Wanda Irving·TEDMED 2020
How the US medical community fails Black mothers
Summary
The story tells us an unbelievable story. Black women are nearly 300 percent more likely to die as a result of childbirth than white women. About 700 to 800 women die each year in the US from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Many cases are preventable. Despite progressing the world medical system, realism and health disparities remain in a lot of areas.
It seems to start with black women who have been dismissed, ignored, and disregarded. Furthermore, they haven't been taken seriously in their interactions with the health care system. It’s continuing, repeating for a long time and nothing effective has been done to fix it.
The speaker founded a nonprofit to eliminate preventable deaths among Black mothers. The bias and racism that they experience should be recognized and counteracted.
Words in this story
counteract / act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.
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