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Healthy Town Tioga Project: A model of possibilites for all of …

WEBWe’ll have a seat at the table and a piece of the pie,” she says. Healthy Town Tioga Project emerges as a glimmer of hope and a model for the possibilities of a …

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Keeping Black Mothers—and Their Babies—Alive

WEBKeeping Mothers — and Their Babies — Alive. Black women made up 43 percent of births in Philly but 73 percent of pregnancy-related deaths from 2013 to 2018. …

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Healthcare Women Can Trust

WEBSep. 26, 2023. Nadira Danielle Gray was scared. She’d just turned 40, and her family medicine doctor told her it was time to start getting mammograms. But to Gray, even the …

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Free and Low Cost Mental Health Services in Philadelphia

WEBBased at the University of Pennsylvania, the Cohen Clinic provides mental health care for veterans and military members at no cost and with no long waits. 3535 …

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A Village of Moms for Moms. Maternal Care for Women of Color

WEBA Village of Moms, for Moms. Cocolife.Black provides Black and Brown women with lifesaving maternal care they have long needed, from pre-conception …

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Saving Pennsylvania Moms from Maternal Mortality

WEBSaving Pennsylvania Moms. The U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world – especially among Black women. State Representative …

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The Color of Coronavirus: Black Mental Health Aftershocks

WEBLike many other mental health professionals of color, Peterson points to the Tuskegee experiment, female sterilization initiatives, and the harvesting of Henrietta …

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Black Men Heal delivers mental health to Black men in Philly and …

WEBBlack Men Heal is on a mission. At the core of this mission — “to provide access to mental health treatment … to men of color” — is a potent premise: “Healed …

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Philly Initiative Meets Youth in Mental Distress in Schools

WEBEarly estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics suggest there were more than 6,600 deaths by suicide among the 10 to 24 age group in 2020. Mental …

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Penn's Kevin Mahoney is rethinking the future of health care for all …

WEBA little more than a year and a global pandemic later, the Mercy moment has, almost miraculously, resulted in something great.. Working with Gauthier, Penn …

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Helen Octavia Dickens Philadelphia Women's History Month All …

WEBDickens was the only Black woman in her graduating class at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Became the first female African-American board-certified Ob/Gyn in …

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Listen: Ali Velshi talks the need for DEI in medicine

WEBAli Velshi on the Need for DEI in Medicine. The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member on why hospitals — and Congress — must address the health care …

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Comcast and IBX form Quil Health to Stem Healthcare Costs

WEBThere is a line, in the bro-comedy Wedding Crashers, in which Christopher Walken, in recognition of his daughter’s betrothal, makes a toast to the joining of “two …

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How Philly’s first menstrual hub is fighting period poverty

WEBEnd period poverty. Donate menstrual supplies to local shelters, and by supporting organizations that supply products to people in Philadelphia who are unable …

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“Loving Every Part of Yourself”

WEBPenn grads Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno launched Be Body Positive Philly to empower high schoolers to live peacefully and healthfully in their …

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CHOP financial wellness program helps local families recoup $700K

WEBThe True Meaning of Health Care. A new financial wellness program at CHOP has helped families recoup $700,000 owed to them in an effort to tackle a critical vital sign: poverty. …

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“What More Can We Do

WEBThe Citizen’s co-founder seeks to answer that question by bringing together 20 local leaders to solve one of Philly’s most pressing issues: Health disparity. BY Ajay …

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Business for Good: Cayaba Care

WEBSo at the end of 2020, he launched Cayaba Care, a maternal health startup that provides wraparound support during pregnancy for little to no cost. The West Philly …

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The Citizen Recommends: Clinica de Migrantes

WEBAn HBO documentary released last year called Clínica de Migrantes chronicled the clinic and the work of its staff and leadership. In one scene, a patient …

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