More info about this study at Eli's Captialism Kills at Left I On The News.The racial health gap in the US kills more people every week that Hurricane Katrina, claims new research.
Inequalities between white and black Americans cause 84,000 extra fatalities each year – equating to the same weekly number of victims that perished in the hurricane, according to an editorial published in the British Medical Journal.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
U.S. White Supremacy Kills More than Katrina
Unfortunately, the complicit U.S. media won't touch this. From Britian:
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Here's an idea from SF that might help a few more Black Americans access healthcare, but more importantly it could highlight the need to organize public demand for structural change necessary to ensure all have access to healthcare:
http://www.sfbayview.com/110205/healthdisparity110205.shtml
The African American Health Disparity Project to launch Community Ambassador/Hospital Navigator Program
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