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African Americans

44% of African American women over 20 years of age have been diagnosed with hypertension. In 2005, African American men were 30% more likely to die from heart disease than their white counterparts. New cases of cervical cancer second highest among Black women (8.6 per 100,000) Chronic kidney disease is estimated to be more common […]
Latinx

• There are approximately 48 Million Latinx living in the United States. 4.8 million Latinx 20 years of age and older have been diagnosed with Diabetes. • More than 30% of the total Latinx population have no health insurance. • Hispanics (47%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity • New cases of cervical cancer […]
Native Americans

• Native Americans are 60% more likely to have a stroke than their white counterparts. • Native Americans had the highest prevalence of diagnosed diabetes for both men (14.9%) and women (15.3%). Overall, prevalence was higher among American Indians/Alaska Natives (15.1%) • 64% more likely to die from liver cancer • 48% more likely to […]
Pacific Islanders

• Native Hawaiians have more than twice the rate of diabetes as their white counterparts. • Pacific Islanders are three times more likely, to be diagnosed with diabetes.
Asian Americans

• Cancer accounts for 27% of deaths among this group with Asian men twice as likely to die from stomach cancer than their white counterparts. • 76% of women more likely to develop stomach cancer • 68% more likely to contract hepatitis A

10/29: The Inaugural NRC Lark Galloway Gilliam Distinguished Lecture: The Political Determinants of Health

Join us on TUESDAY, OCT 29 at 4P(EST) for a webinar: The Inaugural NRC Lark Galloway Gilliam Distinguished Lecture: The Political Determinants of Health. The Lark Galloway Gilliam Distinguished Lecture honors the life work of Lark Galloway Gilliam, co-founder and first President of the Board of the National REACH Coalition. Ms. Galloway-Gilliam understood the political determinants of health and the exercise of political power by those communities to address the determinants of health inequity plaguing them.
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REACH 2018-2023 Grantees

40 REACH grantees implement an array of programs addressing health issues among African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a listing of all National REACH Grantees for 2018-2023. Included in the listings is your Senate and Congressional representatives. We encourage you to contact your elected officials to make […]

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