obesity prevention and urges its units and members to adopt an intergenerational approach to …

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Eliminating the Shortage of Medical Workers NAACP

WEBWhile this effort is commendable, studies predict that the demand for healthcare workers will outpace supply by 2025. Currently, there is an estimated 446,000-person gap for …

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HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE

WEBOVERVIEW What is Medicaid? Medicaid is the single largest source of health coverage in the United States. It provides health coverage to over 92 million Americans including …

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Difficulties in Qualifying for Organ Transplants in Communities of

WEBTopic Health Year 2022 Print. WHEREAS, Black people in need of a new heart are less likely than their white peers to get a transplant, and when they do, they are more likely to …

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Addressing the Shortage of African-American Doctors in the

WEBTopic Health Year 2017 Print. WHEREAS, implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act has highlighted the existence of "medical deserts" within inner cities and rural areas; …

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NAACP Leading the Fight to End Racial Inequality

WEBEach and every NAACP member makes a difference to the complex, ongoing work of advancing racial equity. We have driven the hardest-fought wins for civil rights and …

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Hands Off Our Healthcare NAACP

WEBIf expanded Medicaid coverage is terminated, more than half of those who will lose healthcare will be people of color. Join us Monday, May 8 at 7 p.m. ET to …

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Prescription Drug Affordability NAACP

WEBTopic Health Year 2019 Print. WHEREAS, to protect our lives and our well-being, every family in America requires access to affordable prescription drugs; and. WHEREAS, …

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NAACP Opposes Funding Cuts to Support Healthy Start Programs …

WEBTopic Health Year 2013 Print. WHEREAS, infant mortality and low birth weight remain major public health issues in the U.S.; and WHEREAS, both infant mortality and low …

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Dr. Dwayne Proctor, NAACP Board Member, Foundation Chair

WEBChair, NAACP Foundation Board. Download headshot. During his nearly 20 years in philanthropy, Dr. Dwayne Proctor has always worked to ensure that American …

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The Ed Dwight Scholarship NAACP

WEBJoin our community of over 2 million activists across the nation fighting for change and for justice. Become a Member; Renew Your Membership

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