BAY AREA BLACK UNITED FUND, INC. CONVENES AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH SUMMIT 2009

Feb 6, 2009 to Feb 7, 2009
Location: Oakland Marriott City Center and Convention Center
Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2020

BlackNews.com) - The Center for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities reports the following dreadful statistics: the infant death rate among African Americans is more than double that of whites. Heart disease death rates are more than 40 percent higher for African Americans than for whites. The death rate for all cancers is 30 percent higher for African Americans than for whites; for prostate cancer, it is more than double that for whites. African American women have a higher death rate from breast cancer despite having a mammography screening rate that is nearly the same as the rate for white women. The death rate from HIV/AIDS for African Americans is more than seven times that for whites; the rate of homicide is six times that for whites. On Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, 2009, Bay Area Black United Fund, Inc. (BABUF) will convene the comprehensive African American Health Summit 2009 at Oakland Marriott City Center and Convention Center, 1001 Broadway, downtown Oakland. Themed "Claiming Our Story of Health & Wellness: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future," the two-day Summit will address countless health issues plaguing the African American community. Friday - Health Summit Conference and Luncheon; Saturday -- free Health Expo. On Friday, Bay Area civic, professional, ministerial, and community leaders and some of our nation's most influential representatives and health experts will come together for the Health Summit Conference and Luncheon. Day one will consist of morning and luncheon plenaries, discussion tracks and independent workshops, a Conference on African American Inequities, and a Faith-based & Youth Initiative Institute.

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BAY AREA BLACK UNITED FUND, INC. CONVENES AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH SUMMIT 2009

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