Posts Tagged ‘infant mortality’
Pacific Islanders in Alameda County among the most vulnerable to infant deaths
Pacific Islanders in Alameda County have the second highest infant death rate, but new initiatives could counteract this.
Read MoreBirthing inequities: Combatting racial disparities in the health of newborns
This article is part of “Birthing Inequity,” an Oakland North project on maternal and infant health disparities in Oakland. See the full multimedia report here. In 2003, while she was carrying her third child, Tanisha Fuller had to convince her hospital caretakers that something was really wrong. Six months pregnant, and unsure of what was happening…
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